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Comprehensive Climate Implementation Program Joint Sustainability Committee – February 25, 2026 Agenda 01 Council Direction & Purpose 02 CCIP Structure 03 Implementation in Practice 04 Opportunities & Benefits 05 2026 Priorities 2 Council Direction • Resolution 20240718-093 • Bring forward a “comprehensive climate implementation program…” • “…that shall provide a detailed and thorough means for investing in our climate.” 3 Comprehensive Climate Implementation Program Two-year Implementation Plan Public document with climate projects achievable between 2025-2027 Programmatic Adjustments Organizational restructure aimed at successful implementation 4 The two-year Implementation Plan (25’-27’) 46 ACTIONS Sustainable Buildings: 13 Transportation & Land Use: 8 Transportation Electrification: 4 Food & Product Consumption: 7 Natural Systems: 4 + 10 Foundational Actions 5 Action Progress Highlights Implementation Plan (25’-27’) 01 02 03 04 Solar on City Facilities Fleet Electrification Green Building Policy Revision Climate Revolving Fund + Continuing progress across multiple actions 6 Climate Cabinet CART Delivery Teams ● “Steering Committee” ● Strategic oversight/direction ● SPOCs from 20+ depts ● Monthly meetings ● Coordination & collaboration ● Professional networking ● Quarterly meetings ● Cross-functional teams for project- based work ● Implementing our climate and resilience goals ● Built/dissolved as- needed 7 What is the “CART”? • A large, inclusive group of City staff coming together for coordination, networking, education, and information sharing. • Focused on making progress towards meeting Austin’s climate and resilience goals. • Outcome-driven, with buy-in from and two-way communication with leadership. “Climate Cabinets” ▪ Emerging best practice in climate implementation ▪ “Whole-of-government” approach ▪ Climate embedded within each department, breaking down silos and increasing coordination ▪ Efficient implementation through reducing redundancy, overlapping duties ▪ Streamlined project management and problem-solving ▪ Examples: Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston 9 Primary Duties of ATX’s Climate Cabinet ▪ Coordinating Citywide climate action ▪ Driving implementation on City plans and priorities ▪ Guiding CART agendas and projects ▪ Tracking and managing progress on “Delivery Teams" ▪ Responding to CMO/MAC action and direction ▪ Adjusting, amending, and evaluating current approaches to CCIP 1 0 What is a “Delivery Team” • A cross-departmental implementation tool for climate and resilience priorities that cannot be delivered by a single department • Enable targeted, coordinated action on complex climate priorities • Criteria for creation include: • Executive Support • Cross-departmental requirement • Connection to adopted priorities • • Clearly defined outcomes & Time-bound deadlines 11 Combined Efforts Leadership in the Climate Space Climate & Environment Leadership Team Facilitation & Logistics Climate Cabinet Strategic Oversight & Direction Team A Team B Team C Team D Climate Action Resilience Team Cross Departmental Networking & Collaboration 12 Climate Implementation in Practice: Building regular communication channels and feedback loops C M O Climate & Environment Leadership Team Cross Departmental Infrastructure (Cabinet/CART/Delivery Teams) 1 3 Opportunities & Benefits ▪ Expanding capacity for dept priorities through CART, Cabinet, CELT, delivery teams ▪ Identifying funding, logistics, and general support for dept priorities ▪ Coordinating on shared priorities to overcome obstacles ▪ Bringing in guest speakers and experts to consult and advise on various topics of interest ▪ Elevating and communicating barriers to executive leadership ▪ Identifying and managing new actions that achieve City climate goals ▪ Sharing best practices and supporting colleagues with analysis, memos, briefings to B&Cs/MAC 1 4 2026 Priorities 1 0 3 0 Expand “Delivery Teams” for priority actions 2 0 Advance funding strategies (e.g. revolving fund, actions that increase savings) Launch additional Implementation Plan actions 4 0 Fine-tune Climate Cabinet/CART 15 Thank you. Add your name here AustinTexas.gov/climate Facebook.com/AustinSustainability YourEmail@AustinTexas.gov