Dufferin County Climate Action Plan
Dufferin County Council has passed a motion to declare a climate emergency.
With this declaration, Dufferin County joins 644 Canadian municipalities and over 1,200 jurisdictions globally in acknowledging that climate change poses a serious risk to the environment, infrastructure, and people.
To further strengthen the response to climate change, the County is committing to:
- Supporting the development of local municipal climate implementation plans
- Incentivizing better building efficiency through Green Development Standards and a Home Energy Retrofit Program
- Increasing public accessibility to electric vehicle charging infrastructure through a rural electric vehicle fast-charging network
- Launching a volunteer program to empower Dufferin youth to take climate action
- Continuing to share an annual report card to the public on the progress of the County’s climate commitments
- Creating a community Climate Adaptation Plan
- Completing a greenhouse gas budget to support the 2025 update of the Dufferin Climate Action Plan
- Developing a corporate climate plan and incorporating climate priorities into future strategic plans
- Ensuring the Climate Emergency Declaration is at the heart of all future staff reports and operations
- Continuing to investigate new opportunities for additional climate actions
For more information, please visit https://www.dufferincounty.ca/climateemergency
