Environmental Performance Dashboard

The City of Bellevue's Environmental Performance Dashboard shares information about the city's progress towards the sustainability goals outlined in the  Sustainable Bellevue Environmental Stewardship Plan .

This dashboard includes accomplishments and key performance measures for the following five focus areas in the plan: 

Each tab on this dashboard provides background information, interactive maps, charts, and explanations to share the city's progress towards its sustainability goals. Learn more about the plan on the city's  Environmental Stewardship web page . You can also  view our progress to date  on all the actions in the Sustainable Bellevue Environmental Stewardship Plan.

The majority of this dashboard is updated annually based on availability of data. Some metrics, like tree canopy information, are updated less frequently based on data availability. In those cases, the most recent available data are shown.

For an overview of the city's most recent greenhouse gas emissions inventory, read our 2023  Executive Summary .

To learn more about how these data were assessed, read our greenhouse gas emissions inventory 2023  Methodology Report .

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The impacts of climate change—heat waves, changing precipitation patterns, and increased wildfire risk, to name just a few—are occurring now. To avoid the most extreme impacts, Bellevue has joined hundreds of cities around the world in committing to aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the impacts of climate change that cannot be avoided.

Our goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for and adapt to ongoing and future climate impacts. Compared to our baseline 2011 levels, our 2030 and 2050 Climate Change targets are:

Energy is linked to Bellevue’s quality of life, economic development, and community health. Reliable, plentiful, and relatively inexpensive energy is an environmental asset that helps many major industries and employers thrive in the Northwest. Transitioning to cheap, renewable energy sources while implementing efficiency measures will help Bellevue protect health, livelihoods, and the economy, while transitioning to sustainable energy use.

Our goal is to ensure long-term access to clean energy while saving money and reducing environmental impacts of energy consumption. Our 2050 Energy targets are:

Transportation infrastructure and systems are integral to economic and community activity. The city must harness the electric future and provide multi-modal transportation services to meet the mobility needs of Bellevue's growing community.

Transportation emissions are caused by fuel combustion in passenger cars, bus transit, and medium to heavy duty trucks. The city has established targets to reduce vehicle miles travelled per capita, increase commuting trips via alternative modes of transportation, and increase electric vehicle ownership. 

Our goal is to minimize the environmental impacts of transportation and development in Bellevue by focusing development in growth centers, and providing all residents access to variety of mobility options. Our 2050 Mobility & Land Use targets are:

Sustainable materials management maximizes material and product uses and minimizes environmental impacts across the full life cycle of materials. Each stage of a product’s life cycle—from extraction, to production and manufacturing, to transportation and distribution, to home and business use, and ultimately to disposal—carries some degree of environmental impact.

As part of our waste reduction and materials management goals, Bellevue is committed to ensuring accessible and affordable waste diversion opportunities for all residents.

Our goal is to reduce the negative impacts from consumption and waste practices and strive to zero waste of resources. Our 2050 Materials Management & Waste target is:

Natural systems, including forests and streams, are critical to the health of Bellevue's residents. Healthy natural systems provide clean water, clean air, and spaces for recreation. Natural systems are also important to climate resilience, providing cooling, stormwater management, air filtration, and many other adaptation benefits.

Our goal is to improve and preserve the integrity and health of Bellevue's natural systems and ensure that all of Bellevue's residents have access to abundant natural resources and nature-based climate resilience solutions. Our 2050 Natural Systems targets are:

To take meaningful climate action and lead by example, The City of Bellevue is committed to integrating sustainability across every level of the municipal organization, spanning departments, divisions, and work areas. Bellevue is committed to sustainability targets across all five focus areas of the Sustainable Bellevue Environmental Stewardship Plan.

Our goal is for the City of Bellevue to be a sustainability leader, inspiring community action, enhancing operational efficiencies, and reducing costs. Our 2040 targets are:

Greenhouse gas emissions can vary from year-to-year due to a variety of environmental and other factors. Bellevue developed the Contribution Analysis model to understand the underlying causes, environmental factors, and other drivers that impact local emissions from year-to-year.

Below, you can explore the results of Contribution Analyses that compared 2011 to 2022 and 2021 to 2022 to see some of the factors that impacted emissions differences between the selected years.

Bellevue faces climate impacts as a result of emissions that have already occurred. It's our responsibility as a City to do our part in reducing emissions and securing a sustainable future for our planet. But we don't have to endure climate change impacts unprepared. By planning for climate impacts while working to reduce our emissions and achieve our Environmental Stewardship goals and targets, Bellevue can remain a sustainable and thriving city for all residents for generations to come.

In 2023, the City of Bellevue conducted a  Climate Vulnerability Assessment  to understand how climate change might affect our city in the coming decades. This report helps us identify how difference sectors of the city might be vulnerable to climate impacts—and what we can do to prepare for impacts expected as a result of warming that has already occurred.

In this section, you can explore the climate impacts Bellevue faces and learn more about how climate vulnerability is assessed.