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Ecology Ottawa is cautiously optimistic that the City of Ottawa has begun the process of assuming its responsibilities in the face of climate change.
However, producing a planning document and actually reducing greenhouse gas emissions are two different things. Similarly, recognizing potential liability in the lack of an adaptation plan isn’t the same as actually protecting citizens from the vagaries of a warming world.
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Ecology Ottawa will continue to work with other groups and individual Ottawans to ensure that the City of Ottawa does follow through on its climate change plan by including funds in the 2015 budget for the plan’s implementation and then that the implementation actually happens.
Ecology Ottawa is volunteer driven and it has been volunteers who achieved the progress to date. If you would like to be part of the climate change campaign please sign up as a volunteer. Please complete our volunteer agreement and contact our climate change campaign leader Charles Hodgson .
Supporters with less time to volunteer should be sure to sign the Ottawa Climate Pledge.
See also these links on what you can do to fight climate change, the five point countdown:
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Ottawa Eco Awards 2024 - Recipients Announced!
The 2024 Ottawa Eco Awards celebrate outstanding individuals in the Ottawa community who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to environmental stewardship, sustainability leadership, and climate action. We have been thrilled with the nominations that we have received from Ottawans for our second Ottawa Eco Awards, and we are heartened to learn about the local eco champions who inspire you.
Ecology Ottawa delegates to the Environment and Climate Change Committee on the Rain Ready Ottawa program.
Ecology Ottawa was at the City Council’s Environment and Climate Change Committee on April 16, 2024, to talk about the Rain Ready Program. We’ve provided our delegations below and you can also watch the recording.
Members of ECCC invited to webinar on incineration
On April 8, we invited members of City Council’s Environment and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) to attend a webinar on incineration. This webinar is timely: Council is considering incineration as an option for dealing with Ottawa’s waste, since staff has warned Council that the Trail Road Landfill—which currently receives the majority of Ottawans’ garbage—will fill up soon.