Coalition Members
Below are links to the sustainability home pages, relevant plans, and GHG emissions for our current member governments. Updated June 2021.
Albuquerque
Population (2020): 560,513
The City has affirmed its commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement, endorsed the Declaration of a Climate Emergency, committed to a city-wide just transition. The City has goals of 100% renewable energy for municipal operations by 2030 and reducing its energy usage by 65% by 2025.
Las Cruces
Population (2020): 103,432
The city has embarked on understanding climate change impacts, identifying Greenhouse Gas emissions mitigation strategies, and equity. As an active member of Climate Mayors, Mayor Ken Miyagishima has advanced investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The City Council approved its Climate Action Plan in July 2020. Las Cruces has a goal of reducing its GHG emissions by 73% by 2050 (on a 2018 baseline).
Los Alamos County
Population (2019): 19,369
Los Alamos County adopted its 2020 Environmental Goals and aims to become a carbon neutral electric provider by 2040. In 2021 the County formed the Resiliency Energy & Sustainability Task Force to advise ways to achieve net zero GHG emissions, building from its 2017 Environmental Sustainability Plan.
Santa Fe
Population (2020): 84,683
The city’s 25-year Sustainability Plan focuses on the “Triple Bottom Line” of resilience, economic vitality, and quality of life/social equity. In 2020, the city was awarded LEED Gold Certification for work in fostering a sustainable city. Mayor Alan Webber, the Coalition’s Chair, is committed to the goals of the Paris Agreement, the city transitioning to 50% renewable energy by 2025, and carbon neutrality by 2040.
Santa Fe County
Population (2020): 150,358
An early supporter of the Paris Agreement, the county is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through waste reduction, recycling, water conservation, and clean energy strategies across its operations.
Member per capita GHG emissions
Note: The emissions inventories should be viewed only as approximately comparable. Not all inventories are from the same years, and while Albuquerque, Santa Fe City, Santa Fe County, and Las Cruces used the Global Protocol for Community-Scale GHG Emissions, Los Alamos did not. It was not verified that the protocol was applied in a uniform manner across all emission sectors for each member.
Sources: