Climate Pollution Reduction Grant

Enhancing Austin’s climate goals through grant funding and regional collaboration

Background

The City of Austin is proud to be a recipient of a $1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), funded through the federal Inflation Reduction Act. This grant, part of the $5 billion allocated to the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program, is designed to support states, local governments, tribes, and territories in developing and implementing robust plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and harmful air pollution. Our city plans to use these funds to collaborate with regional partners and neighboring cities, extending our climate planning and action beyond Austin’s borders. 

Austin’s Office of Sustainability is leading this initiative for our region and has engaged a community and stakeholder advisory group to help along the way. 

Priority Climate Action Plan

The first deliverable, a Priority Climate Action Plan, helps identify high-priority, ready-to-implement measures to lower emissions at a regional level.

Plan Highlights

• The first-ever regional greenhouse gas emissions inventory for the five-county Austin area.

• Six priority greenhouse gas reduction measures, which can be implemented quickly, benefit multiple communities and stakeholders, and have a clear implementation lead:

  1.    Implement Transportation Demand Management programs
  2.    Encourage and subsidize Renewable Diesel fuel (R99) availability
  3.    Install community solar and battery storage
  4.    Implement holistic building-wide upgrades to municipal buildings
  5.    Implement water conservation programs
  6.    Implement community-driven tree planting and forest restoration program

Read the full Priority Climate Action Plan (PDF, 5.2 MB)
 

CPRG Timeline

Questions?

For information or to learn how to get more involved in the project, contact Rohan Lilauwala.