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This group of local experts researched best practices from leading green cities around the world, and established the goals and targets that would make Vancouver the world’s greenest city. This work was published in Vancouver 2020: A Bright Green Future .
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Ambitious, necessary, and possible—this is the Greenest City...
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Feb 27, 2023 · Vancouver ranks in the top five most sustainable cities . Vancouver claimed the fourth spot on the list, with an impressive 98 per cent of the city's energy coming from renewable sources and 77 green spaces spread across the city. The report's authors highlighted the "Greenest City Action Plan," which maps out how the city will increase this ...
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'It was very un-Canadian to jump up and down and tell everyone we we’re going to be the best,' says Doug Smith, the City of Vancouver’s director of sustainability. 'But we wanted people to question what it means to be the greenest city – we were trying to create a dialogue.' It wasn’t just talk, though. The plan contained a series of concrete goals...
The latest City figures show what’s been achieved since 2011 – and what hasn’t. More than 50 per cent of all local trips are now made by transit, bike or on foot. Vancouverites have also jumped on board with trash reduction, cutting solid waste landfill and incineration disposal by 28 percent. And the city is still on track to make all new building...
The Action Plan hasn’t just been about changing local habits. The initiative has also impacted visitors – both in how they explore the city and in what they do here. Which, for a destination Tourism Vancouver says receives more than 10 million annual visits, is crucial for any sustainability drive. Transport-wise, it’s never been easier for visitor...
The Action Plan also called for better access to nature. And while improved areas include a saltmarsh at New Brighton Park and a bee-friendly zone at Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver’s best new green attraction may be a repurposed railway line. The City acquired the old Kitsilano-to-Marpole spur in 2016, quickly removing the rails to create the 8.5km-...
The Action Plan also tackled food, aiming to strengthen city access to resources such as urban farms and community garden plots. The latest figures report a 49 per cent increase in these ‘local food assets’ since 2011 – including the thriving farmers’ markets many visitors search out here. There’s a full menu of seasonal farmers’ markets in Vancouv...
The Greenest City Action Plan ostensibly culminates in 2020. But Vancouver has already recommitted to meeting its goals, while also setting higher targets under a new Climate Emergency Response. This accelerated drive aims to tackle zero emission vehicles, walkable communities, local ecosystems and more. These next steps call for some tough convers...
Jun 2, 2023 · Find out how Vancouver is becoming a green city thanks to public acceptance, business commitment and political consensus.
Already known for environmental sustainability, the City of Vancouver has adopted a plan to become the world's greenest city by 2020. The plan sets ambitious goals to reduce air pollution and waste, foster energy-efficient construction and improve the city's natural environment.
Ambitious, necessary, and possible—this is the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan (GCAP) for Vancouver. it is our road map to becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020. This plan sets the course toward realizing a healthy, prosperous, and resilient future for our city.
Sep 30, 2021 · A little over ten years ago, Vancouver city officials outlined a big, ambitious goal: to become the greenest city in the world by 2020.
