Public Consultation Phase 2 - Have your say on the Climate Emergency

On Nov 17, 2021 an update was brought to City Council at Committee of the Whole on the draft Resilient St. John's Community Climate Plan and the second and final stage of public consultation was launched. The draft Plan includes actions to reduce greenhouse gas emission within our community and adaptation actions to address the impacts of highest risk to our community. For clarity, the action plans for adaptation and mitigation are being released separately but were developed through a holistic approach.

The plan document was separated by topic area and can be found here for your review:

Resilient St. John's Climate Action Plan - Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases

Resilient St. John's Climate Action Plan - Adaptation to Impacts from Climate Change

Additional information about the Community Energy and GHG model used can be found (here) and modeling results can be found (here)

Have your say on the Climate Emergency - Resilient St. John’s Community Climate Plan

Public consultation will be ongoing from November 22nd to December 3rd. Review the documents above and have your say by either:

• Participating in the Have Your Say discussion forum
• Attending the Virtual Public Session on December 2nd from 7 to 8:30 pm - signup
• Providing a letter of support if you or your organization would like to show your support for the planned actions. Please submit signed letters of support to efausto@stjohns.ca(External link)(External link)
• Additional sessions will be held for members of the various Citizen Committees of Council

The Plan will be reviewed and brought to City Council for consideration of adoption. Letters of support will be attached to the plan when submitted to City Council for consideration of adoption.