February 2019. City of Toronto. TAF compiled a summary overview of the City of Toronto’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory using 2016 data. GHG inventories measure the emissions in a given region using data from energy consumption in buildings, vehicles, waste, and industry. Governments and the public can use inventories to better understand emission sources […]
Issue: Carbon reduction
TAF comments on a Made-in-Ontario Climate Plan
November 2018. Government of Ontario. The Ontario government had an open consultation period for their new climate change plan, which closed on November 16, 2018. Here are TAF’s comments on Ontario’s new climate plan to the Ministry of Environment, Parks, and Conservation – submitted by Bryan Purcell, Director of Policy & Programs. The views expressed […]
Greenhouse Gas Reduction – Action and Opportunity in the GTHA
January 2018. The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) expanded our mandate to include the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). We asked ourselves, “How should TAF engage in the GTHA in order to maximize carbon reductions now and over the long-term?” To answer this question, we present the Greenhouse Gas Reduction – Action and Opportunity in the […]
Zero Emissions Buildings Framework
March 2017. City of Toronto.
Dunsky Report Urban Low-Carbon Innovation
July 2017. This report, prepared by Dunsky Energy Consulting, assesses the need for and the feasibility of increasing urban low-carbon innovation capacity in major cities across Canada. The TAF-funded research aims to initiate a process of discovery and collaboration with stakeholders across the country with a goal of building up innovation centres similar to TAF.
TransformTO Technical Paper 1 Modelling Business-as-Planned
January 2016. City of Toronto. The purpose of this TransformTO analysis is to understand the drivers of emissions and the basis on which the model is built to reflect the current and future context of the City of Toronto. The Business-as-planned projection covers the time period from 2012 to 2050 and is designed to illustrate […]
