2023 Annual Report

Strategic Priority Climate Leadership & Environmental Stewardship

Strategic Priority Goals • Mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. • Reduce municipal and community greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with adopted targets. • Enhance and protect the health of our natural environment.

2023 Activities

2024 Goals

Climate Leadership • Conducted a Leadership Summit focused on climate action with leaders, experts, and elected officials to identify and address challenges and opportunities. • Launched a Mayor’s Task Force on Climate Action with City, local, and expert representation to provide advice on climate mitigation and adaptation. • Completed a Climate Action Roadmap and began work on a Climate Action Plan in consultation with the community, experts, and key partners. • Continued conversion of street lights to energy efficient LED. • Developed a North and South Alouette Valley Flood Response Plan as a result of the 2021 atmospheric river event. Environmental Stewardship • Began work on an Urban Forest Management Strategy. • Installed 12 recycling bins in parks through the Return-it BC program.

Climate Leadership • Continue work on a Climate Action Plan, including risk assessments for multiple hazards and extreme weather. • Install more than 40 fleet electric vehicle charging stations and complete electrical upgrades at the City Operations Centre to support electric vehicles. • Plan for lower-carbon fuel and energy sources for City facilities. Environmental Stewardship • Conduct an inventory of the community’s biodiversity and study its health to determine how to best preserve and manage them. • Create a strategy to ensure McKenney Creek system is preserved and managed during development in the Lougheed Transit Corridor Area.

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