Commitments

The City of Glendale is committed to and has been committed to improving its sustainability performance for many years.   On November 9^th 2010 the City of Glendale adopted a resolution to address sustainability and climate change.

“NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Glendale commits to addressing sustainability and climate change and using the concept of sustainability to guide policy now and in the future.”

In 2010 the Glendale City Council adopted the United Nations Urban Environmental Accords as framework for developing the Greener Glendale Plan in 2011 and 2012, which addresses sustainability through the UNUEA. 

The City of Glendale is proud to join national and regional partners in pursuing and advocating for a sustainable future.  In July of 2017, the Glendale City Council resolved to support the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda  —an initiative founded in 2014 by mayors of Los Angeles, Houston, and Philadelphia--which meets “the spirit and the goals of the Paris Accord.” Signatories committed to join other cities nationwide in updating their climate action plans and greenhouse gas inventories, defining pathways to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

The City of Glendale is a proud partner of the Advisory Group of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator’s Transportation Electrification Partnership, an unprecedented multi-year partnership among local, regional, and state stakeholders to accelerate transportation electrification and zero emissions goods movement in the Greater Los Angeles region (LA) in advance of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Partnership now includes over 30 members who have committed to working individually and collectively to achieve an additional 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.

The City of Glendale is also a proud founding partner of the Sustainable Energy Action Committee (SEAC), which provides a forum for all stakeholders to collaboratively identify and find solutions for issues that affect the installation and use of sustainable energy systems (solar PV, energy storage, etc.)

From 2015 to early 2020, SEAC was a California-based initiative. Starting in spring 2020, SEAC is expanding into a national forum with the support of a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Under this three-year grant, SEAC will lead a consensus process to identify and develop solutions to code enforcement and permitting challenges for solar and energy storage.

The City will continue to collaborate with regional, statewide and national organizations to identify best practices to continually improving our sustainability performance by planning, doing and assessing our activities.