Climate Change

From sweltering heatwaves and wildfires that choke our air, to rising seas and extreme floods washing out roads, every day we are feeling the impacts of climate change. Seattle's most recent greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory shows that to meet our climate goals, we need to urgently transition away from fossil fuels and to a more sustainable, clean energy future.

The City is working to drastically reduce climate pollution from our two largest sources, the transportation and buildings sectors, as well as accelerate efforts to build resiliency in the communities disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis.

While Seattle has long been recognized as an environmental leader, we face many of the same challenges as the broader U.S. environmental movement: those who shape and benefit from environmental policies and outcomes are primarily white, upper-income communities.