Two years ago, during a summer marked by wildfire smoke and marches for climate change awareness, Edmonton city council declared a climate emergency and embarked on an ambitious mission to reduce the city's carbon emissions. Revising the existing energy transition strategy, approved in 2015, was a move to counter the naysayers. CBC News analyzed the eight recommendations made on Aug. 27, 2019, when Edmonton declared a climate emergency. As co-chair of the city's Energy Transition Climate Resilience Committee, he takes hope in newly completed Community Energy Transition Strategy and Action Plan. As part of the city's energy transition strategy, administration will begin reporting annually on its implementation.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2021 12:00 UTC