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Introduction Pleasanton Climate Action Plan Update 5 Agricultural Emissions Emissions from agricultural activities are not included in this inventory as the Community Protocol and California Supplement18 both note agricultural activity is not a required component of Community Protocol inventories and should be included only if relevant to the community conducting the inventory. Regulations exist to encourage urban agriculture within the City boundaries. Many of the emissions from these activities (e.g. energy) are covered under other sectors included in this inventory and no major commercial-scale livestock activity is noted within the city boundaries. High GWP Emissions High GWP emissions, including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used as substitutes for ozone-depleting substances are not included in this inventory as it is not a required component of the Community Protocol and the California Supplement notes these emissions are not generally included in California inventories, including in Pleasanton. Furthermore, many of these emissions are from industrial manufacturing sources and are already accounted for in the California Cap-and-Trade program. 1.3 Future GHG Emissions Forecasts and Targets Prior to 2018, the City of Pleasanton completed a communitywide GHG emissions inventory for the year 2005 and was used in their 2012 CAP 1.0. This was based on an emissions inventory completed in 2008 by ICLEI. The CAP 1.0 inventory also includes forecasts of 2020 and 2025 emissions, that was based on the current population, housing, and employment growth estimates available at the time. As part of the 2020 CAP Update, new GHG inventories were developed for the years 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2017 by EBEW using the most recent population, employment and emission factor data. These changes allowed for consistent and comparable methodologies across years and between jurisdictions who are using the EBEW GHG calculation methodology. This updated methodology made several changes to the 2005 inventory which resulted in changes to the overall GHG emissions in 2005 and 1990 (which is back cast from 2005). A complete description of the differences between the CAP 1.0 GHG inventory and the updated 2005 inventory is included in Section 2.3. Future Pleasanton GHG emissions were forecasted for six different years (2020, 2025, 2030, 2040, 2045, and 2050) in terms of both a business-as-usual scenario19 and an adjusted forecast scenario20 in order to quantify expected emissions through 2050. In addition, five GHG emissions reduction target pathways are presented to establish 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, and 2050 GHG emission reduction goals that may be adopted as part of the CAP Update. This memorandum also summarizes the State GHG emissions targets, Pleasanton 2012 CAP emissions targets, provisional Pleasanton targets, and Pleasanton target pathway options to meet those targets. The provisional targets analyzed for the Pleasanton CAP Update include: 18 Association of Environmental Professionals. 2013. The California Supplement to the United States Community-Wide Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Protocol. Available: <https://califaep.org/docs/California_Supplement_to_the_National_Protocol.pdf>. Accessed: April 15, 2020. 19 Forecasts emissions based on population and job growth, with no reduction measures from federal, State, or local governments. 20 The adjusted forecast scenario incorporates expected federal, State, and local GHG reduction measures into the emissions forecast to develop a more accurate forecast of emissions through 2045.