On November 17, 2020, the Vancouver Council approved the Climate Emergency Action Plan to reduce the city?s carbon pollution by 50 per cent by 2030. The plan is in alignment with the findings of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to limit global warming to 1.5°C.Vancouver declared a climate emergency in January 2019 and developed its Climate Emergency Response report, which was approved by the City Council in April 2019.

The report sets a target of being carbon neutral before 2050, accelerating the City?s previous climate efforts and adding six new objectives, referred to as ?Big Moves?, for the next decade.

?Our plan builds on our previous climate plans and focuses on cutting carbon pollution from our biggest local sources – burning fossil fuels in our vehicles (39 per cent) and in our buildings (54 per cent),? says the Vancouver Council.
To reduce transportation emissions, the Plan sets the following targets for 2030:

90 per cent of  Vancouver citizens will live within an easy walk or roll of their daily needs
Two-thirds of trips will be by active transportation and transit 
Half the kilometers driven on Vancouver?s roads will be by zero-emissions vehicles

In addressing the emissions from buildings, the City states that it aims to cut the carbon pollution from the operation of new and existing buildings in half by 2030, compared to 2007. This goal is achieved mainly by increasing buildings? energy efficiency and switching ...