From Climate Crisis to Climate Action: The Future of City Budgeting

Climate change is reshaping our cities daily– from intensifying heatwaves to systemic infrastructure strain. While municipalities everywhere are racing to adapt, a critical question remains: How do we ensure our urban capital spending is delivering true climate resilience? This technical session moves from policy to practice, addressing the real-world barriers and breakthrough strategies required to make climate action a seamless, quantified part of routine city capital planning. For sustainability directors, public works officials, and municipal engineers, the ultimate challenge is tracking the climate ROI of physical infrastructure across diverse urban sectors. Climate Solutions International invites you to an exclusive, hands-on demonstration of the CAPimpact® platform. See firsthand how North American cities and regional municipal cohorts are actively breaking down departmental silos to quantify, track, and optimize the climate impact of every dollar spent across nine core municipal modules, including power, wastewater, green infrastructure, and transit. What you’ll experience: Live CAPimpact® Walkthrough: A deep dive into how the platform evaluates capital projects, simulates stress tests, and maps financial allocations directly to climate resilience targets. Cohort Case Studies: Review real-world operational models from active municipal cohorts to see how cities successfully justify and scale their environmental capital projects. Interactive Q&A: Engage directly with the platform architects to discuss integrating specific urban revenue and infrastructure data into a unified dashboard.