Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Revised indicator: This indicator has been revised to the local context from the original text: “Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans, strategies as reported in adaptation communications and national communications.”

Non-statistical indicator

Relevant Policies

In 2015, the Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti released the first Sustainability City pLAn, committing to annual progress reports and a major update to the pLAn every four years. L.A.’s Green New Deal is an expanded vision for the pLAn—securing clean air and water and a stable climate, improving community resilience, expanding access to healthy food and open space, and promoting justice for all—and for the future we have to build on behalf of our children and grandchildren. The Green New Deal outlines ambitious local targets including the fize zeros of zero carbon grid, zero carbon transportation, zero carbon buildings, zero waste, and zero wasted water by 2025.

Policies that increase resilience – climate adaptation, infrastructure modernization, and economic security – are integrated throughout the Green New Deal. Together, the L.A. Green New Deal, the 2018 Resilient Los Angeles strategy, and the 2018 updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan encompass L.A.’s approach to protecting the most vulnerable Angelenos from climate change shocks and stressors.