Mayor of Salt Lake City and Chair of the Alliance for a Sustainable Future Erin J. Mendenhall

The federal government’s leadership role in addressing climate change has greatly diminished, from the announced withdrawal from the Paris Agreement to the example set by recent domestic actions to freeze vehicle standards and rollback power sector targets. This is unfortunate and has real consequences, coinciding with several years of increasing average global temperatures, record flooding, heat waves, droughts, and wildfires. The need for action is growing increasingly urgent as the impacts are felt in urban, suburban, and rural America.

The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) formed the Alliance for a Sustainable Future to provide a platform for the public and private sectors to accelerate carbon reduction programs and sustainable development, as well as strengthen partnerships toward mutual sustainability and climate goals.

Investing in Resilient and
Equitable Neighborhoods (January 2023)

Cities Advancing
Climate Action:
Leveraging Federal
Funds for Local Impact
A Resource Guide (2022)

American Mayors and Businesses: Building Partnerships for a Low-Carbon Future, Volume IV (2021)

Mayors Leading the Way on Climate How Cities Large and Small are Taking Action (2020)

American Mayors and Businesses: Building Partnerships for a Low-Carbon Future Volume III (2020)

Carbon Case Study 2019

 Mayors Leading the Way on Climate 2018

Mayors Leading the Way on Climate 2017

American Mayors and Businesses 2017

The information below was selected from our survey entitled, Mayors Leading the Way on Climate and How Cities Large and Small are Taking Action (September 2018). The Alliance for a Sustainable Future will continue to collect data and publish results in order to help cities identify best practices for their own communities.

• New Buildings
• Existing Buildings
• Energy Benchmarking

• City Purchases
• Charging Stations
• Incentives

• Overview of City Practices
• City-Wide Goals
• Cities with Policies to Incentivize Renewable Energy

• Cities Partnering with Local Government
• Cities Partnering with Businesses

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• Volkswagen Settlement – Update (June 2017)
• Volkswagen Settlement – What Cities Should Know (January 2017)
• Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Appendix: Environmental and Climate Programs (March 2023)