Just launched: Carbon Emissions Inventory 2024
Public conversations around urban transportation challenges are stuck. Adam Rosenfield is shifting the focus to more holistic strategies, looking at “vehicle-kilometers-travelled” and how to design for more pleasant ways of getting around our cities.
Read TAF’s joint statement with health experts urging the federal government to stand by its commitment to the EV Availability Standard.
Council will vote on the City Budget this Thursday: what do we want to see most? To continue its role as a climate leader, Toronto needs to shift to implementation in top three climate priority areas: Climate Lens Policy, electrification of public bus fleets, and green development standards.
TORONTO STAR – This TAF-funded reported proposes how to fill the post-Pickering gap with clean electricity solutions by 2025.
You’ve probably heard about the federal government’s commitments to work with the provinces and territories to take action on climate change. But have you heard about the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS)? The Clean Fuel Standard is expected to have the largest carbon impact of any policy under the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.
How will the federal price on pollution impact Ontario? Here’s our lowdown on the latest climate policy announcement.
Cities bear the brunt of climate change impacts, where climate action can create multiple benefits for our communities. But regional emissions are not decreasing on the scale needed to meet provincial or municipal climate targets. That’s why TAF developed the first region-wide emissions inventory for the GTHA. See the full report.
Allowing our vehicle emission standards to roll back would harm our climate, our health, and our economy. In this op-ed originally published in The Hill Times, TAF CEO Julia Langer encourages Canada to stand its ground and continue to pave the way for clean transportation, despite U.S. policy decisions.
The auto industry faces the largest transformation of its history as the future of the internal combustion engine, private ownership of cars, and even driving itself as an expression of individuality are all in question. Car makers in Germany and Canada need to face these simultaneous challenges or risk losing out, guest blogger Christian Hochfeld writes.
When it comes to sources of air pollution in Toronto, transportation is king, according to the most recent report from Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health. It’s time to act and speed up the switch to low-carbon transportation. It’s good for public health and for our climate.
