 In evaluating interim targets for 2030, the
City compared its emissions forecasts against
different target options to understand the scale
of reductions needed from the CECAP actions,
and then selected an interim target that balances
the City’s ambition with the realities of Dallas’
relatively high level of emissions in its base year.
A common approach used by cities is to
set interim targets based on a straight-line
trajectory from their base year to their longterm goal. Figure 16 shows this trajectory
from the 2015 emissions base year to
carbon neutrality by 2050. In Dallas, this
would translate to a 43% reduction in total
emissions below 2015 levels by 2030.