Michael R. BloombergMayor Mayor’s Office of OperationsOffice of Long-

erm Planning and Sustainability

INVENTORYOF NEW YORK CITY

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

April 2007

This report presents the results to date of New York City’s participation in ICLEI

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Local Governments for Sustainability’s Cities forClimate Protection Campaign

. Efforts to quantify New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions began in 2002 with an initialassessment of emissions from City government operations. Further research and analyses were conducted in subsequent years,including the completion of 2001 and 2006 government operations inventories and 1995, 2001, and 2005 citywide inventories, thedevelopment of emissions forecasts, the quantification of current government emissions reduction measures, and the establishmentof emissions reduction targets for both New York City as a whole and for New York City government operations. This reportcombines these efforts.

Acknowledgements

:The City of New York wishes to thank the following for their valuable assistance in producing this report:Gwenaël Fay, Dr. Kai Höpker, Michael Zezas, Magdalena Engel, Michael Wironen, Alex RamelMelissa Capria, Ryan Bell, Garrett Fitzgerald, Kim Lundgren – ICLEI – Local Governments for SustainabilityDavid Major, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Melissa Stults – Columbia University Center for Climate Systems ResearchB. Tod Delaney, Jay Wintergreen, Peter Clarke – First Environment, Inc.The Clinton Climate Initiative

All correspondence related to this report should be directed to its editor:

Jonathan DickinsonEmail: jdickinson@cityhall.nyc.govCopies of this report may be downloaded from the New York City Mayor’s Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability Web site:http://www.nyc.gov/planyc2030.

FOREWORD BY MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG, MAYOR

In September, I announced that our Administration would complete a comprehensivegreenhouse gas inventory for both the city as a whole and for City governmentoperations. I am pleased to now release the results of this important effort. While thereis no substitute for federal action, all levels of government have a role to play inconfronting climate change and its potential impacts, and this report will help us begindoing that more aggressively.Because New York City is often a national leader in public policy, and is often seen asthe model for the modern city, our municipal government is in a unique position to setthe standard for climate change policy initiatives. That is why I created the Mayor’sOffice of Long-term Planning and Sustainability last year and charged it with developinga comprehensive sustainability plan for the City’s future. The result of this effort will bePlaNYC, which will lay the foundation that will allow the City to accommodate anexpected increase in population of almost a million people by 2030, and to do so whilemaking the city cleaner, greener, and healthier – which, of course, includes significantlyreducing our greenhouse gas emissions. We have set a goal of reducing emissions by30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, an ambitious but, we believe, achievable goal.As this report details, we have stabilized our City government’s greenhouse emissionsover the last five years due to energy efficiency efforts implemented by the City, despitean increase in electricity use. In addition, our projections indicate that City governmentemissions will be near today’s levels by 2017 because of additional actions that we planto implement in the near future. While stabilizing our carbon dioxide emissions is animportant first step, we still have a great deal of work to do to achieve our long-termtarget.This greenhouse gas inventory is a critical first step in reducing our contribution toglobal carbon dioxide levels. By identifying the largest sources of greenhouse gases,showing trends that may need correction, and showing impacts of actions taken to date,we can design our strategies for achieving our reduction target. Working together withour partners in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, New York City will do what wedo best: lead by example.Michael R. BloombergMayor