City Council approves climate change mitigation plan

May 26, 2020 | 4:18 PM

PRINCE GEORGE—City Council has approved a new strategy aimed at reducing the green house gas emissions in the City.

The 2020 Climate Change Mitigation Plan includes updated greenhouse gas emission inventories, reduction targets, and actions that can be taken to achieve these targets. The new plan will replace the City’s 2007 Energy Greenhouse Gas Management Plan, which only had targets for the City up until 2012.

“The 2020 Climate Change Mitigation Plan sets out several short, medium, and long-term goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions both from City government-related activities and for the community as a whole.”— Andrea Byrne, Environmental Coordinator, City of PG

The new targets include an 80 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from levels measured in 2017 for both the City and community by 2050.

The targets align with the emissions targets of the Province and are expected to be reflected in the next iteration of the Official Community Plan.

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The plan focuses on six main areas for improvement: transportation, land use, buildings, waste management, renewable energy, and policy, decision-making, and reporting.

The strategy cost about $139,000 to develop with the majority of that funding coming from a grant from the Federation of Canadian municipalities. Now that the Climate Change Mitigation Plan has been approved, the City will produce a Climate Action Strategy, which will include the development of five-year work plans for the City.

by Veronica Beltran

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City Council approves climate change mitigation plan

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