To reach the ambitious goals set out in the Climate Protection Action Plan 2018 update (51MB), the City identified 24 ongoing and proposed municipal emissions reduction measures and 56 community emissions reduction measures in six core strategies — Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Renewable Energy, Transportation, Green Building, Waste Reduction, and Land Use.
| Municipal Measure | Status |
| LED Streetlight Upgrades | Complete |
| Resource Conservation Management | Ongoing |
| Post Point Best Management Practices | Ongoing |
| Federal Building Retrofits | Ongoing |
| Operations and Employee Actions | Proposed |
| Parks LED Upgrades | Proposed |
| Municipal Measure | Status |
| 100% Green Power | Ongoing |
| City Solar | Proposed |
| Post Point Resource Recovery | Proposed |
| Wastewater Heat Recovery | Proposed |
| Municipal Measure | Status |
| 10% Ethanol in City Fleet | Complete |
| Invest in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles | Ongoing |
| Free Employee Bus Passes | Ongoing |
| City Bike Fleet | Ongoing |
| Limit Idling | Proposed |
| Diesel Exhaust Retrofits | Proposed |
| Green Fleet Work Plan | Proposed |
| Western Washington Clean Cities | Proposed |
| Become Evergreen Fleets Certified | Proposed |
| Efficient Driver Training | Proposed |
| Advanced Vehicle Locator Systems | Proposed |
| Commute Trip Reduction Program | Incomplete |
| Increase Biodiesel/Renewable Diesel Use | Incomplete |
| 35% Reduction in Employee Commute VMT | Incomplete |
| Biodiesel Pilot Project | Discontinued |
| Municipal Measure | Status |
| LEED Buildings | Ongoing |
| Recycled Construction Materials | Ongoing |
| Municipal Measure | Status |
| City Hall Recycling | Complete |
| Green Purchasing | Ongoing |
| All City Facility Recycling | Ongoing |
| Green Event Kits | Ongoing |
| Good-on-One-Side Notepads | Ongoing |
| Specialty Recycling | Ongoing |
| Municipal Waste Monitoring | Proposed |
| Waste Reduction Plan | Proposed |
| Community Measure | Status |
| County Courthouse Efficiency | Complete |
| Residential Water Metering | Complete |
| Housing Authority Retrofits | Complete |
| Project RENT | Complete |
| Climate Outreach and Education | Ongoing |
| WWU Sustainability Program | Ongoing |
| Community Energy Challenge | Ongoing |
| Puget Sound Energy Programs | Ongoing |
| Cascade Natural Gas Programs | Ongoing |
| BCS Energy Efficiency | Ongoing |
| Toward Net Zero Energy | Ongoing |
| COB Water Use Efficiency | Ongoing |
| Housing Rehab and Construction | Ongoing |
| Bellingham Energy Prize | Ongoing |
| Energy Prize Online Energy Center | Ongoing |
| Energy Efficiency and Real Estate | Ongoing |
| Multi-family Residential Efficiency | Ongoing |
| Bellingham Schools Energy Efficiency | Ongoing |
| Green Classroom Certification | Ongoing |
| Waterfront District Energy | Proposed |
| Energy Innovation Hub | Proposed |
| Single-family Residential Outreach | Proposed |
| PSE Streetlights LED Upgrade | Proposed |
| Commercial & Multi-family Building Benchmarking | Proposed |
| Industrial Energy Efficiency | Proposed |
| Green Leases for City Tenants | Proposed |
| Residential Energy Ratings | Proposed |
| Weatherization Requirement | Proposed |
| Community Measure | Status |
| Green Power Community Challenge | Complete |
| Solar Permitting Improvements | Complete |
| Green Power Purchases | Ongoing |
| WWU Sustainability Program | Ongoing |
| County Green Power | Ongoing |
| Solarize Whatcom | Ongoing |
| Washington Goes Solar Campaign | Ongoing |
| Waterfront District Energy | Proposed |
| Community Solar | Proposed |
| More Efficient Energy Distribution | Proposed |
| Support Wind Power | Proposed |
| Community Measure | Status |
| SSC Natural Gas Trucks | In Progress |
| WTA Bus and Facility Upgrades | In Progress |
| SSC Biodiesel | Ongoing |
| Car Sharing | Ongoing |
| Vehicle Mode Shift | Ongoing |
| Safe Routes to School | Ongoing |
| Promote Hybrid and Electric Vehicles | Ongoing |
| Whatcom Smart Trips | Ongoing |
| Commute Trip Reduction | Ongoing |
| Limit Idling | Incomplete |
| Promote Biofuels | Incomplete |
| Community Measure | Status |
| Promote Green Building | Ongoing |
| Advanced Materials and Methods Policies | Ongoing |
| 2030 Districts | Proposed |
| Community Measure | Status |
| Plastic Bag Ban | Complete |
| Construction/Demolition Recycling | Ongoing |
| Food Plus! | Ongoing |
| Increase Curbside Recycling | Incomplete |
| Community Measure | Status |
| COB Habitat Protection and Restoration | Ongoing |
| Urban Villages | Ongoing |
| High Density Development | Ongoing |
| COB Carbon Fund | Proposed |
