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In 2018, Charlotte City Council set ambitious goals to do its part to address climate change, vowing to have city fleet and facilities fueled by 100% zero-carbon sources by 2030 and setting a community-wide goal for Charlotte to become a low carbon city by 2050. The COVID-19 pandemic has created unique challenges, but the city is committed to staying the course with support from the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge.
More on the city's plan to help protect the planet: https://cltgov.me/SEAP
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These
goals
are
twofold:
we
want
to
ensure
that
our
fleet
and
our
buildings
are
run
by
zero
carbon
sources
by
2030,
and
then
we
want
to
become
a
low-carbon
city
by
2050.,
so
by
participating
in
the
american
cities
climate
challenge.
This
has
really
enabled
us
to
accelerate
our
work,
to
learn
from
the
work
of
pure
cities
and
to
make
sure
that
we
can
pivot
quickly
in
this
really
challenging
time
that
we're
in
right
now.
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While
other
cities
in
the
challenge,
quite
frankly,
were
furloughing
staff
and
we're
making
budget
significant
budget
cuts,
I
think
everyone
from
the
american
cities.
Climate
challenge
certainly
wants
to
applaud
the
city
of
charlotte
on
sticking
to
their
commitments
and
their
goals
around
sustainability.
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A
A
Initially
branded
as
a
project
piece,
but
now
I'm
under
the
the
name
renew
which
stands
for
renewable
energy
and
efficiency
workforce.
We
will
be
training
at
least
45
new
folks
in
clean
energy
jobs.
Those
jobs
include
hvac,
as
well
as
mechanical,
we'll
be
excited
to
see
those
folks
not
only
receive
the
training
but
be
placed
in
permanent
positions
upon
the
successful
completion
of
their.
A
Last
year
you
passed
our
large-scale
off-site
solar
project,
which
is
a
partnership
with
duke
energy
called
the
green
source
advantage
program.
So
this
year,
with
two
million
dollar
budget
allocation
and
the
approved
budget
we're
turning
our
focus
to
rooftop
solar.
So
we're
looking
forward
to
putting
rooftop
solar
on
many
of
our
municipal
buildings
as
a
result
of
this
allocation.
But
as
we
start
to
look
out
towards
our
community
and
look
at
residential
buildings
in
particular.
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One
thing
that
is
really
clear
is
that
we
have
residents
like
in
many
cities
that
are
cost
burdened
or
what
we
call
energy
burden,
and
this
means
they're
paying
a
large
portion
of
of
their
income
on
utilities
and
specifically,
energy.
We'll
need
to
keep
that
in
mind
as
we
look
towards
some
of
our
next
steps
to
become
low
carbon.
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B
One
consistent
observation
that
I've
had
is
that
during
difficult
economic
conditions,
sustainability
programs
often
are
one
of
the
first
targets
for
moving
budget
dollars
away.
So
it's
treated
more
as
an
accessory
instead
of
a
necessity
and
with
the
fy
21
3
million
dollar
budget
allocation
charlotte
has
bucked
that
trend
and
really
focused
in
on
maintaining
that
momentum.
That's
so
critical
for
these
programs
to
really
get
where
they
need
to
and
accomplish
their
goals.
So
charlotte
deserves
a
lot
of
praise
for
that.
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It's
going
to
take
a
continued
effort
among
city
departments,
collaborating
as
we've
done,
as
well
as
the
community
and
our
private
sector
partners
to
really
reach
towards
the
ambitious
goals
that
you've
set.
So
we
are
not
slowing
down.
We
need
to
keep
building
momentum
and
we
look
forward
to
doing
that
with.