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2017 - States and Regions Climate Actions
| Row number | State | Country | Region | Public? | Years disclosed | Population | Population year | Sector | Progress? | Action taken | Scale | Action descrption |
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| 501 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Mass Transit: Adopt high speed rail | Comprehensive implementation | B.C.'s SkyTrain system has 53 stations serving three lines. The SkyTrain uses fully automated trains running on elevated and underground guideways. |
| 502 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Mass Transit: Improve fuel efficiency of trains (e.g. efficient engines, regenerative braking, energy storage, etc.) | Comprehensive implementation | Over 130 new rail cars for rail rapid transit systems. New rail cars on rapid transit system contribute to reductions in GHG emissions and have longer lasting battery system. Rehabilitation of rail cars on rapid transit to improve energy efficiency. |
| 503 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Planned | Mass Transit: Improve metro services (e.g. increase routes, improve stations, reduce fares, etc.) | Unknown | Planned 6 km extension of automated rail rapid transit line with 6 stations. Upgrade stations to improve accessibility. Completed extension of automated rail rapid transit line. Planned extension of automated rail rapid transit line. Additional rail cars to decrease crowding on rapid transit. |
| 504 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Planned | Mass Transit: Improve rail services (e.g. increase routes, improve stations, reduce fares, etc.) | Unknown | Planned 26 km light rail transit system with 19 stations. Additional commuter rail cars to decrease crowding. |
| 505 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Mass Transit: Promote smart logistics (e.g. real-time information) | Comprehensive implementation | Introduce real time transit information at new rail stations. Real time information with Next Bus tracking. Social media team communicates updates on service delays. |
| 506 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Private Transport: Increase awareness/engage public on private transport measures | Comprehensive implementation | The Clean Energy Vehicle Program has developed the Emotive Campaign which is an education and outreach campaign to promote the benefits of electric vehicles. |
| 507 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Private Transport: Install electric vehicle charging infrastructure (i.e. home, work, highways, etc.) | Comprehensive implementation | The Clean Energy Vehicle Program has several electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) programs in market currently and will be launching several more in late 2017. Incentive programs currently in market for EVSE: DC fast charges (DCFCs), Multi Unit Residential Buildings (MURBs), and Fleets. Planned programs to be in market late 2017 focused on EVSE: DCFCs, workplace, residential. |
| 508 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Private Transport: Promote alternative fuel production (e.g. biofuels, natural gas, hydrogen, etc.) | Comprehensive implementation | The Clean Energy Vehicle Program has funded the first public hydrogen fuelling station in B.C. to be operational by June 2017. In addition, the Clean Energy Vehicle Program is developing a program to be in market late 2017 focused on supporting additional Hydrogen station deployment in B.C. The Climate Leadership Plan supports amending the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Regulation that will allow utilities to double the total pool of incentives available to convert commercial fleets to natural gas, when the new incentives go towards vehicles using 100 per cent renewable natural gas. The program will also promote investments in natural gas fuelling stations at customers' facilities. |
| 509 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Private Transport: Set low-carbon fuel standard | Comprehensive implementation | Adopted in 2008, B.C.'s Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation targets a 10 per cent decrease in carbon intensity of transport fuels sold in B.C. by 2020, and 5 per cent renewable content in gasoline (4 per cent in diesel). The Climate Leadership Plan has proposed an increase to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard to 15 per cent by 2030. |
| 510 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Planned | Private Transport: Set manufacturing requirements (e.g. zero-emission vehicle standard) | Unknown | The Climate Leadership Team recommendation: The Clean Energy Vehicle Program has a non-binding goal of 5 per cent of new passenger vehicle sales to be ZEVs by 2020 in B.C. B.C. is a signatory to the ZEV alliance from Paris Conference of the Parties. |
| 511 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Private Transport: Switch to electric/hybrid vehicles in cars/taxis/government fleets | Comprehensive implementation | Since 2011, the Clean Energy Vehicle Program has received $71 Million CAD in funding to provide incentives for ZEVs and the deployment of charging infrastructure and hydrogen fuelling infrastructure. B.C. leads Canada in ZEV sales per capita and has the largest electric vehicle charging and hydrogen fuelling networks in Canada. |
| 512 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Private Transport: Switch to other lower-carbon fuel in cars/taxis/government fleets (e.g. biofuels, hydrogen, etc. | Comprehensive implementation | The Province implemented the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Clean Energy) Regulation in 2012 that permits utilities to offer incentives for the purchase of natural gas vehicles and to make investments in liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas fuelling infrastructure in sectors such as medium and heavy duty on-road transportation, marine, mining, and locomotive support. The Climate Leadership Plan supports amending the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Regulation to encourage emission reductions in transportation. This amendment will allow utilities to double the total pool of incentives available to convert commercial fleets to natural gas, when the new incentives go towards vehicles using 100 per cent renewable natural gas. The program will also promote investments in natural gas fuelling stations at customers' facilities. |
| 513 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Waste | Ongoing | Adopt source separation policies (e.g. collection for dry recyclables, organic compostable waste, etc.) | Comprehensive implementation | The "Blue bin" program provides for separate collection of dry recyclables. The program is run by local governments and industry stewards. Yard and food waste collection programs run by local governments provide for separation of organics waste at the source. The Climate Leadership Plan supports materials exchange pilot projects that create innovative uses for waste products; creation of a waste-to-resource strategy and establishing a food waste prevention target of 30 per cent and increasing organics diverted from landfills to 90 per cent. |
| 514 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Waste | Ongoing | Establish waste reduction/recycling plan | Comprehensive implementation | The Environmental Management Act (EMA) delegates responsibility to manage municipal solid waste to local governments and requires each regional district to develop a solid waste management plan where to identify the waste reduction goals and initiatives. The Ministry of Environment (MOE) developed guidance for solid waste management planning and incorporated in it the waste reduction targets outlined by the Ministry Service Plan. Recycling Regulation specifies products, measures and requirements for proper recycling of the identified products including development of the recycling plans. It establishes 100 per cent producer responsibility for some product categories. 23 industry stewardship plans covering 5 product categories that include beverage containers, household hazardous waste (HHW), electronics and electrical, tires and packaging and printed paper. These are covered under Recycling Regulation (phased in over time since 2004). |
| 515 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Waste | Ongoing | Increase awareness/engage public on waste reduction/recycling measures | Comprehensive implementation | Recently prepared MOE guidance on solid waste management planning incorporates recommendations for local governments on development and implementation of waste reduction initiatives. New product categories requiring 100 per cent producer responsibility were added to recycling regulation. Industry engages with the public through the local government; 23 industry stewardship plans covering 5 product categories that include beverage containers, household hazardous waste (HHW), electronics and electrical, tires and packaging and printed paper. |
| 516 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Waste | Ongoing | Install advanced thermal treatment/waste to energy | Limited implementation | One incinerator in Burnaby; Metro Vancouver's waste-to-energy facility is a mass-burn facility that handles about a quarter of the region's garbage, generates enough electricity to power 16,000 homes, and recovers about 8,000 tonnes of metals annually. Metro Vancouver annually earns about $6 million from the sale of electricity and $500,000 from the sale of recycled metal to a company that produces reinforcing steel. |
| 517 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Waste | Ongoing | Install anaerobic digestion | Limited implementation | The Ministry of Agriculture is supporting the development of a self-assessment tool to help B.C. producers determine the economic feasibility of investing in anaerobic digesters. Expanding agricultural production in the Lower Mainland of B.C. requires solutions to the issue of manure produced by the large numbers of dairy cattle. With support from the Ministry of Agriculture's innovation program, Seabreeze Farms in Delta has built an anaerobic digester that is turning manure and other organic waste into biogas, digestate (organic fertilizer) and bedding for cows. The biogas is created by capturing methane that would otherwise have gone into the atmosphere. The biogas is cleaned and upgraded into renewable natural gas that displaces conventional natural gas with a renewable energy source. Not implemented for municipal solid waste. |
| 518 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Waste | Ongoing | Install landfill gas management/landfill gas to energy | Comprehensive implementation | Landfill Gas Management Regulation in place. Majority of the active landfill gas collection systems either beneficially use collected landfill gas or plan it in the future. |
| 519 | British Columbia | Canada | North America | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 4773345 | 2016 | Waste | Ongoing | Install municipal recycling points or centers (for residents or businesses | Comprehensive implementation | The province has established a notional municipal solid waste disposed per year per capita target. As part of local government's efforts to meet this target, recycling infrastructure is operated by many/most local governments. The infrastructure typically includes recycling areas located at transfer stations or landfills. Recycling Depots and Eco Depots are widely organised throughout B.C. |
| 520 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Ongoing | Improve heating and cooling efficiency (e.g. audits, insulation, white roofs, etc.) | Comprehensive implementation | Actions about the Plan bâtiment durable (Sustainable building plan) |
| 521 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Ongoing | Increase awareness/engage public on energy efficiency/clean energy programs | Comprehensive implementation | Actions about the Plan bâtiment durable (Sustainable building plan) |
| 522 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Planned | Install biomass heating | Pilot stage | The Regional Council of Brittany is started the elaboration of the Schéma régional biomasse (Biomass regional plan) |
| 523 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Ongoing | Install clean cook stoves | Comprehensive implementation | An action especially in the high schools of Brittany because its dépends of the Regional Council. |
| 524 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Ongoing | Install combined heat and power | Comprehensive implementation | Actions about the Plan bâtiment durable (Sustainable building plan) |
| 525 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Ongoing | Install energy efficient lighting systems (e.g. LED, CFL, etc.) | Comprehensive implementation | Actions about the Plan bâtiment durable (Sustainable building plan) |
| 526 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Ongoing | Install more efficient luminaires in streetlights/traffic lights (e.g. LED) | Comprehensive implementation | Actions about the Plan bâtiment durable (Sustainable building plan) |
| 527 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Ongoing | Install smart energy meters/sub-meters | Comprehensive implementation | Actions about the Plan bâtiment durable (Sustainable building plan) |
| 528 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Ongoing | Install solar electricity | Comprehensive implementation | Actions about the Plan bâtiment durable (Sustainable building plan). Also, the SRCAE of Brittany indicate an orientation for accompany the development of the photovoltaic electric production. |
| 529 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Ongoing | Install solar heating/hot water | Comprehensive implementation | Actions about the Plan bâtiment durable (Sustainable building plan). Also, the SRCAE of Brittany indicate an orientation for favorisate the diffusion of the solar heating and hot water |
| 530 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Buildings | Ongoing | Promote building energy performance rating/certification/benchmarking | Comprehensive implementation | Actions about the Plan bâtiment durable (Sustainable building plan) |
| 531 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Energy | Ongoing | Expand/improve transmission to integrate renewables | Comprehensive implementation | It is the reason of the SRCAE (Schéma régional climat air énergie - Climate air energy regional plan) adopted in 2013. |
| 532 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Energy | Ongoing | Install biomass power | Comprehensive implementation | The SRCAE (Schéma régional climat air énergie - Climate air energy regional plan) indicate than it's necessary to support and organize the development of the operations of methanation |
| 533 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Energy | Ongoing | Install carbon capture and storage | Pilot stage | Actions in agriculture. |
| 534 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Energy | Ongoing | Install microgrids | Comprehensive implementation | Regional Council help the territories to creat energetic local systems. |
| 535 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Energy | Ongoing | Install smart grids | Pilot stage | Regional Council is launching SMILE (Smart Ideas to Link Energies). |
| 536 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Energy | Ongoing | Install wind power (e.g. onshore, offshore) | Comprehensive implementation | Regional Council is very activ to develop this technology on in the sea. |
| 537 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Energy | Ongoing | Install ocean/tidal/wave power | Comprehensive implementation | Brittany is a peninsula in Atlantic so its offer many potentials for develop marine renewables énergies |
| 538 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Finance | Ongoing | Invest in clean tech R&D | Comprehensive implementation | The SRDEII (Schéma régional de développement économique, d'innovation et d'internationalisation - Internalization, Innovation economic development regional plan) support the development of innovation made by the locals firms. |
| 539 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Governance | Ongoing | Collaborate with cities/local governments in reducing emissions/increasing resilience | Comprehensive implementation | The Regional Council of Brittany have created, with the French State, a Regional conference of energy to permit to the parteners and territories for engage the transition. Also, the Regional Council discuss with the territories when they elaborate their Energy air climate local plan. |
| 540 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Governance | Ongoing | Collaborate with national governments in reducing emissions/increasing resilience | Comprehensive implementation | All the energetic regional Policy is elaborate with the regional representative of the national governments |
| 541 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Governance | Ongoing | Collaborate with other states/regions in reducing emissions/increasing resilienc | Comprehensive implementation | The Regional Council of Brittany is member of the NRG4SD and The Climate Group. |
| 542 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Governance | Ongoing | Support businesses in reducing emissions/increasing resilience | Comprehensive implementation | The Regional plan for economic development indicate the energetic transition as a big challenge |
| 543 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Industry | Ongoing | Improve energy efficiency of industrial processes | Comprehensive implementation | The SRCAE (Schéma régional climat air énergie - Climate air energy regional plan) présents an orientation for integrate the energy efficiency into the management of companies. |
| 544 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Industry | Ongoing | Promote industrial symbiosis/industrial ecology programs | Limited implementation | The Régional Council develop actions of circular economy. |
| 545 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Land use | Ongoing | Establish guidelines for siting renewable power | Comprehensive implementation | The SRCAE (Schéma régional climat air énergie - Climate air energy regional plan) have been adopted in 2013. |
| 546 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Land use | Ongoing | Promote conservation efforts for natural areas | Comprehensive implementation | Regional Council has the leadership of biodiversity Policy. Since 2015, the SRCE (Schéma régional de cohérence écologique - Ecological coherence regional plan) indicate the aeras to preserve. Also, the Regional Council is owner of the Natural Regional Reserves. |
| 547 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Land use | Ongoing | Promote sustainable coastal ecosystem management | Comprehensive implementation | The Regional Council propose for 10 years the Charte des espaces côtiers (Charter of the coastal spaces) and start the elaboration of the Stratégie régional mer et littoral (Sea and coastline regional Strategy) |
| 548 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Mass Transit: Adopt high speed rail | Comprehensive implementation | The openning of the LGV (Ligne Grande Vitesse - High speed lign) will permit to win 40 mn between Britanny and Paris in may 2017. |
| 549 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Mass Transit: Improve fuel efficiency of trains (e.g. efficient engines, regenerative braking, energy storage, etc.) | Comprehensive implementation | .No actions or orientations |
| 550 | Brittany | France | Europe | Yes | 2016 and 2017 | 3310341 | 2016 | Transport | Ongoing | Mass Transit: Improve rail services (e.g. increase routes, improve stations, reduce fares, etc.) | Comprehensive implementation | No actions or orientations. |
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