Amplifying Climate Action: San Diego’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) Dashboard

The City of San Diego boasts a strong tourism and recreation industry, partly attributed to the City’s temperate climate. In recent years, extreme weather events tied to climate change have led to an even stronger focus on mitigation and resilience. In 2015, the City adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP), which was most recently updated in 2022. The CAP established the goal for the community to reach net zero emissions by 2035. In the fall of 2024, to boost the efforts of the CAP, the City of San Diego published their online Climate Action Plan platform, the CAP Dashboard. The Dashboard is an accessible online tool in which departments across the City can provide updated metrics to each of the six equity-focused climate action strategies. The Dashboard is public, promotes transparency over climate action progress, and advances climate literacy and awareness for the community. The Dashboard is updated in real time as climate action strategies are addressed and will be officially updated on an annual cycle corresponding to the 2022 CAP. The City is hopeful that the Dashboard will promote innovation and collaborations to help achieve the City’s climate commitments.