Climate Change in Toronto

• Toronto’s Climate Action Plan web page, with some good background information.
  http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=4e4c295f69db1410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

• Toronto’s Energy Plan including greenhouse gas emissions web page:
  http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=d367a58449bd1410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

• Toronto’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan web page:
  http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=78cfa84c9f6e1410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

• Toronto Environmental Progress Report 2015: Lots of great information throughout with Reducing GHG Emissions beginning on Page 4; Energy on Page 13, Urban Agriculture on Page 18, and Sustainable Transportation on Page 24.
  http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Environment%20and%20Energy/Action%20Plans,%20Policies%20&%20Research/PDFs/City_of_Toronto_EPR_2015_FINAL_ACC.pdf

• Toronto Basic Climate Change Information with GHG reduction targets and Toronto’s weather in 2040 to 2050 (how old will you be then?):
  http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=7921402b5782f410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

• Toronto’s Interactive Green map: click on the map to explore green projects in the City, in your neighbourhood.
  http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=2fe099fa45dd5410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

• Households in Toronto participated in a carbon footprint survey — here are the results — lots of interesting findings — all part of Project Neutral’s campaign to transition neighbourhoods to carbon neutrality.
  http://www.projectneutral.org/assets/files/documents/p18vl8coarmq9j73c3nss7h594.pdf

• How Much Warmer Was Toronto in 2015?  Scientists declared that 2015 was Earth’s hottest year on record. What about Toronto…
  http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/19/us/2015-year-in-weather-temperature-precipitation.html#toronto_canada

• Every Tree Counts, with information on trees and climate change (see Table of Contents):
  http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Parks%20Forestry%20&%20Recreation/Urban%20Forestry/Files/pdf/E/every_tree_counts.pdf
  

• Ahead of the Storm—Preparing Toronto for Climate Change: The City’s plans focus on mitigation and adaptation — this report focuses on adaptation: how to provide protection against a changing climate, such as preparing for extreme weather events like floods and ice storms.
  http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Environment%20and%20Energy/Our%20Goals/Files/pdf/A/ahead_of_the_storm.pdf

• Fast Cities—A Comparison of Rapid Transit in Major Canadian Cities
  http://www.tigurl.org/images/tiged/docs/activities/1755.pdf

• Fighting Traffic with Rapid Transit, infographic:
  http://www.tigurl.org/images/tiged/docs/activities/1757.jpg

• Toronto Environmental Alliance — click on each of the three photos for “Actions,” “Green Ppwer Facts,” and “Climate Change Facts:
  http://www.torontoenvironment.org/climate_change

• Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region: An excellent report. It is long and detailed but by using the Table of Contents you can easily find lots of great information for conducting your Inquiry.
  http://www.davidsuzuki.org/publications/downloads/2003/GLReportFinal.pdf