Description
King County residents, elected leaders, and partners are eager to better understand the current state of key climate outcome indicators in King County, as well as the progress the County is making toward its climate goals. King County will create, maintain, and regularly update a climate dashboard that includes progress on priority actions and performance targets for the 2025 SCAP, as well as data on key climate outcome indicators. King County will publicly display these in a visually compelling and accessible online format.
Climate outcome indicators will be displayed on the home page of the dashboard and will include:
- Greenhouse gas emissions in county operations;
- Greenhouse gas emissions countywide;
- Water temperature for selected lakes and waterbodies in King County;
- Emergency department visits for heat-related illness among King County residents;
- Locally acquired vector-borne disease in King County;
- Emergency department visits involving asthma among King County residents;
- Available data on health costs in King County related to climate change;
- Available data on clean energy jobs in King County;
- Temperatures in selected areas identified as heat islands in King County Heat Island Map; and
- Available data on consumer savings from energy efficiency standards.
The County will work with partners to improve the quality, consistency, and accessibility of data needed to reliably report on these climate outcome indicators.