The City worked with the Houston Advanced
Research Center (HARC) and C40 Cities to
evaluate the proposed CAP actions and estimate
how the Houston community will reach the goal
of carbon neutrality by 2050. Before actions were
modeled, future GHG emissions were projected
for 2030, 2040, and 2050 by accounting for
anticipated changes from the baseline inventory
due to population growth and energy demand
trends (See Appendix II: Methodology). According
to this analysis, if nothing is done to curb
our emissions, Houston could expect annual
community-wide emissions to grow to nearly
46 million metric tonnes of CO2e by 2050. 