King County Strategic Climate Action Plan

The 2015 Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP) is a five-year blueprint for County action to confront climate change, integrating climate change into all areas of County operations and its work in the community.

The SCAP guides County work to achieve ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, prepare for the impacts of a changing climate, and ensure that King County continues to lead on climate action.

In addition to establishing targets and performance measures to track and assess the County’s progress, the 2015 SCAP details more than 70 Priority Actions for the King County to carry out. These actions cover diverse strategies including transit, renewable energy, green building, recycling, and preparing for local climate impacts. Actions to reduce GHG emissions and prepare for climate impacts are embedded and integrated into the operations, services, and capital plans of all County agencies.

Read the 2015 SCAP here:

• 2015 SCAP Executive Summary
• 2015 King County Strategic Climate Action Plan - full plan, all sections (26.8 MB)
• King County Executive Dow Constantine’s Transmittal Letter

Read our progress reports here:

• 2017 SCAP Biennial Report – Measuring our Progress

Read the past SCAP reports here:

• 2012 Strategic Climate Action Plan
• 2010 King County Energy Plan

• Carbon Neutral Implementation Plan (2019)
  The new Carbon Neutral Implementation Plan recommends that King County’s 2020 Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP) establish new stronger goals for government operations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25% by 2020, 50% by 2025 and 80% by 2030.
  • Executive Constantine’s Transmittal Letter
  • Dept. of Natural Resources and Parks Beyond Carbon Neutral Initiative
• Blueprint for Addressing Climate Change and Health
  Public Health – Seattle & King County developed a Blueprint for Addressing Climate change and health which describes the impacts of climate change on people in our region. It is intended to be used as a tool for putting people at the center of the climate change conversation.
• King County Renewable Electricity Transition Pathways (2018)
  King County, in coordination with community, utility, and local government stakeholders, developed a study that outlines policies and investments to achieve a goal of 90% renewable electricity supply county-wide by 2030.
• King County Operational Cost of Carbon Report (2018)
  This report develops an internal ‘cost of carbon’ to be used in government processes and decision-making and summarizes guidance for County agencies on how to use this information to inform analysis of capital projects, major fuel and vehicle purchases, resource efficiency investments, and other County operations decisions.