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Roseville 2040 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 9: Resilience and Env. Protection <br />water use. The Climate Action Plan should Include goals and strategies for <br />both community -wide emissions and City operations., and should: <br />Identify current community -wide greenhouse gas emissions and, <br />separately, emissions associated with City operations. <br />Establish mid- and long-term emissions reduc ion goals that support <br />Minnesota's goal of an 80% reduc ion from 2005 levels by 2050 (M.S. <br />2016H.02). <br />Propose reduction strategies and Identify associated savings potential, <br />economic and business development potential, Implementation <br />methods through existing or new policies and programs, and <br />Implementation costs, financing mechanisms and funding sources. <br />Develop an Implementation plan with a schedule, responsible party, <br />and measure of successfor every strategy. <br />Indicate the method thatwill be used to track progress. <br />1.2. �ontlnue O participate In Minnesota's 6reenStep Clues program, working Commented [BA6]: I movedthis herefronnthe resilience <br />towards becoming a Step 3, 4, and 5 City over the next Comprehensive Plan section (since itis referenced in the text above). <br />cycle. <br />3. Resilience <br />Goal <br />Take action to reduce climate -related risks to City residents, especially for <br />vulnerable populations. <br />Background <br />Increases in the global surface temperature and changes in precipitation levels <br />and patterns are expected to continue and Intensify for decades, regardless of <br />mitigation strategies currently being implemented. In turn, these changes in <br />climate have impacts on the economy and health of local communities. <br />Weather and climate shape our economy. Weather represents the conditions <br />of the atmosphere over short period of time, and climate represents how the <br />atmosphere 'behaves' over relatively Tong periods of time (NASA). <br />Temperature Impacts everything from the amount of energy consumed to heat <br />and cool homes and offices to the ability for some workers to work outside. <br />Temperature and precipitation levels not only determine how much water we <br />have to drink, but also the performance of entire economic sectors, from <br />agriculture to recreation and tourism. Extreme weather events, Tike tornadoes, <br />hail storms, droughts, and inland flooding can be particularly damaging. In the <br />last ten years alone, extreme weather events have cost Minnesota and the <br />8 <br />