The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today announced that preliminary data shows the agency met its interim target of a 35 percent reduction in direct greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. The agency also remains firmly on track toward its longer-term goals of a 50 percent reduction of direct emissions by 2030 and full net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The projection comes as the agency continues finalizing its emissions inventory, with results expected to confirm reductions driven by major sustainability investments across Port Authority operations. Final figures will be released upon completion of that review later this year.

In 2021, the Port Authority became the first U.S. transportation agency to commit to full net-zero carbon emissions and the first to sign on to the Paris Climate Agreement. The agency released a comprehensive net-zero roadmap in 2023, outlining dozens of concrete steps toward reaching those goals.

The agency's projected achievement of its interim emissions goal is based on the previous years' trajectory of emissions reductions, anticipated energy use, the purchase of renewable electricity, and ongoing investments across the agency's facilities and operations. Final figures will be released upon completion of the agency's annual greenhouse gas inventory review later this year.

Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

 

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