St. Louis Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan
Climate Mitigation Plan
St. Louis promotes a resilient region through energy policy
Client
East-West Gateway Council of Governments
Population
2,796,000
Schedule
2024-2025
The Problem
The East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWG) received a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to coordinate climate action across 15 counties with diverse industries and communities in the St. Louis region of Missouri and Illinois. With residents largely supportive of climate action, but facing high levels of air pollution and energy burdens, EWG set out to develop the region’s first GHG emission reduction plan.
The Problem
How can St. Louis leverage its strengths to create cleaner air, healthier communities, and affordable renewable energy?
86%
of residents supportive of action to reduce greenhouse gases
20
municipalities involved in creating local pathways for reducing emissions
The Solution
SSG collaborated with EWG, its local government members, and residents to develop the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan (GGRP) with actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 98% by 2050 while boosting air quality, improving affordability, and creating thousands of jobs. The Plan is backed by local action pathways for four sub-regions composed of groups of municipalities that identified targeted measures to reduce emissions from buildings, transportation, industry, and waste based on conditions in their area.
The Plan was created in two phases. In the first phase, EWG developed the Priority Climate Action Plan, which compiled over 120 local pollution reduction project ideas. Then, SSG worked with EWG to create the GGRP by refining and expanding on these actions with community input and detailed scenario modelling that projected the environmental, economic, and social impact of potential climate actions.
The Outcome
Implementing actions in the Plan will result in:*
$4k+
reduction in annual household energy costs
223k
person-years of home-construction employment
80+%
reduction in air pollutants
50%
industrial electricity demand supplied by on-site solar energy
*by 2050 according to the Low-Carbon Scenario in the St. Louis Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan.
Outcome
Key Takeaways
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