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