California
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, California must cut emissions by 3.8% a year
Emissions in California
Million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) 
equivalent (MTCO2e ) emissions
Note: Grey area indicates missing data due to processing delays.
Source: WRI, Mar 2021
This is how we're going to do it
- Boilers and furnaces with heat pumps
- Gas stoves with electric induction stoves
Decarbonize Our Buildings
10% of California's climate pollution comes from buildings.
We burn fossil fuels to heat our air, water, and food.
To cut this pollution...
Let's electrify our heat!
We'll replace...
...in all of California's 11.5 million buildings.
In fact, 28.4% of appliances in buildings in California are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 8.3 million dirty buildings in California. That's around 314,000 per year.
Source: Microsoft, Mar 2021; NREL, Dec 2021Electrifying all buildings cuts 10% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
49% of California's pollution comes from cars, trucks, trains, and planes.
But mostly from cars.
To cut this pollution,
your next car must be electric.
Or consider going car-free with public transit, bikes/e-bikes, car share, or other alternatives!
There are 14.2 million vehicles in California and 425,000 are already electric (3% of the total).
We need to electrify (or replace) the remaining 13.8 million gas-powered vehicles. That's around 523,000 a year.
Source: DOT, Feb 2021Electrifying all transportation cuts 49% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
7% of California's pollution comes from burning coal, gas, and oil to make power.
That's because of how power is generated in California today.
Power Generation in the State of California (2020)
But there's already 51% carbon-free electricity generation in California!
To clean up the emissions from the polluting power plants we need to replace all fossil fuel power plants with solar and wind farms.
...and find good jobs for those workers.
Current Fossil Fuel Power Plants in California
1 coal plant
293 gas plants
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