Climate Emergency Action Plan
Be Part of Our Climate Emergency Response
The Climate Emergency Action Plan
With a strong tradition of environmental leadership, we are taking decisive action to address climate change and to prepare our community for a sustainable future. We are developing a Climate Emergency Action Plan to guide the Town of Canmore’s response to climate change, which will include approaches to climate change mitigation and strategies to address vulnerabilities to climate hazards and build resilience to impacts.
The Climate Emergency Action Plan will serve as a 6 to 10-year guiding document to empower the Town to take actions that will best serve the community while also preparing for and reducing the impacts of climate change. The plan will have a strong socio-economic approach, with an aim for climate action to create a healthier, more equitable, resilient, and livable community.
The Climate Emergency Action Plan will be presented to Town Council in early 2024.
Get Involved
Thank you to everyone who participated in our engagement opportunities. Your feedback will be used to inform the final Climate Emergency Action Plan that will be approved by Council in spring 2024.
Background
Climate change is here and impacting our communities with severe storms, wildfires, and floods. We need to work together to strengthen communities, ecosystems, and economy to reduce vulnerability to climate impacts by limiting our greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to a changing climate.
The Town of Canmore has a long track record of being responsible stewards of our community and environment. After declaring a state of climate emergency in 2019, we have advanced several ambitious projects, such as implementing a community-wide food waste composting program, offering free local transit, installing solar panels on Town facilities.
We have existing plans to guide our actions related to environmental sustainability: a Climate Action Plan, Adaptation Plan, and Environmental Sustainability Action Plan. We are overhauling these plans to create a single, comprehensive Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP).
Learn More
- Learn about the Town of Canmore’s climate action leadership
- Read our existing Climate Action Plan
- Read our existing Climate Adaptation Plan
- Read our existing Environmental Sustainability Action Plan
- Watch the recording of our first online webinar about the project
- Watch the recording of our second online webinar about the project
Stay Informed
To learn more about future opportunities related to this project, sign-up for project updates on the right-hand tool bar.
