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Legislation Details
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Section:
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Informational Report
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Status:
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Agenda Ready
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Agenda Date:
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9/14/2026
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Final action:
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Subject:
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2024 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
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DATE: September 14, 2026
TO: Council Sustainability Committee
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
Title
2024 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council Sustainability Committee (CSC) reviews and comments on this report.
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SUMMARY
This report compares the calendar year 2024 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory with previous years and provides an overview of the progress toward the communitywide reduction targets established in the City Council adopted General Plan. As summarized in Table 1, total emissions across all sectors have been reduced by 6.8% from 2023 and by 39.9% since 2005.
Transportation remains the largest contributor to community emissions, and its trends continue to shape overall results. Transportation emissions declined in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased in 2021 as pandemic restrictions eased, but they have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. From 2021 to 2024, total emissions decreased by 6.4%, a trend that may reflect ongoing hybrid and remote work patterns.
Table 1: GHG Emissions by Sector (MTC02e)
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Sector |
2005b |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
% Change from 2005 |
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Electricity |
185,536 |
12,467 |
23,038 |
35,844 |
29,313 |
26,011 |
13,972 |
-92.5% |
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Natural Gas |
189,995 |
176,649 |
166,334 |
168,917 |
170,495 |
172,822 |
152,910 |
-19.5% |
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Transportation |
529,316 |
420,995 |
309,168 |
361,935 |
371,868 |
357,355 |
347,651 |
-34.3% |
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Airporta |
4,779a |
4,779a |
4,779a |
4,779a |
4,779a |
4,779 |
4,310 |
-9.8% |
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Off-Road Vehicles |
14,889 |
24,287 |
27,976 |
23,426 |
39,882 |
36,526 |
36,741 |
146.8% |
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Solid Waste |
50,924 |
46,187 |
34,628 |
32,011 |
32,141 |
32,537 |
31,469 |
-38.2% |
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Water and wastewater |
4,716 |
2,710 |
2,512 |
2,171 |
1,990 |
1,819 |
1,828 |
-61.2% |
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Total |
980,155 |
688,074 |
568,435 |
629,083 |
650,468 |
631,849 |
588,881 |
-39.9% |
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Hayward Population |
140,305 |
164,029 |
162,611 |
160,686 |
161,561 |
161,796 |
162,383 |
15.7% |
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Total Emissions/ Capita |
7.0 |
4.2 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
3.6 |
-48.1% |
a. Emissions data for 2005 through 2022 are not available; 2023 Airport emissions data was used as the estimated values for 2005 to 2022.
b. Due to the overall size of the chart, data for 2010 and 2015 have been omitted. This data is available upon request.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
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