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City updates Climate Equity Plan implementation; delivery teams, revolving fund and citywide solar advance
Summary
Austin staff reported that community greenhouse-gas emissions fell to about 11.5 million metric tons in 2024 (20% down since peak), that more than 90% of Climate Equity Plan strategies are underway, and that the city is forming delivery teams, finalizing a climate revolving fund SOP and seeking council approval for a citywide solar portfolio with a tight July construction deadline to secure federal tax credits.
Zach Waller, director of Austin Climate Action & Resilience, and Braden Lisonbee Jones, climate program manager, updated the committee on progress implementing the Climate Equity Plan adopted in 2021. Lisonbee Jones said citywide community greenhouse-gas emissions for 2024 were about "11,500,000 metric tons," down roughly 20% from a 2011 peak and that per-capita emissions have fallen more than 30%.
Nut graf: Staff described an implementation structure (an office convening function, a climate cabinet, and delivery teams) to operationalize 46—6 actions prioritized in a biannual implementation plan and said the Climate Revolving Fund and a multi-site city solar program are…
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