Tiburon up for nearly $600K sea-rise grant as climate work expands

Tiburon’s top sustainability official says she believes the town is still on track to meet its ambitious goal of reducing emissions to 50% below 1990 levels, but residents will need to pivot away from gas-powered vehicles and appliances.

Grace Ledwith, the shared climate action and sustainability coordinator for Tiburon and Mill Valley, delivered her annual update on Tiburon’s Climate Action Plan at the Town Council’s May 21 meeting.

The 126-page plan, adopted in September 2022, outlines strategies, time frames, staffing resources, greenhouse-gas reductions and key metrics with its emission-reduction goal — stronger than the 40% reduction set by the state in 2016. That will require slashing 21,000 metric tons of carbon emissions.

Ledwith said two of the big actions that can help Tiburon meet its goal are “really getting folks out of their single-occupancy gas-powered vehicles” and having people switch from gas- to electric-powered appliances.

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