New York City

New York, USA

NYC is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions 80% by mid-century and is investing $20 billion to adapt our neighborhoods to climate change risks such as flooding, heat, and sea level rise.

Emissions Reduction

15%

Since: 2005

Economic Growth

23%

Since: 2005

Emissions Reduction Target

80%

Baseline: 2005

By 2050

Solar Power Target

1GW

By 2030

Emissions by Source

Transport 29.9%

Waste 3.5%

Buildings 66.6%

Electricity Mix

New York City continues to lead the globe in the fight against climate change. In the last four years, NYC has committed to an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050 and was the first city to align itself with the 1.5C target of the Paris Agreement. Greenhouse gas emissions are down 15% since 2005 and we will take this further with mandatory retrofits to city buildings and expanding low-carbon transportation options. At the same time, NYC is investing over $20 billion to adapt our neighborhoods to climate change risks such as flooding, heat, and sea level rise. And we are taking the fight straight to the fossil fuel industry for their role in creating this climate crisis by divesting the City’s pension funds from fossil fuels and suing the five investor-owned fossil fuel companies most responsible for climate change.

Community Retrofit NYC

Retrofit Accelerator

NYC Carbon Challenge

#DivestNY

New York City knows firsthand how devastating climate change can be. That’s why NYC is planning to divest billion from major fossil fuel companies and is suing Shell, Exxonm, BP, Chevron and Conoco Phillips for the cost of protecting New Yorkers from the impacts of climate change.

Plugging Into Solar

The Cost of Solar

Solar Panels

Food and Yard Waste Bins

City Hall Solar

Mayor Bill de Blasio tours the roof of City Hall, Tuesday April 21, 2015. Credit: Demetrius Freeman/Mayoral Photography Office.