| Actions | Description | Links | |
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| Active Transportation Plan | Active Transportation Program is part of City of Guelph Transportation Master Plan, 2022. | ||
| Community Climate Change Action / Environment Funds | Community Grants (formerly Wellbeing Grants) provide funding for not-for-profit organizations that supports operating costs, events, special programs or projects, or for small capital items that support the quality of life of Guelph residents. The Community grants are not an exclusive environment/climate change fund. Grants also exist through Our Food Future, for example, Food Access Spark Grants provides $50,000 in community grants to help address food access issues in Guelph and Wellington County. | ||
| Community Adaptation / Resilience Plan | Guelph's Climate Change Adaptation Plan is under development. The plan has been drafted and it is currently being circulated for internal review and will be submitted to Council in September.
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| Community Emissions Reduction/ Mitigation Plan | The Community Energy Initiative (formerly Community Energy Plan – CEP) is Guelph’s commitment to use and manage energy differently, better, than the city has in the past. The main goal of the CEI is that Guelph will become a Net Zero Carbon community by 2050. | ||
| Community GHG Reduction Targets | Guelph's Race to Zero sets a target of 63% reduction by 2030 against 2018 baseline and a net zero carbon community by 2050. | ||
| Community Retrofit Program | The City offers loans and supports to residential property owners in Guelph to help support residential energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction upgrades. | ||
| Complete Streets Policy | Transportation Master Plan 2022 includes a Recommended Network drawing in Schedule 1 of the document. This map shows the overlapping priority networks (Cycling, transit, potential resiliency widening etc.) of the recommended road network for Guelph. Schedule 2 in the document depicts the pedestrian priority network for areas of the enhanced pedestrian realm. These specific streets can be considered “prioritized” for Complete Streets. | ||
| EV Ready Requirements in GDS / Parking By-law | At present the City of Guelph does not have EV Ready Requirements for new developments. | ||
| Municipal Fleet Electrification Plan | Pathways to Corporate Fleet Electrification Report includes a review of the existing Corporate policies that relate to fleet (vehicle and equipment) management, including electrification. Based on the policy review, pathways to electrify the Corporate fleet have been defined.
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| Net Zero Municipal Facilities Commitment/Standard | Guelph's Race to Zero targets becoming a net zero carbon community by 2050. City facilities, fleet and operations to use 100% renewable energy by 2050 (100RE Target) through a conservation-first approach. Also, Canada Green Building Council zero carbon building design standard is applied to all new corporate buildings. | ||
| Community Emissions Reductions Progress Report | Progress Reports are provided to Council. The latest one is the Environmental Sustainability Report, 2023. | ||
| Urban Agriculture Plans | City of Guelph Official Plan, section 9.1.3, sets objectives and policies related to urban agriculture. Community grants related to urban agriculture exist through Our Food Future. | ||
| Urban Forest Plans | Urban Forestry Management Plan (UFMP) was first approved in 2012. The most recent update on UFMP implementation was provided on August 2020.
The canopy target is 40%, as per UFMP.
The 2019 Guelph Urban Forest Study Report provides technical details related to tree canopy variations across different land types (e.g., vacant, industrial, private, public, etc.) and at the neighbourhood level. This report helps inform the implementation of the next phase of UFMP. |