TO: Napa County Climate Action Committee
FROM: Brian D. Bordona, Director of Napa County Planning, Building & Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Jesse Guti?rrez, Principal Planner, Sustainability
SUBJECT: Staff update on the Napa Regional Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (RCAAP).
RECOMMENDATION
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Receive an update from Staff on the Napa Regional Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California
Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Napa Regional Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (RCAAP) is a comprehensive, long-range climate and adaptation plan laying out measures and actions to achieve greenhouse gas reduction goals by 2045. The plan also provides a countywide strategy to reduce risk, adapt to, and strengthen community resilience to the effects of climate change.
The plan has overarching strategies that tackle key sources of GHG emissions sectors in the region. Those key sectors are On-Road Transportation, Building Energy, Solid Waste, Off-Road Equipment, Agriculture, and Wastewater and Imported Water.
Six adaptation strategies were developed to address various aspects of climate change vulnerability and climate impacts for the region. The first strategy is an all-encompassing strengthening of resilience followed by strategies for specific threats - fire, increased temperature, flood, drought, and energy grid resilience.
Public Comments
The full draft of the RCAAP was released for public review on August 1, 2025. A 60-day comment period closed on September 30, 2025.
In August and September Erik de Kok from Ascent Environmental presented the RCAAP to all 6 of the jurisdictions' governing bodies and to the Climate Action Committee. These presentations to the councils and Board of Supervisors were meant to inspire conversation and provide an opportunity for all elec...
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