Climate Action Plan Working Group Members Update June 17, 2019 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Climate Action Plan Working Group Members Update June 17, 2019

Marissa Aho, AICP Chief Resilience Officer Mayor’s Office for Resilience City of Houston

RESILIENT HOUSTON STRA TEGY PROCESS 3

In August 2018, Houston became a member of 100 Resilient Cities. RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS On the 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey. 4

100RC Global Network 100RC NETWORK 5

Global Network by the Numbers Globally U.S. & Canada 100RC NETWORK 6 47 21 17 801 concrete, actionable continents countries languages Resilience Strategies initiatives 40,000 - 21,000,000 1061 population range community groups 84 $3.3 billion+ engaged Chief Resilience raised to implement $450 million+ Officers resilience projects catalyzed in non-city 56 investment Resilience Strategies 6

RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS A city’s ability to maintain essential functions is threatened by both acute shocks and chronic stresses . 7 Source: SC National Guard

Sudden shocks or accumulating stresses can lead to social breakdown, physical collapse, or economic decline. RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS What are acute shocks? What are chronic stresses? Cyber attack Aging infrastructure Disease outbreak Crime & violence Earthquake Changing demographics Extreme temperatures Climate Change Fire Drought/water shortages Hazardous materials accident Food shortages Hurricane Economic diversity and vibrancy Infrastructure or building failure Education quality and access Insect-borne disease Energy affordability/continuity Rainfall flooding Environmental degradation Riot/civil unrest Healthcare Snow/winter storms High unemployment T errorism Homelessness T ornadoes/wind storms Inclusiveness Water quality Land use & availability 8

Shocks and stresses can bring opportunities for cities to evolve, and in some circumstances, transform. RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS Shock or Stress 9

URBAN RESILIENCE RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS Is the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and thrive no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience . 10

100 RESILIENT CITIES STRA TEGY PROCESS RESILIENT HOUSTON The Strategy is a tactical roadmap to build resilience that STRATEGY PROCESS articulates the city’s resilience priorities and specific initiatives for short-, medium-, and long-term implementation. WE ARE HERE Agenda Setting Living With Draft Action Development Workshop + Water Strategy Resilience Strategy T angible actions with Workshop Initiation Assessment Release widespread support drive Nov 2018 Feb 2019 April 2019 Fall 2019 resources and investment Pre-Strategy Phase 2 Implementation Phase 1 Stakeholder Engagement: defining the solutions 11

Phase 1 Pre-Workshop Survey What do you see as Houston’s most important existing efforts to RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS strengthen and build the resilience of the city? 12

Phase 1 Stakeholder Engagement Workshops RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS Agenda Setting Workshop November 8, 2018 Buffalo Bayou Partnership Living With Water Convening November 8-9, 2018 University of Houston 13

Resilience Assessment RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS https://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/Resilient-Houston-Resilience-Assessment-2019may.pdf 14

Building on Existing Efforts RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS 15

BUILDING ON EXISTING P ARTNER EFFORTS RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS 16

ALIGNING WITH CONCURRENT EFFORTS RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS Please contact Chief Resilience Officer Marissa Aho at marissa.aho@houstontx.gov to share additional concurrent efforts. 17

Framing resilience at multiple scales RESILIENT HOUSTON STRATEGY PROCESS Region City Neighborhood Individual Bayou 18

Priority Shocks and Stresses for Houston RESILIENT HOUSTON Equity Infrastructure + Health + Housing STRATEGY PROCESS Water + Climate + Inclusion Economy Safety + Mobility • Poor education quality • Cyber attack • High winds/tornados • • Flooding Poor transportation or access network quality • Infrastructure failure • Hazardous materials • Hurricanes • Poverty/ inequity • incidents Lack of affordable • Aging infrastructure • Coastal storms housing • Lack of health • Extreme cold • Overreliance on • Drought • care access Land use and urban • Terrorism one industry sprawl • Extreme heat • Lack of • Lack of • Health emergency • equal economic Homelessness • Wildland fire economic diversity opportunity for all • Poor air quality • Lack of pedestrian • Hail & Lightning • Slow recovery from • Linguistic Isolation safety • Crime and violence Harvey and accessibility • Climate change • Environmental injustice • Environmental • Population growth • Displacement • Sea level rise / storm degradation surge • Energy transition • Mental/behavioral • Subsidence • Oil & gas downturn health 19

Discovery Areas for Phase 2 RESILIENT HOUSTON Achieving Equity How do we overcome disparities and ensure that all STRATEGY PROCESS Houstonians can succeed? and Inclusion How do we build back better after disaster – and build new – in Building Forward ways that will stand up to shocks and stresses? Improving Health How can all Houstonians have the access, information, and opportunity to live safe and healthy lives? and Safety Integrating Housing How can we ensure that development, land use, and transportation patterns serve our needs? and Mobility Living With and Without How can we adapt our urban environment to respond to climate change? Water 20

Actions T emplate CREATING A RESILIENCE STRATEGY 1 GREEN STORMWA TER INFRASTRUCTURE INCENTIVES Establish incentives program to stimulate private sector investment in green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) to increase the number of projects that capture water for reuse, improve water quality , and reduce flooding risk. Through the support of the Houston Endowment, the area around these projects to realize economic, social, the water supply benefits are greatest. City of Houston is in the process of completing a one- and environmental benefits, as well as enhanced year study that provides recommendations to resilience. Green infrastructure strategies will vary encourage the use of GSI in the private sector. Greater between simpler solutions, such as swales and parkway implementation of GSI in private land development basins, and larger projects, such as underground projects will allow project sponsors, the City, and the infiltration galleries under key streets and alleys, where Shocks/Stresses Timeframe Partners Funding T ools Implementation Partnerships HAA / ACEC / HREC / Houston Urban Heat Tax Abatement / Short Term Public Works / Planning / Grant Funding Greater Houston Builders Smart Cities Hurricane Association / Houston Parks Board / Mayor’s Office / ULI – Metrics Air Quality Houston / Private-sector partners Communication & Severe Storms Awareness 21

How to craft an effective action: CREATING A 1. Think across agency and industry silos RESILIENCE STRATEGY 2. Address multiple shocks and stresses at the same time by maximizing co-benefits 3. Consider impacts at multiple scales 4. Strive for equitable outcomes 5. Identify performance indicators and funding streams 6. Account for implementation challenges 22

Designing for co-benefits – Resilient New Orleans Example CREATING A RESILIENCE STRATEGY + 23

Leveraging and Connecting CAP and Resilience Actions RESILIENCE + CAP CAP Goals & Actions Resilience Goals & Actions Joint Goals & Actions 24

Leveraging and Connecting CAP and Resilience Actions DRAFT RESILIENCE + CAP 1. Waste/Materials Management • Waste reduction and landfill diversion • Promote building materials and deigns more resistant to flooding 2. Energy Transition • EVs and renewables • Renewable energy generated within the City limits • Enhance community resilience through solar, storage, microgrids, etc. • Carbon Capture as economic development/workforce opportunity 3. Multi-modal transportation system • Equity in mobility • Reduce VMT/Increase development that supports walkable/bikeable neighborhoods served by transit 4. Buildings • Energy performance and efficiency • Workforce development 25

Project Timeline May June July OVERVIEW OF 5/13 5/20 5/27 6/3 6/10 6/17 6/24 7/1 THE WORKING GROUP PROCESS Discovery Areas and Working Group Engagement LWW Workshop Working Group Acceleration Workshop Working Group Working Group Kickoff + Breakouts Working Group Meeting (May 28-31) “Office Hours” (June 10-11) “Office Hours” Wrap Up Meeting Working Group Actions Drafting Strategy Partner Research/Analytical Support Stakeholder Engagement Working Group Members: Network/Constituent Presentations Phase Task Milestone Notes 26