Climate and Environment
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Climate and Environment
Since 2014, Fred has been committed to ensuring that Saanich is sustainable, affordable, and liveable. Saanich’s new award-winning work on climate action is now a model for other local governments.
Saanich is taking bold action on GHG reduction, park acquisition, and watershed and ecosystem protection. With Fred’s leadership, Saanich leads as a One Planet Community, shifting away from fossil fuels and helping residents do the same.
Working with the community and other levels of government, we’ve added 60 acres of new parks and are protecting ecosystems on private and public lands.
Climate Action
“I will continue to deliver on real Climate Action change. Saanich’s award-winning work on climate action has become a model for other local governments. I’m proud of our accomplishments, but we have more work to do and I will ensure that sustainability and climate action informs everything we do by continuing to:
- Reduce our fossil fuel dependence
- Add new parks through innovative funding
- Increase tree planting and urban canopy
- Bolster environmental protection for private and public lands
- Protect rural Saanich and the Urban Containment Boundary
- Grow our leadership as a “One Planet Region”
SUCCESSES
- Added a record 60 acres of new park
- Created Park acquisition fund
- Planted 2500+ trees
- First in-kind e-bike rebate program
- Continued oil tank substitute subsidy program
- Increased Saanich leadership as a One Planet municipality
- Improved environmental standards for new developments
- Built climate change mitigation infrastructure
- Implemented Climate Action Report Card
- Implemented 3, 30, 300 policies
- Out every home window you should see 3 trees
- Neighborhoods have 30% tree canopy coverage
- The nearest public greenspace is 300 meters away or less
