Birmingham Sustainability Plan

At a glance

• What: a citywide sustainability plan with 83 action items in six strategy themes, plus a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
• Where it stands: the Committee of the Whole voted by voice on November 4 to send the plan and the 2050 goal to the full council with a favorable recommendation.
• Next: full council vote, date not known.

Detail

Citywide emissions are about 5.1 million metric tons (about 26 tons per person); city operations account for about 470,000 metric tons, mostly landfills and street paving. A request for proposals for landfill methane collection is under way. Figures are from auto-generated captions.

Sources

• Committee video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExEsn3Sciwk

Log

2026-11-04 - Committee of the Whole Special Meeting

• Presented by the Director of the Mayor's Office of Resilience and Sustainability; advanced to full council by voice vote.

2026-09-08 - Community Development Committee Special Meeting

• Plan presented for adoption as an official city plan (nearly 100 goals and actions; net zero by 2050 goal). Questions focused on outside partners for clean power. Part 1 of the recording ends before any vote is heard.