Specifications include, but are not limited to: Fulfill the City of Tacoma’s commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, Global Covenant of Climate Mayors and the recent Council adopted Climate Emergency Resolution Define the community’s climate challenges, and the challenges and opportunities it faces in meeting ambitious climate and GHG reduction goals Serve as a mechanism to tie together the City’s existing and developing sustainability initiatives, policies and plans with the community’s goals Adopt near-, medium- and long-term strategies and indicator targets that will ensure we achieve our carbon reduction goals and are climate-ready by 2050. Develop implementation actions and accountability processes for high-priority strategies to be implemented in the next 3 years • Be readable, measurable, short (appendix are good), & visually appealing • Emphasize co-benefits, but also acknowledge “tensions” or trade-offs, including the cost of no action