1. Board of Health April 15 2019 Climate Emergency resources
Dave Carson
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2. Past City events 2009 GHG Inventory 2011 Climate Change Action Charter
2013 December Community Climate Change Action Plan initiated
2015 October Community Climate Change Plan “received”
2016 June Council Motion re BARC approach to Climate Change
2017 December Bay Area Centre for Climate Change initiated
2018 December Bay Area Climate Change Advisory Council meets
2019 March Board of Health - Climate Emergency declared

3. April 2019
October 2018

4. We are halfway on the time line to cut GHG by 50%
2009
2019
2030

5. Winning slowly on Climate Change is not Winning

6. WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton recognizes that Climate Change is an emergency….
An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible, and agencies may only be able to offer palliative care for the aftermath.

7. How many of 5000+ full time City staff come to work every day focused on the Climate Emergency?

8. How many of 5000+ full time City staff come to work every day focused on the Climate Emergency?
We need
An up to date & detailed inventory of the local sources of GHG emissions
Clear plans for their approach to reducing emissions
A prioritized and costed list of actions with measurable benefits
The commitment and resources to execute the plans
The process and resources for continuously updating plans as progress is made and internal and external factors undergo change

9. Source – Bay Area Climate Summit presentation March 2019 – Sustainability Solutions Group

10. By 2050….Corporation and Community
80-100% non-emitting buses, trucks and cars & related infrastructure
80-100% non-emitting heat in homes, offices, shops, warehouses, factories
80-100% highly insulated buildings
80-100% non-emitting water/sewer treatment
80-100% non-emitting greenhouses & grain drying
80-100% sequestering of steel / cement production CO2 by-product
Major afforestation/reforestation
Significantly increased storm water capacity
Significant improved crop and grazing land management for carbon storage

11. Source – Bay Area Climate Summit presentation March 2019 – Sustainability Solutions Group

12. Corporate Climate Change Task Force to identify
March BoH Motion asks
Corporate Climate Change Task Force to identify
Additional actions to achieve net zero carbon emissions before 2050.
Gaps in current programs and projects and strategies to address those gaps
ToR for an awareness strategy campaign …………….to include the impacts of not taking such action, and the investment vs. the expense of taking such action

13. Establish a Chief Climate Officer
Recommendation #1.
Establish a Chief Climate Officer
– a member of the Senior Management Team.

14. Recommendation #2.
Establish a well staffed Climate Change Team providing goals, direction and monitoring

15. Recommendation #3
All Departments to evaluate & prioritize plans, programs & resource allocations to meet the needs of the Climate Emergency.

16. Recommendation #4.
Execute continued community awareness campaigns; community support is necessary to enable actions in all areas

17. Winning slowly on Climate Change is not Winning
To make a meaningful response to your motion of last month, the City needs to invest more resources than those currently assigned.
You are just starting work on the Emergency, why wait another 90 days before getting really serious?

18. “Owing to past neglect, in the face of the plainest warnings, we have now entered upon a period of danger .. The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.”
A quote by a great 20th Century Statesman is to the point.
“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering A PERIOD OF CONSEQUENCES.”
Sir Winston Churchill 12 November 1936

19. Thank You

20. Background information

21. ICLEI – Building Adaptive & Resilient Communities milestones

24. Source – Bay Area Climate Summit presentation March 2019 – Sustainability Solutions Group