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04/22/2013 coordinate with RethinkWaste to develop and adopt a construction and demolition (C&D) debris recycling ordinance and a monitoring and compliance plan in the near term (2013-2015), phasing in implementation of state commercial recycling requirements as programs, reporting, and evaluation methods develop over the midterm, and other measures such as yard waste ordinances, pay-as-you-throw tiered rate structures, and community zero-waste programs (95 percent community solid waste diversion rates) over the long term. �.3 Adaptation This Plan emphasizes climate action measures the City is already taking and proposes monitoring, evaluating, and updating programs to ensure targeted emissions reductions over time. While the City has taken significant action on climate change in the past 7 years, it becomes increasingly important to begin climate adaptation planning as well. The climate is changing rapidly. According to the World Meteorological Organization, in their news release "2000-2009, The Warmest Decade."' The decade of the 2000s (2000-2009) was warmer than the decade spanning the 1990s (1990-1999), which in turn was warmer than the 1980s (1980-1989)... The 2000– 2009 decade will be the warmest on record, with its average global surface temperature abouf 0.96 degree F above the 20th century average. This will easily surpass the 1990s value of 0.65 degree F. Even if we stopped emitting GHGs tomorrow, the climate would still continue to change due to the length of the carbon cycle —the ability of the earth to absorb the excess carbon in the ocean and plants. Therefore, our communities must plan for adaptation to climate change. At this point, adaptation planning may be most effective at the state and regional levels, due to the scale of resources needed to develop and implement a coordinated plan. This Plan proposes reviewing the 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy,Z which was developed to guide California's efforts in adapting to climate change impacts, in conjunction with the 2015 GHG Emissions Inventory process and developing recommendations for the City's climate adaptation planning process. For more information on adaptation planning, see Appendix B. 'WMO 2010.200�2009, THE WARMEST DECADE http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/pr_869_en.html 2 http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/adaptation/ 18 RESO.#15258 MUFF#205