Resilient St. John's Climate change is an urgent, complex and global crisis. It is the biggest challenge of our generation. The next five to ten years are critical to setting St. John’s on the path to meet the Newfoundland’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reduction targets, which support national and global efforts.
St. John’s is approaching this issue strategically by acting, while also developing two comprehensive plans: 1) St. John’s Corporate Climate Plan 2) Resilient St. John’s Community Climate Plan. The Corporate and Community plans are about setting St. John’s path to achieve the low-carbon transition and improve its resilience to the changes in climate.
Corporate Climate Plan Adopted by Council May 2021 The City of St. John's Corporate Climate Plan formalizes a framework for City operations to embed energy and climate considerations as part of operational and investment (budget) decision-making. The Corporate Climate Plan provides a management framework that aims to implement 4.2% annual reduction in emissions. If St. John’s achieves the implementation of this path, it may reach Net-Zero as early as 2045. It identifies strategies and tasks for the short (1-2 years), medium (3-5 years) and long (>5 years) term that can be integrated with City operations to meet its proposed corporate targets.
Engage with us on a Community Climate Plan In the upcoming weeks we want to hear from you to make sure that implementation plans are locally relevant, equitable and support our community.
38
CITY GUIDE | FALL 2021
Be part of the conversation at: EngageStJohns.ca Planning for a Sustainable Future
