Deputy Mayor, Councillor Andrea Reimer, City of Vancouver

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3. THE CHALLENGE
In early 2009, the Mayor formed the
Greenest City Action Team (GCAT)
with a mandate to make recommendations
on how Vancouver can become
the world’s greenest city by 2020.
Photo credit: Kama Guezalova // flickr 3

4. VANCOUVER’S HISTORY 4

5. 3 HIGH-LEVEL
OBJECTIVES
GOAL
AREAS10 TARGET
METRICS17
GREENEST CITY ACTION PLAN
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6. ZERO CARBON
Green Buildings
Green Transportation
Zero Waste
Access to Nature
Clean Water
Local Food
Clean Air
ZERO
WASTE
HEALTHY
ECOSYSTEMS
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3 high-level
objectives
goal areas10
GREENEST CITY FRAMEWORK

7. ZERO CARBON
Climate and Renewables
Green Buildings
Green Transportation
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8. Zero Waste
ZERO
WASTE
Climate and Renewables
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9. Access to Nature
Clean Water
Local Food
Clean Air
HEALTHY
ECOSYSTEMS
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10. Lighter Footprint
ACROSS ALL
GOALS
Green Economy
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11. of our original
high-priority
actions are
complete.80%
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20. 18% of our total
city area is covered
by tree canopy.
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24. Green Building
Local Food
Clean Tech
Sustainability Services
Land/Water Remediation
Green Infrastructure/Transportation
Materials Management/Recycling
of all jobs in Vancouver5%
green and local food jobs
in Vancouver
20,000
increase since 201019%
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25. Vancouver had the fastest
growing metropolitan
economy in Canada in 2016.
THE CONFERENCE BOARD OF CANADA
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26. EMPOWER ACTION WITH PARTNERSHIPS
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38. C40 Cities
Carbon
Measurement and
Planning 2015
Earth Hour City Challenge
Canadian Capital 2015
-27%
vehicle km
driven per
capita
+19%
green
jobs
50%
mode
share
2020 targets achieved
-15%
GHGs
-20%
building
GHGs
-23%
waste to
landfill and
incinerator
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS: vancouver.ca/greenestcity
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THANK YOU!
@andreareimer