Climate Action Dialogues

Help shape the future of the region. Share your thoughts on innovative solutions to challenging regional issues. Join to hear new ideas and have your say.

Metro Vancouver’s Sustainability Dialogues introduce significant regional issues for dynamic discussion. Expert panelists and engaged participants provide fresh and stimulating perspectives on climate, land use, resilience and more.​

​Climate Action Dialogues – 2023 to 2025

Metro Vancouver’s Clima​te 2050 is a ​high-impact climate action strategy aimed at ambitious, crucial targets — community resilience, a 45% reduction in greenhouse gases generated within the region by 2030, and net-zero emissions by 2050. These Climate Action Dialogues will contribute to the strategy’s implementation by engaging residents and opinion leaders across the region in the steps and pace needed to move forward. The first Dialogues focused on economic opportunity and policy drivers. Future Dialogues in the series are on the economic case for decarbonizing buildings, lowering emissions from transportation, and land use decisions and the impact on climate goals.

Decarbonizing build​ings (November 2023)

Registration is open! Join the next Climate Action Dialogues on November 21 and 22, to explore the economic case, and challenges and opportunities from decarbonizing the region’s buildings. Buildings are a significant source of greenhouses gas emissions, second in this region only to personal vehicles. Fossil fuels, including natural gas, release greenhouse gases when we use them for heat and hot water. ​Metro Vancouver's ​Climate 2050 Buildings Roadmap outlines the strategies and actions for all homes and buildings to be zero emissions and resilient by 2050. Decarbonizing buildings requires awareness and support from the region’s residents, and bold action by businesses, investors, all levels of government, and other community leaders.

Speakers:

• Conor Reynolds, Director, Air Quality & Climate Action Services, Metro Vancouver
• Local business representatives showcasing case studies on the successful electrification of existing buildings
• Darla Simpson, Retrofit Program Manager, Zero Emissions Building Exchange (ZEBx)

These short presentations will follow with a question and answer period. Networking and refreshments will be offered before and after. ​While we invite you to attend in person, the New Westminster session will also be livestreamed on our website.

North Vancouver session
Tuesday, November 21 at 3:00 – 4:00 pm
The Wallace
125 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver, BC, V7L 0B2

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New Westminster session
Wednesday, November 22 at Noon – 1:00​​ pm
Anvil Centre theatre
777 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC V3M 1B6

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Livestream event
Wednesday, November 22 at Noon – 1:00​​ pm
Metro Vancouver website

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Previous Dialogue Series

Clean Air Plan – virtual dialogues featuring current climate priorities (2021)

Metro Vancouver’s Clean Air Plan (2021) is the regional plan for managing air quality and greenhouse gases. It includes key actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in this region, in pursuit of 2030 emissions targets. It also includes actions to reduce health harming air contaminants. This virtual dialogue series attracted 1000’s of viewers in early 2021.

Metro 2050 – planning for land use and population growth (2020)

Metro 2050 is the region’s shared vision of how projected population, housing, and job growth will be managed over the next 30 years. Metro Vancouver staff co-presented with Municipal and other community planners to explore new ideas. This series was presented throughout the region, with a full turnout at each location.

​Climate 2050 – developing a climate strategy for the region (2019)

Metro Vancouver’s Climate 2050 is a strategy that will guide climate change policy and action for Metro Vancouver for the next 30 years. In turn, policies set by Metro Vancouver create change for organizations, agencies and people across the region. This series attracted viewers across the region, and helped shape the Climate 2050 Strategic Framework.