Toronto Mayor David Miller discussed the city's plans to combat climate change at the Shirley Shipman public lecture series at Ryerson University on Sunday. Sharing the podium with Stephen Hazell, executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada, Miller talked about "Change is in the Air," a report released in March about the city's plan to reduce carbon emissions by 2010. "If you run a city properly, it is an environmentally friendly proposition," Miller said. "While the typical Canadian produces a carbon footprint of 14 tonnes a year, for the average Torontonian, it's nine tonnes per year, thanks in large part to city initiatives." During his tenure as mayor, the number of trucks ferrying the city's waste to Michigan has fallen to 90 a day from 150, he added.
Goals of the plan include:
-Increasing the number of trees 20 per cent.
-Ensuring 10 per cent of food at city agencies and cafeterias is grown locally.
-Building 120 kilometres of new light rapid transit so that every Torontonian lives within a 10-minute walk from public transit.
-Increasing green roofs 20 per cent, which would lower city temperatures by two degrees on the hottest days of the year.
-Replacing aging buses with hybrid models.
-Increasing the number of trees 20 per cent.
-Ensuring 10 per cent of food at city agencies and cafeterias is grown locally.
-Building 120 kilometres of new light rapid transit so that every Torontonian lives within a 10-minute walk from public transit.
-Increasing green roofs 20 per cent, which would lower city temperatures by two degrees on the hottest days of the year.
-Replacing aging buses with hybrid models.
Download the report as a PDF here.
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