If you want to learn about climate actions – and related successes - in Raleigh, check out our new implementation report. This is the third annual Community Climate Action Plan implementation report. It celebrates the various initiatives happening across the community. The report was unveiled at the Sept. 16 City Council meeting.
One example is the Bioenergy Recovery Project, where we’re pioneering a new way to fuel our city. By transforming our community’s wastewater into clean biofuel, we’re not just recycling—we're creating a sustainable power source for Raleigh’s buses. This remarkable effort makes us the first in the state and one of only a few cities nationwide to turn wastewater intro transportation fuel. This was a "moonshot" project identified in Raleigh's first ever Climate Energy Action Plan in 2012. Raleigh made it happen with much innovation and collaboration!
Through the CCAP, Raleigh has three main objectives in implementing high-impact climate action:
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) to meet Raleigh’s community-wide goal of an 80 percent reduction of GHG emissions by the year 2050;
- Building community resilience to the impacts of climate change including flooding and extreme heat, Raleigh’s primary environmental hazards; and,
- Fostering social advancement, community health, environmental justice, affordability, access, and safety across the Raleigh community.
There are hundreds of implementation updates in the 2025 CCAP Implementation Report that showcase the important climate action work happening across the community. These initiatives range from affordable housing and sustainability, access to solar for residents and installations on City facilities, free electric tool share, e-bikes, micromobility, electric vehicle infrastructure and access, creating safer and more walkable and bikeable streets, waste reduction, green stormwater infrastructure, urban heat mitigation, food security, pollinator habitats, funding climate action, community empowerment programs, innovative pilot projects, and so much more!
