I Am Green bring together individuals, businesses, and communities; raising awareness of why we must take the climate crisis seriously.
Focusing on Frontline and Fence-line Communities who are hit first, worst, and the longest.
Focusing on Frontline and Fence-line Communities who are hit first, worst, and the longest.
Systemic racism, inequity, and injustice have left economically unstable communities, black communities, tribal communities, communities of color, exposed to the highest levels of toxic pollution, as well as the most vulnerable people subject to more powerful storms and floods, intense heat waves, deadly wildfires, devastating droughts, and other threats from the climate crisis.
THE MORE YOU KNOW:
City of San Diego Climate Action Plan
The City of San Diego’s new Climate Action Plan establishes a community-wide goal of net zero by 2035, committing San Diego to an accelerated trajectory for greenhouse gas reductions.
More than 3,300 San Diegans shared their needs, concerns and priorities in the development of this plan. The City is advancing your vision for climate action by charting a path to decarbonize San Diego’s buildings and support the re-envisioning of San Diego’s transportation landscape. The City will lead by example by modernizing our operations and mitigating our impacts to the fullest extent.
To learn more, review the draft
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San Diego Region Latest Climate Action Report Card
What Is the Climate Action Plan Report Card?
Check out the latest Climate Action Report Card here. |
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San Diego's Climate Equity Index Report
Historically in San Diego, as in most cities, some communities have been afforded greater access to opportunity than others over many years of growth and development. The City of San Diego’s 2015 Climate Action Plan (CAP) established an opportunity to address environmental justice and social equity concerns - collectively referred to as climate equity – when addressing climate change. This direction, and the CAP overall, supports the City’s General Plan which provides policies to pursue environmental justice in the planning process through greater community participation. It also establishes the need to prioritize and allocate citywide resources which provide public facilities and services to communities in need, and to improve mobility options and accessibility for the non-driving elderly, disabled, low-income, and other members of the population. The City has identified these communities as Communities of Concern. To better understand our Communities of Concern, and to establish benchmarks and metrics to serve as a citywide assessment of climate equity, the City’s Sustainability Department and the University of San Diego Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC) created the first-of-its-kind Climate Equity Index (CEI). San Diego’s CEI assessed all 297 census tracts that intersect with the City and developed standardized indicators to calculate a CEI score from 0-100 for each tract that can be compared to the score of other tracts. Critical to this effort was collaboration with community stakeholders. To this end, the City worked with community-based organizations to form an Equity Stakeholder Working Group. Check out the latest Fact Sheet here & The latest CEI Map Here!
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We are losing ground, now is the time to define bold and equitable climate solutions that address the legacy of environmental racism while rebuilding the U.S. economy in ways that work for everyone—not just the wealthy few.
By becoming a member of I Am Green, businesses, organizations, and community members can commit to working with us to ensure that all people and communities have the right to breathe clean air, live free of dangerous levels of toxic pollution, access healthy food, and share the benefits of a prosperous and vibrant clean economy.