TO: Napa County Climate Action Committee
FROM: David Morrison, Special Projects Director
REPORT BY: Ryan Melendez, Planner II - Sustainability
SUBJECT: Ad hoc Subcommittee status update on the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Napa County Greenhouse Gas Emissions monitoring project
RECOMMENDATION
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DISCUSSION: Staff requests that the CAC Ad hoc subcommittee give regular updates to the Committee regarding the status of the planning and development of the prospective Greenhouse Gas Monitoring project in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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BACKGROUND
At the October, 2023 Climate Action Committee meeting, members heard from Lucas Patzek with Napa Resource Conservation District (RCD) and Sebastien Biraud with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) on a prospective project to measure and monitor the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions over time within Napa County. This project would allow scientists at the LBNL, Napa RCD staff, the CAC members and staff, and other stakeholders to see baseline GHG data and the direct impacts of our actions against climate change, in real time. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is limited in its capacity to monitor atmospheric conditions on a regional scale, as they mainly observe at much larger scales. The results of this pilot project are important to achieving long-term climate goals in our region and acting as a pilot project for other regions across the globe.
At the November 27, 2023 CAC meeting, the Committee adopted a resolution to show support for a collaborative project with Napa Resource Conservation District, the CAC, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for tracking of net greenhouse gases within Napa County. The resolution also designated the formation of an Ad hoc subcommittee to work towards the development of the project.
Napa RCD and LBNL is seeking an estimated $6M to see this project come fully to fruition. This would include five-to-ten monitoring towers est...
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