Climate Action Working Groups
The Government of British Columbia is engaging major emitters and key stakeholders in order to meet the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2020.
It’s working with major industrial sectors, organized labour and environmental organizations through 11 Climate Action Working Groups that provide opportunities for mutual learning and information sharing.
The B.C. government also consults and engages with First Nations on greenhouse gas reduction strategies.
The Climate Action Working Groups:
- Provide input on the development of cap and trade regulations in British Columbia, including B.C.’s dialogue with the Western Climate Initiative
- Help define a vision of what their sector looks like in a low carbon economy; identify emission reduction opportunities
- Discuss economic opportunities for their sector during the next phase of the Climate Action Plan
- Build partnerships and recommend ways to remove barriers to emission reductions across the B.C. economy
- Recommend critical research priorities to enable future improvements in each sector
The working groups are divided as follows:
- Agriculture
- Cement
- Electricity
- Forest Sector
- Manufacturing & Small Business
- Mining
- Oil and Gas
- Transportation
- Waste
- Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations
- Labour
