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
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Climate 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. Dialogues in this series include economic opportunity and policy drivers, decarbonizing buildings, lowering emissions from transportation, and land use decisions and the impact on climate goals.
Transportation (May 2024) - Register for event
This dialogue focuses on transportation, the largest source of regional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Metro Vancouver’s Climate 2050 Transportation Roadmap charts the course toward a carbon-neutral, resilient system, with a series of strategies to reduce emissions and protect the network from climate impacts.
How do we make it easier to move people and goods around in this region without relying on individual vehicles? We can to have convenient, less stressful, and cost-effective transportation options. This not only reduces GHG emissions but also enhances air quality, manages congestion, and promotes health through increased active transportation.
Join us at the end of May for insightful discussions with expert speakers, audience Q&A, and networking, as we navigate the path to a sustainable and resilient future for the movement of people and goods in our region. Whether you’re in the industry or simply interested in the role transportation plays in our region’s future, this dialogue is for you.
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Climate Action Dialogues speakers’ bios – Transportation May 2024
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May 28, 2024 (noon to 1:30 pm) – Surrey
May 30, 2024 (7:30 am to 9:00 am) – Vancouver
June 6, 2024 (noon to 1:00 pm) – Webinar
Previous events
Previous dialogue series
Clean Air Plan – virtual dialogues featuring current climate priorities (2021)
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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)
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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.