Climate Action Team
British Columbia’s Climate Action Team (CAT) was established in November 2007 to help the government reduce provincial greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2020. It is made up of some of the province’s best minds, including nine world leaders in the climate sciences.
The team’s recommendations will be put out for public comment. The 2012 and 2016 targets will be legally mandated, through regulation, by the end of 2008. The team will identify further actions in the short and medium term to reduce emissions and meet the 2020 targets. In addition, the team will provide advice on the provincial government’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2010.
The team’s mandate is threefold:
- to offer expert advice to the province’s Cabinet Committee on Climate Action on the most credible, aggressive and economically viable targets possible for 2012 and 2016;
- to identify further actions in the short and medium term to reduce emissions and meet the 2020 target, and
- to provide advice on the provincial government’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2010.
On August 6, 2008, the CAT released “Meeting British Columbia’s Targets: A Report from the B.C. Climate Action Team.”
View the Climate Action Team Report (PDF, 1.14MB)
