vancouver green city action plan

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Vancouver Green City Action Plan

Raymond LouieCouncillor, City of VancouverFCM Second Vice-President

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In early 2009, the Mayor formed

the Greenest City Action Team

(GCAT) with a mandate to make

recommendations on how

Vancouver can become the

World’s Greenest City by 2020

THE CHALLENGE

METRO

Population

2,313,328

Size

2,877 km2

Average Income$56,577

English as a 2nd Language44%

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Population

2,116,581

Size

2,877 km2

Average Income

$56,577

English as a 2nd

Language

42%

CITY

Population

603,502

Size

114 km2

Average Income$58,805

English as a 2nd Language50%

MORE FAST FACTS…

Population 603,502Employed 415,000Low Income (29%) 175,015Children and Youth under 20 years of age 100,181Renter (52%) 131,535

Residents + Workers + Students + Tourists

1 MILLION PER DAY

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“Why green? Because in the highly competitive, highly mobile modern world, the elements that make a community healthy also make it wealthy. Functionally, a compact, efficient city with a light environmental footprint is cheaper to run and easier to maintain.”

MAYOR GREGOR ROBERTSON

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1. CLIMATEReduce GHGs by 33%

2. BUILDINGSa. All new construction carbon neutralb. 20% reduction in GHGs in existing building stock

3. TRANSPORTATIONa. > 50% of all trips walk-bike-transitb. Reduce distance driven per resident by 20%

ZERO CARBON (benchmarked from 2007 levels)

4. WASTEReduce total solid waste going to landfill or incinerator by 50%

ZERO WASTE

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5. ACCESS TO NATUREa. Every resident lives within a 5 minute walk of a green or blue spaceb. Plant 150,000 additional trees

6. WATERReduce water consumption by 33% per capita

7. AIRMeet or beat the most stringent international air quality standards

8. FOODIncrease neighbourhood food assets by a minimum of 50% over 2010 levels.

HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS

9. GREEN ECONOMYa. Double the # of green jobsb. Double the number of companies that are greening their operations

10. LIGHTER FOOTPRINTReduce Vancouver’s per capita footprint by 33%

OVERARCHING GOALS

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ACTIONS SPEAKLOUDERTHANWORDS

GREENEST CITY ACTIONS COMPLETED BY JULY 2011

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Photo by Thomas Quine

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Our buildings will be carbon neutral by 2020

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Making smart and sustainable transportation choices

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PREPARING FOR THE NEXT BIG THING

Vancouver is a world leader in

greenhouse gas emission reductions

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We’re setting new standards

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EMPOWER ACTION AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH:

PARTNERSHIPS

Internal Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement

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Zero Waste

Green Economy

Green Buildings

Climate Leadership

Green Mobility

Access to

NatureLighter Footprint

Clean Water

Clean Air

Local Food

Public input/dialogue

EAC

EAC

EAC

EAC

EAC

EAC

EAC

EAC

EAC

EAC

GC2020 Steering

Committee

Internal Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement

Public Engagement

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CAN YOU SAY PECHA KUCHA?2,000+ residents come out to kick off talkgreentous.ca

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CAN VANCOUVER BE THE GREENEST CITY?

www.vancouver.ca/greenestcity@andreareimer

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Raymond Louie

Councillor, City of VancouverFCM Second Vice-Presidentraymond.louie@vancouver.ca