What we're doing now

Since 2003, the City’s Air Quality Strategy: Moving Forward Locally has promoted energy conservation and energy efficiency as the best way to deal with air pollution and climate change. Why? Because these issues have one common root cause – the inefficient use of fossil fuels.

The Mayor’s Sustainable Energy Council (MSEC) has been working with local energy experts to promote, encourage and support local research, new technology, and green energy investments. This will help us develop a new “green economy” for London and surrounding region. To assist in these activities, MSEC launched its EnergySaver website to connect residents and businesses with information and incentives for green energy projects.

Additional information about London’s existing programs can be found on the Community of London Environmental Awareness Reporting (CLEAR) Network.

The City of London is also working on a number of significant planning activities that will impact energy use and climate change:

• Over the next year, the City of London and their consultant team will be working to develop a Transportation Master Plan that takes the city through to 2030
• Since the fall of 2008, the City of London has been working with 42 neighbourhood associations on a Strengthening Neighbourhoods Strategy
• Placemaking and the Green Development Strategy will help make sure that new developments are energy efficient and encourage people to walk, bike, or take public transit

People interested in reducing their carbon footprint can check out the new Zerofootprint London website.

You can also learn more about Canada’s and Ontario’s climate change action plans from the following sites:

• Canada’s Turning the Corner climate change action plan
• Ontario’s Go Green climate change action plan
• Ontario’s Green Energy Act