Colin Plant: Why we should declare a climate emergency in the capital region – Times Colonist
February 21, 2019
Last week, the Capital Regional District unanimously passed its 2019-22 strategic plan. Four main focus areas have emerged as collective goals: Livability (transportation and housing), First Nations reconciliation, improved governance and advocacy, and climate adaptation and mitigation.
This latter priority encourages bold action on climate change, supported by an approved motion by the CRD board at the Feb. 13 meeting for the CRD to declare a climate emergency. A growing list of cities — including Vancouver and Halifax — have joined an international movement to declare a state of emergency regarding the climate crisis, promising to accelerate their climate-action efforts to achieve net-zero carbon emissions.
