Vancouver EcoDensity Charter
On June 10, 2008, Vancouver City Council unanimously voted to adopt the EcoDensity Charter. The EcoDensity Charter commits the City to make environmental sustainability a primary goal in all city planning decisions - in ways that also support housing affordability and livability...
Climate Change Action Plans
Vancouver has accomplished a great deal in reducing greenhouse gases, particularly as they relate to energy use in our civic buildings and from landfill waste. There is, however, still much work that needs to be done to reduce emissions. Vancouver is on track to meet its 2010 Corporate greenhouse gas reduction target...
The 2030 Challenge
Credible scientists give us 10 years to be well on our way toward global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Yet there are hundreds of coal-fired power plants currently on the drawing boards in the US. Seventy-six percent (76%) of the energy produced by these plants will go to operate buildings...
G8 Action Plan for Climate Change
1. Climate Change is one of the most urgent issues for the world to tackle. We, G8 Finance Ministers, recognize that the international community has been making considerable efforts, but that there is still much to do. Many reports, like the one released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), have warned us of the huge economic risks and adverse impacts...