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Mayor Releases Ambitious Climate Change Plan

The city's real estate sector will be a major contributor to helping the city reduce greenhouse gases. The mayor's proposal calls for significant building energy performance upgrades as well as deep energy retrofits in city-owned buildings.

By John Jordan | johnjordan | Updated on October 06, 2017

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

NEW YORK CITY—In response to President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this year to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a far-reaching proposal to meet those plan’s greenhouse gas reduction targets.

The plan entitled “1.5°C: Aligning New York City With the Paris Climate Agreement” lists actions the city will take in the next three years to accelerate greenhouse gas reductions and put the city on a path to deep de-carbonization. The plan reinforces building code changes and energy reduction targets for large buildings and city-owned buildings to meet in the coming years. The mayor detailed his plans and energy reduction mandates last month. The 1.5°C plan is the first Paris agreement-compliant plan from any city in the world, city officials say.

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