This informational update will provide on overview of the Carbon Neutrality Plan final draft and provide the community an opportunity to discuss the plan with the City Council.

In June 2020 the Flagstaff City Council declared a climate emergency through Resolution 2020-09.  The resolution accelerates sustained and meaningful action to address the climate emergency.  It identifies eight specific actions:

1. Dramatic increase in ambition to combat climate change
2. Commits to City-wide transition and climate emergency mobilization effort
3. Commits to educating residents and especially youth
4. Underscores the need for full community participation
5. Commits to keeping vulnerable communities at the forefront of decision making
6. Joins a nationwide call for mobilization
7. Advance goals of the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan to meet carbon neutrality by 2030
8. Calls on all governments to initiate a transition

Following the direction of the City Council, staff has been working with technical consultants and the Flagstaff community to advance the commitments of the Climate Emergency Declaration and achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.  The Carbon Neutrality Plan was informed by more than 2,500 community conversations, technical analysis, and international and regional best practices.