1. A Climate Action Plan for Waterloo Region: Living Smarter in 2020

2. A reduction of 842,000 tonnes of GHGs 6% below 2010 levels by 2020

3. Municipalities have direct control or indirect influence over 40% of GHG emissions in Canada

4. Climate change mitigation plan

5. 2010 baseline emissions inventory findings = 3.6 million tonnes CO 2 e

6. Expected sources of reductions to meet our target by 2020 Initiatives quantified in the Plan Provincial coal phase-out and federal vehicle fuel efficiency standards Needed through new initiatives

7. 2014 – 2021 Financial and staff support to unify our efforts David Roewade Paul WillmsBrandon Sloan (AC) Lynda Stewart (LC) Anna Marie Cipriani

8. A team of 26+ individuals working together to make measurable progress 176 7

9. Our new Leadership Committee provides advice and leverages community connections to raise awareness & enable collaborative action 1.Bring support to actions 1:1, through working groups, or through engaging with the wider community 2.Advance Opportunities to Actions by meeting potential owners and organizing a new ‘leader’ 3.Bring new initiatives to ClimateActionWR for inclusion in the plan

10. Accounts for 5% of total local emission s as determined in the 2010 inventory Source of emissions is methane from livestock We know there are many other sources of emission related to agriculture and food: fuel used in agriculture, crop & fertilizer emissions, energy costs of importing/exporting food Goals in the Plan: Increase land of natural areas that contribute to a healthy ecosystem and carbon sequestration Increase use of agricultural waste as input in renewable energy production Better understand non-livestock agriculture impacts to identify new areas for improvement

11. @ClimateActionWR /ClimateActionWR Thank you! elizabeth.hilgers@climateactionwr.ca