Updated July 8, 2020
Thank you to everyone who attended the open house and/or completed the public survey!
A draft Community Climate Action Plan was presented to Council on March 10, 2020. Based on Council feedback, the Draft CCAP was updated and unanimously approved by Council on April 7, 2020.
Community feedback indicated that speaker series and events are the most preferred way of public engagement and communication.
The District hosted a series of climate change talks to:
View the virtual lectures here.
The Community Climate Action Plan (CCAP) is designed to guide Squamish towards a low carbon future, while at the same time recommending actions that will increase livability, resilience and prosperity. The plan reflects the need to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius with significant action by 2030 as per the 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Significant public participation informed the CCAP, highlights of which are as follows:
Steps to developing our Community Climate Action Plan:
The plan will consider emissions and potential actions across the community of Squamish. This includes, but is not limited to, emissions created by the District of Squamish operations (corporate emissions). Typically, community climate action plans consider most emissions that are emitted within the municipality, but not the upstream emissions. For example, gasoline that is burned within the community is included, but any emissions that were created in order to extract and refine the gasoline elsewhere are not counted.
The table below, which corresponds to Figure 9 in the CCAP, shows the District’s Community Emissions, which is the Scope of the Plan, as well as other sources of emissions that are related to Squamish.
The Figure below, which corresponds to Figure 6 in the CCAP, shows the proportion of our current community emissions by sector. Total emissions as of 2017 are approximately 97,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, or 4.8 tonnes per person per year.
The District's ability to control or influence greenhouse gas emissions varies between sources of emissions and potential actions. The District has direct control or influence over some types of decisions, whereas others are determined by other levels of government and/or the individual choices of citizens.
The CCAP is organized into Six Big Moves. Each Big Move has several Strategies, and each Strategy has one to eight Actions that should be taken.
The Big Moves and their overall contribution to emissions reduction are represented in the following Figure, which is included in the CCAP Executive Summary.
Please refer to the Executive Summary and complete Community Climate Action Plan to learn more about the Big Moves, Strategies and Actions, and their contribution to emissions reduction.
Project Documents:
Presentation to Council April 7, 2020
Presentation to Council March 10, 2020
Presentation to Committee of the Whole September 10, 2019
Presentation to Special Business Meeting January 7, 2020
Related Information:
Council Strategic Plan 2019-2022
Squamish 2040 Official Community Plan
Staff Contact:
Ian Picketts, Manager of Sustainability and Climate Change
Email: ipicketts@squamish.ca
Phone: 604.815.5048
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