Act locally the municipal role in fighting climate change

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (Added Author). EnviroEconomics (Firm) (Added Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Municipalities can play a key role in helping Canada meet commitments for both significant and long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions. Municipal leadership in this area is already contributing substantial and cost-effective GHG emission reductions in every region of the country. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) asked EnviroEconomics to summarize what municipalities have accomplished in terms of reducing GHG emissions and to estimate the potential for municipalities to achieve future emission reductions.

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Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (13 p.) : digital file.
Publisher: Ottawa, Ont. : Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 2009

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General Note:	"December 8, 2009." Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Executive summary -- 2. Introduction -- 3. What impact do municipalities have on GHG emissions -- 3.1. Estimating the current local, community-based GHG emissions footprint -- 3.2. Looking to the future: Municipal GHG emissions footprint in -- 3.3. Canada's national GHG reduction obligations -- 4. What have municipalities done to date to reduce GHG emissions -- 4.1. Setting the stage -- 4.2. Implementing action plans -- 5. What can municipalities do to reduce GHG emissions and at what cost can these reductions be achieved -- 6. Recommendations: why Canada should invest in municipal GHG emission reductions -- 6.1. Rationale for investing in local, community-based GHG emission reduction initiatives -- 6.2. Barriers and challenges to maximizing the municipal potential -- Annex: Community GHG reduction projects.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.