Just launched: Carbon Emissions Inventory 2024
The shift to ultra-energy-efficient and low-carbon homes and buildings will help Canada reach its 2030 climate target under the Paris Agreement as well as its longer-term decarbonization goals. It will also reduce energy costs for Canadians, TAF CEO Julia Langer and Pembina Institute’s Director of Buildings and Urban Solutions Karen Tam Wu emphasize in their submission to Policy Options.
TAF welcomes the appointment of its VP for Impact Investing Tim Stoate to the board of the newly-formed Green Ontario Fund. The fund will help reduce energy costs for homeowners and businesses while reducing Ontario’s carbon emissions.
A framework first ministers agreed to last year provided the ambition, and now we need to see action and accountability, TAF ally Pembina Institute points out in its op-ed for the Hill Times.
Governments at all levels in Canada are moving toward requiring new buildings to be low-carbon and energy-efficient. But Canada still lacks a comprehensive strategy to achieve significant reductions in carbon emissions from existing buildings. Read the joint media release by Pembina Institute and The Atmospheric Fund.
Ten organizations, including the Pembina Institute, the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance and The Atmospheric Fund, want the federal government to implement nearly two dozen policies to cut energy use in commercial and residential buildings – including energy labelling for homes on the market.
Global News covers the City Council approval of the TransformTO climate plan and quotes TAF VP and project co-lead Mary Pickering.
The Toronto Star reports on the momentous City Council decision that renews Toronto’s climate leadership. The Council vote comes after over two years of consultations, in-depth modelling, and expert input, co-led by TAF and City staff.
The Atmospheric Fund (TAF), project co-lead for TransformTO, welcomes City Council’s unanimous approval of the ambitious climate plan. We now call on the provincial and federal governments to help us refine, fund, and implement it.
TransformTO plan may be the most ambitious anti-climate change plan this city’s ever seen, columnist and City Hall veteran David Nickle writes for the York Guardian (InsideToronto).
Toronto’s Parks and Environment Committee has recommended going ahead with an ambitious climate change plan that would cut the carbon footprint of public housing, transportation and new development by 2050, Metroland Media reports (InsideToronto).
