Thus, after the municipality of Shefford, become carbon neutral in 2020, the small municipality of Dunham has taken many steps to achieve this in turn: a monthly waste collection to encourage sorting at the source, the acquisition of an electric car, and greening. On our show this week, we talk about it with its mayor, Pierre Janecek.
Montreal is not without progress, however, with its Climate plan 2020-2030 or its new regulation on the disclosure and rating of GHG emissions in large buildings, adopted in September 2021.
Municipal electric vehicles, the use of geothermal energy or solar panels to power public buildings… Concretely, what does becoming carbon neutral mean for a municipality? How are these projects and the constraints that come with them? Isabelle Burgun talks about it with:
We talk a lot about carbon neutrality or being carbon neutral, what do we mean by that, especially in the context of a city?
Quebec, good or bad in this shift towards carbon neutrality?
The Quebec Federation of Municipalities wants cities to be better supported in this green shift and is currently asking the government for more funding, in the next budget. How is this transition experienced at Dunham?
More than 400 Quebec municipalities have signed the Climate emergency declaration five years ago, and more and more cities are feeling the effects of climate change. It all starts with a climate policy that must be adapted according to the size of the city and its own territorial challenges. How do we support municipal decision-makers in this shift? How can municipalities be supported to pursue (or initiate) this shift towards the elimination of greenhouse gases?
Rosa Galvez sponsored in the Senate the project of Climate Aligned Finance Actwhich would provide an accountability framework for the federal government to achieve its zero emissions goal by 2050. What change does this bring at the local level?
A need for financing but also a need for advice: where to find the right resources to do the right planning?
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I vote for science airs Mondays at 1 p.m. on the five regional stations of Radio VM. It is moderated by Isabelle Burgun. Research for this program: Isabelle Burgun. You can also listen to us, among others, on CIBO (Senneterre), CFOU (Trois-Rivières), and CHOM (Toronto).
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