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气候行动
气候 行动
大都会不仅仅是 适应气候变化 随着它的到来，我们正在采取重要措施防止它恶化. We’ve joined state and local leaders to help minimize the effects of climate change by committing to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.
大都会采用了 气候行动计划 in May 2022 to set a path to achieve the state's target goal of reducing GHG emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels and reach carbon neutrality by 2045.
的 气候行动计划 identifies actions to reduce Metropolitan’s carbon foot打印 in the face of climate change, increasing the district’s climate resiliency and energy independence while supporting California’s GHG reduction goals.
大都会致力于就其气候行动倡议提供年度进展报告. 大都会的首份2022年CAP进展报告突出了大都会的成就, 以及2021年温室气体清单.
什么是气候行动计划?
的 气候行动计划 包括大都会历史和当前温室气体排放的清单, 以及对未来预计排放量的全面预测. 这些数据用于确定可行的温室气体减排目标和措施，以帮助大都会实现其目标. 这份长期规划文件指导大都会的政策和运营规划决策, 水资源, 资本投资, 保护和资源项目. 的 plan also allows Metropolitan to streamline the environmental review process and mitigate GHG impacts for future capital projects under the California Environmental Quality Act.
其他主要优势:
- 整合立法和指导，从州，联邦和国际来源
- 通过提高能源效率为大都会省了钱
- 提供提高操作弹性和改善空气质量的双重好处
“气候行动计划将确保我们成为解决方案的一部分，以防止对气候造成进一步的压力.”
—Adel Hagekhalil，大都会总经理
大都会的碳预算
移动水需要很多能量. That energy is used to transport water from our imported water sources located hundreds of miles away and to treat and distribute water throughout our service area. Metropolitan’s GHG emissions fluctuate from year to year depending on the amount of water pumped from the 科罗拉多河. 因为每年的泵送作业都因需求和可用性而异, emissions in one year may not be representative of Metropolitan’s overall progress toward meeting its GHG emissions reduction targets. 为了解释这一点，大都会利用碳预算跟踪其排放量.
碳预算是如何运作的
以达到大都会的碳中和目标, 我们制定了温室气体排放预算, 以公吨二氧化碳当量(MT CO2e)为单位. This metric measures the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases that are being released into the atmosphere and contribute to climate change. 因为大都会在运营过程中会排放温室气体, 这些排放耗尽了碳预算. 2021年，我们的碳预算是900万吨二氧化碳当量，但我们排放了大约500万吨.300万吨二氧化碳当量，表明我们遏制排放的努力正在取得成效.
预测温室气体随时间的排放
最近几年的干旱严重影响了从州水利工程向大都会供水, 将水从北加州输送给全州的承包商, 包括城市. 以弥补SWP供应的损失, 大都会从其储存的储备中撤出，并增加了从科罗拉多河系统的输送.
通过实施《188bet体育平台下载》中确定的一些温室气体减排措施, Metropolitan significantly lowered emissions in comparison to previous years with similar pumping conditions and stayed well below its carbon budget overall. Some of the ways Metropolitan was able to do this included purchasing lower-carbon and carbon-free electricity, when available; developing 无碳能源 generation; improving energy efficiency; continuing water conservation efforts; and developing local water supplies.
跟踪我们的进展
大都会与CAPDash合作TM, 是一个网上工具，让市民了解我们在减少温室气体排放目标方面的进展. 数据是根据大都会采用的各种策略分类的, 从运营燃料使用到员工通勤, 并在交互式图表和图形中可视化，以促进更大的透明度.
的 CAPDash website is currently under construction and will be updated with Metropolitan’s most recent annual inventory in early March 2024.
在通往可持续发展的道路上
我们的气候行动计划帮助我们实现碳中和的目标, 但我们已经在这条路上走了几十年. 我们的环保意识始于1928年成立, when our planners and engineers designed the 科罗拉多河 Aqueduct to deliver water primarily by gravity across 242 miles of California desert to the state’s south coastal plain. 这些规划者认识到需要可靠的电力供应, 投资建设胡佛水坝和帕克水坝, 它们共同提供了今天所需的一半以上的能源，为CRA泵提供清洁能源, 无碳能源.
That same forward-thinking ingenuity imbues Metropolitan’s continued investments in clean energy and energy-efficient design to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.
采用新能源技术
大都会升级其基础设施以确保能源效率. 该区投资可再生能源, 包括购买和生产水力发电，以帮助满足其大部分电力需求. 除了使用帕克和胡佛水坝产生的电力, Metropolitan has built 15 in-stream hydroelectric plants throughout our distribution system with a total capacity of about 130 megawatts. Metropolitan has also installed 51/2 megawatts of photovoltaic solar power at its facilities and will soon add battery energy storage to store green energy when power rates are low and discharge that energy when rates are higher.
支持绿色交通
大都会的燃油效率很高, 混合动力汽车和零排放汽车. 我们的办公室, 包括洛杉矶市中心的总部大楼, 是否位于公共交通枢纽附近. Metropolitan employees also have access to rideshare programs and onsite electric charging stations for personal vehicles.
Metropolitan's zero emissions Task Force is leading our organizational transition to a ZEV fleet and will oversee the design and implementation of new infrastructure to support our ongoing transition.
碳封存，捕获 & 存储的机会
Carbon sequestration and carbon capture and storage projects could provide Metropolitan with opportunities to substantially reduce GHG emissions reductions and will likely play a critical role in achieving and maintaining carbon neutrality. Carbon sequestration generally refers to natural processes like the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere during plant growth or avoided soil carbon loss. Carbon capture and storage refers to technologies that take CO2 or other GHG emissions out of the atmosphere and store them in deep underground geologic formations. 正在研究若干碳固存/碳捕获和储存的机会, 研究和评估.
认识到我们的空气, 土地和水捆绑在一起, 大都会农场和海天农场, 它的承租人在帕洛佛得谷大都会拥有的土地上, are participating in a Chico State University study about the potential to store atmospheric carbon in soils through regenerative agricultural practices. 再生农业旨在生产更健康的土壤，以促进环境的可持续性.
Metropolitan looks forward to the data produced by this study and will continue to track these opportunities as they progress.
能源可持续发展
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搬运大量的水需要使用大量的能源. Metropolitan meets its energy demands through its investments in hydroelectric and solar power and the purchase of more than 2,来自区域电网的000千兆瓦时的电力. 的 opportunities to manage energy use and conserve water translate into opportunities with both environmental and economic benefits. 大都会制定了一项能源可持续发展计划，以支持大都会的气候行动计划. 《188bet棋牌平台》包括一个以控制能源成本为重点的可持续行动框架, 可靠性, 可购性, 保护和适应.
如何参与
访问这个网站有机会加入对话. Metropolitan plans to connect with the community during the 气候行动计划 process to share information and insights with interested individuals and organizations.