The rapid increase in the use of fossil fuels for transportation, heat, and power is releasing large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere that has been trapped in the earths crust for thousands of years and is upsetting the natural balance. [...] The City of Vancouver was one of the original signatories to the national Partners for Climate Protection initiative and in December, 2003 the City approved a Corporate Climate Change Action Plan outlining the steps and committing the resources to realize a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2010 from its own operations. [...] In addition, while there is considerable energy “embodied” in the production of food, materials, and consumer goods, it is nearly impossible to measure the associated greenhouse gas emissions unless this production occurs within the City – the emissions associated with production of goods are attributed to the specific location where the production occurred. [...] The remainder of the Community Outreach section of this plan describes these behaviour changes, and describes the strategy and priority actions that the City can pursue to begin the subtle but fundamental shift in how people use energy in Vancouver. [...] Vancouver’s strategy to foster this environment is to create a shared community vision based on common values, to connect individuals to the resources to make changes easy, to engage partners with a wide diversity of interests, and to empower community champions to lead the way.
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