What is the Climate Voting Records Toronto Website?
Over the past year, members of ClimateFast have been building a website that tracks what climate policies are being passed by Toronto’s City Council each month and how councillors are voting on climate action.
Why is it important?
Climate action is urgent! The City has a target of reducing emissions by 65% below 1990 levels by 2030 - and we are struggling to even meet the 2025 target of 45% below 1990 levels. The City is writing a new 5 year climate action plan that will come to City Council in June, 2025. We need councillors to know that their constituents want to see meaningful reductions in emissions, and that we want them to vote in favour of the bold new measures we will need the city to take to achieve our goal.
Reasons to stop by our Launch Party:
- Be part of the start of a groundbreaking, accountability project!
- Get involved in local climate action.
- Great discussions and informative presentations.
- There will be food.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Some further information:
The Environment & Climate Division publicly released two separate reports containing detailed data and information on December 12th, 2024:
- Toronto’s Current and Future Climate report
- Toronto’s Sector-Based Emissions Inventory (SBEI) for the year 2022
The City is currently conducting a survey to inform the development of the new Net Zero climate strategies plan which is open till January 31st, 2025. Here is the link to the survey, with background information.
To learn more about this survey and the Toronto Climate Action Network's (TCAN) plans for next steps, please consider attending these events being held on January 15th, 2025 (virtual) or January 18th, 2025 (in person). You can register at these links:
- Virtual event on Wednesday, January 15th, 2025, 7 - 9 pm
- In person event on Saturday, January 18th, 2025, 10 am to 1 pm
