Province and UBCM Sign Climate Charter

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Prince George, Quesnel, Regional District of Fraser Fort George, Dawson Creek, Fort St, John,  Chetwynd,  Peace River Regional District,  Williams Lake and 100 Mile House are among the 62  B.C. communities which have signed on to the Climate Action Charter  which has a goal of being  "carbon neutral" by 2012.

The charter has been signed in conjunction with the Provincial Government.   Premier Gordon Campbell joined Union of BC Municipalities president Brenda Binnie to sign a
memorandum of understanding with the goal of local governments becoming carbon neutral over the next five years.

In addition to a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2012, local governments pledged to measure and report on their community’s greenhouse gas emissions profile and work to create compact, more energy efficient communities. Regional district boards and municipal councils across the province have been considering adoption of the agreement’s goals over the two weeks leading up to convention and it is expected more communities will sign on in the coming weeks.

"Local governments have provided a fast, positive response to the Premier’s invitation to sign on to the BC Climate Action Charter," said Binnie. "The challenges posed by climate change require intergovernmental partnerships at all levels, so we anticipate many more signatories in the near future."

UBCM and the provincial government will establish a Joint Provincial-UBCM Green Communities committee and Green Communities Working Groups to define a range of actions that can affect climate change, build local government capacity to plan and implement climate change initiatives, support local governments in taking actions to make
their own operations carbon neutral by 2012, and share information to support climate change activities.

You can  view  the BC Climate Action Charter,   at this site : www.cserv.gov.bc.ca/ministry/docs/climate_action_charter.pdf

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