Austin Mayor Will Wynn
In addition to his local responsibilities as Mayor, Will Wynn has risen to a position of national leadership
on energy and climate issues. Since 2004 he has chaired the Energy Committee of the 1,200-member
U.S. Conference of Mayors and is a key member of the U.S. Mayors Council on Climate Protection.
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In August in Arlington, Wynn spoke on greenbuilding and local strategies for energy
efficiency at the Texas Mayor’s Summit: Air Quality, Public Health & Climate Change – a
conference sponsored by ICLEI which brought together mayors from Texas cities large
and small and from across the political spectrum.
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In July, Mayor Wynn gave testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Small Business
and the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on
greenbuilding, renewable energy, energy efficiency and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
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In June, Wynn was re-elected by the full body of the U.S. Conference of Mayors to chair
the Energy Committee and was honored for Outstanding Achievement in the 2007 U.S.
Climate Protection Awards. Wynn co-sponsored seven energy- and climate-related
resolutions that were adopted by the full USCM at the annual summer meeting.
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In May at the invitation of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Clinton Climate
Initiative, Wynn addressed the mayors of the world’s 40 largest cities regarding
greenbuilding and renewable energy.
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In February 2007 Mayor Wynn unveiled an aggressive plan that sets the standard
among cities nationwide in the growing campaign to address global warming. The
Austin Climate Protection Plan will: eliminate GHG emissions from virtually all
municipal activities by the year 2020; dramatically enhance the use of renewable
power and demand reduction measures at Austin Energy; implement the most energy
efficient building codes in the nation; and develop targets and reduction plans for GHG
emissions community-wide.
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Also in 2007: Wynn led a key group of leading mayors in a meeting hosted by the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, where they coordinated on local strategies and developed
an agenda for pressing congressional action on global warming; lead a U.S. Senate
briefing on plug-in hybrid technology and the year-long Plug-In Partners Campaign, an
effort that has successfully pushed major auto manufacturers to commit to producing
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; spoke at a U.S. House congressional briefing on
climate protection; delivered the keynote address at the International Conference on
Sustainable Urbanism.
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In 2006: Wynn was a featured speaker at the Sundance Summit on Climate Protection
in Utah; convened the first National Summit on Energy and the Environment in
Chicago, where he spoke on plug-in hybrid technology, and the second National
Summit on Energy and the Environment in Atlanta, where he led panel discussions on
energy efficiency; addressed the EPA’s 4th International Conference on SF6 and the
Environment; was featured in Time Magazine’s watershed issue on global warming as
well as Newsweek’s “The Greening of America” issue.
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Wynn was one of only five mayors from around the globe, and the only one from the
Western Hemisphere, invited to speak at the first ever United Nations special session
on renewable energy in Bonn, Germany where he addressed the energy ministers of
the 154 nations present.
Additionally, Wynn was named Energy Executive of the Year by the Association of Energy Engineers;
and, following Austin’s response to hurricane Katrina, was named Local Public Official of the Year by
the National Association of Social Workers.