Align the City’s decision making and financial planning with climate commitments

The goal to align decision-making and financial planning with climate commitments is critical to the guiding principles of embedment and accountability. This includes developing decision-making and reporting tools, considering climate in capital budgets, and developing financial and resourcing strategies.

Shifts – What is needed to reach this goal?

L1. Advocate for senior government regulations and funding to accelerate ambition and action to meet local, provincial, national, and global climate commitments
L2. Assess staff capacity and financial resources needed to meet climate commitments and seek to fill gaps
L3. Develop tools and programs to embed climate action in the City's financial decision-making and reporting

Advanced data and systems, e.g. Surrey Excels, data-driven decision making, data and analytics
Sustainability Charter sets broad direction
Financial Plan Reporting can be leveraged for climate-related financial disclosure

Create critical foundations for success of all other CCAS goals
Set direction for addressing climate risk in financial planning

The goal to align decision-making and financial planning with climate commitments is critical to the guiding principles of embedment and accountability. This includes developing decision-making and reporting tools, considering climate in capital budgets, and developing financial and resourcing strategies.

Shifts – What is needed to reach this goal?

Advanced data and systems, e.g. Surrey Excels, data-driven decision making, data and analytics
Sustainability Charter sets broad direction
Financial Plan Reporting can be leveraged for climate-related financial disclosure

Create critical foundations for success of all other CCAS goals
Set direction for addressing climate risk in financial planning

1.1. Align the City’s decision making and financial planning with climate commitments

Adaptation potential

Mitigation potential

Equity

Health

Resilience

Prosperity

Shifts – What is needed to reach this goal?

L1. Advocate for senior government regulations and funding to accelerate ambition and action to meet local, provincial, national, and global climate commitments

L2. Assess staff capacity and financial resources needed to meet climate commitments and seek to fill gaps

L3. Develop tools and programs to embed climate action in the City's financial decision-making and reporting

Shifts – What is needed to reach this goal?

L1. Advocate for senior government regulations and funding to accelerate ambition and action to meet local, provincial, national, and global climate commitments

L2. Assess staff capacity and financial resources needed to meet climate commitments and seek to fill gaps

L3. Develop tools and programs to embed climate action in the City's financial decision-making and reporting

1.1. Align the City’s decision making and financial planning with climate commitments

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Mitigation potentialDefinition

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ResilienceDefinition

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Shifts – What is needed to reach this goal?

L1. Advocate for senior government regulations and funding to accelerate ambition and action to meet local, provincial, national, and global climate commitments

L2. Assess staff capacity and financial resources needed to meet climate commitments and seek to fill gaps

L3. Develop tools and programs to embed climate action in the City's financial decision-making and reporting

+Strengths to build on

+Potential outcomes and benefits of implementing these shifts

Shifts – What is needed to reach this goal?

L1. Advocate for senior government regulations and funding to accelerate ambition and action to meet local, provincial, national, and global climate commitments

L2. Assess staff capacity and financial resources needed to meet climate commitments and seek to fill gaps

L3. Develop tools and programs to embed climate action in the City's financial decision-making and reporting

+Strengths to build on

+Potential outcomes and benefits of implementing these shifts

Adaptation potential

Mitigation potential

Equity

Health

Resilience

Prosperity