Council Reports
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLANS
City Council approved the climate change action plans in, 2005. The plans call for the City to reduce climate-changing greenhouse gases, our energy consumption and to create a more sustainable city.
Read more about the plans and the Council report 
The Climate-Friendly City: A Community Climate Change Action Plan for the City of Vancouver (April 2004)
Read the plan
Council Reports
The following council reports and policies are from City Council Meetings. They act as guides for the public and the way the government operates as a corporation.
Council Reports
- Greenest City Action Plan (July 12, 2011)
- Greenest City Neighbourhood Grants Allocations (June 14, 2011)
- Vancouver Retrofit Energy Efficiency Financing Pilot Program for One and Two-Family Dwellings (May 31, 2011)
- Draft Greenest City 2020 Action Plan (Jan 20, 2011)
- Green Building Policy for Rezonings Update (Jul 22, 2010)
- Fair Trade Town (May 6, 2010)
- Cycling in Vancouver: Looking Forward to 2010/2011 (May 6, 2010)
- Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Development Plan, Referencing Existing City Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets and Policies as Required by the Vancouver Charter (April 20, 2010)
- Greenest City 2020 Implementation Plan (Feb 4, 2010)
- Green Rezoning Policy (Feb 4, 2010)
- Solar Homes Strategy (Dec 15, 2009)
- Report on Electric Vehicle Charging (Jul 9, 2009)
- Green Building Passive Design Toolkits (May 7, 2009)
- EcoDensity Revised Action C-10: Amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law to Remove Barriers to Green Building Approaches (Oct 28, 2008)
- Amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law to Remove Barriers to Green Building Administrative Report (Oct 14, 2008) and Memorandum (Oct 27, 2008)
- Enabling Plug-in Electric Vehicles in Vancouver (Sept 10, 2008)
- Part 3 Division B Green Building Strategy Update (Jul 22, 2008)
- The Green Homes Program - Building By-law Amendments for New One Family Dwellings, One Family Dwellings with Secondary Suites, and Two Family Dwellings (Jun 26, 2008)
- Green City Award Allocation (Jun 23, 2008)
- Employee Mobility Program (Jun 9, 2008)
- Promotion of LiveSmartBC and ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive (Jun 10, 2008)
- Climate Change Adaptation Report (May 27, 2008)
- 2009-2011 Capital Plan Administrative Report(May 20, 2008)
- Corporate Car Sharing Administrative Report (May 12, 2008)
- Climate Protection Progress Report - 2007 (Aug 31, 2007)
- Neighbourhood Energy Utility Heat Source Technology (Apr 2007)
- United Nations Environment Program - Climate Neutral Network
- Neighbourhood Energy Utility - Evaluation of Ownership and Operating Options for the City of Vancouver (Nov 2006)
- EcoDensity Initiative (Oct 2006)
- Motor Vehicle Noise and Emission Abatement Bylaw (Jul 2006)
- Vancouver Transportation Plan, Progress Report (May 2006)
- Active and Safe School Trips (May 2006)
- A Social Development Plan for the City of Vancouver: Moving towards Social Sustainability (Sep 2006)
- Definition of Social Sustainability (May 2005)
- Community Climate Change Action Plan (Mar 2005)
- Ethical and Sustainable Purchasing Policy (Dec 2004)
- Energy Efficiency Purchasing Policy (Sep 2004)
- Cool Vancouver Task Force: A Discussion Paper on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Planning for the City of Vancouver (Jun 2003)
- Updated Energy Utilization bylaw (May 2004)
- Corporate Climate Change Action Plan for the City of Vancouver (Nov 2003)
- Council's decision based on the report (refer to Report Reference item 1)
- Action plan for creating a just and sustainable food system for the City of Vancouver (Dec 2003)
- Creating a Sustainable City (Nov 2003)
- Creating a Sustainable City (Apr 2002)
- The Kyoto Protocol - Implications to the City of Vancouver and Participation in "Partners for Climate Protection" (Mar 2003)
- Clouds of Change - Volume 1 and Volume 2 (Jun 1990)
