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Vancouver Green City Action Plan
Raymond Louie
Councillor, City of Vancouver
FCM Second Vice-President
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In early 2009, the Mayor formed
the Greenest City Action Team
(GCAT) with a mandate to make
recommendations on how
Vancouver can become the
Worlds Greenest City by 2020
THE CHALLENGE
METRO
Population
2,313,328
Size
2,877 km
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Average Income
$56,577
English as a 2nd
Language
44%
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Population
2,116,581
Size
2,877 km
2
Average Income
$56,577
English as a 2nd
Language
42%
CITY
Population
603,502
Size
114 km
2
Average Income
$58,805
English as a 2nd
Language
50%
MORE FAST FACTS
Population 603,502
Employed 415,000
Low Income (29%) 175,015
Children and Youth under 20 years of age 100,181
Renter (52%) 131,535
Residents + Workers + Students + Tourists
1 MILLION PER DAY
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Why green? Because in the highly
competitive, highly mobile modern
world, the elements that make a
community healthy also make it
wealthy. Functionally, a compact,
efficient city with a light environmental
footprint is cheaper to run and easier
to maintain.
MAYOR GREGOR ROBERTSON
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1. CLIMATE
Reduce GHGs by 33%
2. BUILDINGS
a. All new construction carbon neutral
b. 20% reduction in GHGs in existing
building stock
3. TRANSPORTATION
a. > 50% of all trips walk-bike-transit
b. Reduce distance driven per resident
by 20%
ZERO CARBON (benchmarked from 2007 levels)
4. WASTE
Reduce total solid waste going to
landfill or incinerator by 50%
ZERO WASTE
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5. ACCESS TO NATURE
a. Every resident lives within a 5 minute
walk of a green or blue space
b. Plant 150,000 additional trees
6. WATER
Reduce water consumption by 33% per capita
7. AIR
Meet or beat the most stringent
international air quality standards
8. FOOD
Increase neighbourhood food assets by a
minimum of 50% over 2010 levels.
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS
9. GREEN ECONOMY
a. Double the # of green jobs
b. Double the number of
companies that are greening
their operations
10. LIGHTER
FOOTPRINT
Reduce Vancouvers per capita
footprint by 33%
OVERARCHING GOALS
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ACTIONS
SPEAK
LOUDER
THAN
WORDS
GREENEST CITY ACTIONS COMPLETED BY JULY 2011
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Photo by Thomas Quine
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Our buildings will be
carbon neutral by 2020
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Making smart and sustainable
transportation choices
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PREPARING
FOR THE NEXT BIG THING
Vancouver is
a world
leader in
greenhouse
gas emission
reductions
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Were setting new standards
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EMPOWER ACTION AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH:
PARTNERSHIPS
Internal
Engagement
Stakeholder
Engagement


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Zero
Waste
Green
Economy
Green
Buildings
Climate
Leadership
Green
Mobility
Access
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Steering
Committee
Internal
Engagement
Stakeholder
Engagement
Public
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Greenest
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Action
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CAN YOU SAY PECHA KUCHA?
2,000+ residents come out to kick off talkgreentous.ca
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CAN VANCOUVER BE THE
GREENEST CITY?
www.vancouver.ca/greenestcity
@andreareimer
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Raymond Louie
Councillor, City of Vancouver
FCM Second Vice-President
raymond.louie@vancouver.ca