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2021-09-03 WWF OPCC 2021 - Cities Responses
| Row number | Account Number | Account Name | Country | CDP Region | Parent Section | Question Number | Question Name | Column Number | Column Name | Row Number | Row Name | Response Answer | Comments | File Name |
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| 120751 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 1 | See www.saanich.ca/food for our agriculture and food security initiatives. | |||
| 120752 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 2 | Saanich is promoting energy efficiency education and incentives for the public (http://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/community/sustainable-saanich/climate-change-energy/programs-rebates.html) and demonstrating leadership through efficiency upgrades of our facilities (http://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/community/sustainable-saanich/climate-change-energy/leading-by-example.html). | |||
| 120753 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 3 | Saanich's Official Community Plan includes policies to "Encourage the use of “green technologies” in the design of all new buildings" and is home to the Vancouver Island Technology Park (https://vitp.ca/why-vitp/partners/district-of-saanich/). | |||
| 120754 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 4 | Our Official Community Plan includes policy to "actively support CRD initiatives to reduce solid waste and develop efficient and environmentally acceptable long-term waste disposal solutions, working towards Zero Waste generation," and "support recycling and composting initiatives by participating in pilot projects (e.g. curbside pick up for organic waste), conducting public education seminars, and reducing municipal consumption and waste." | |||
| 120755 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 5 | Saanich's Official Community Plan has many policies supporting tourism, including agri-tourism. | |||
| 120756 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 6 | Saanich adopted the Active Transportation Plan in 2018, and also is developing an Electric Mobility Strategy. | |||
| 120757 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 7 | Saanich encourages "green building" design through our OCP and Sustainability Checklist for developments. The District works with industry including the Canadian Home Builder's Association (CHBA), Urban Development Institute (UDI), Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) and others in the building industry to identify the best approach for Step Code adoption and for increasing capacity. | |||
| 120758 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 8 | The Saanich Agriculture and Food Security Plan encourages implementation of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in the local food system. https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Community/Documents/Planning/afs/Agriculture%20and%20Food%20Security%20Plan%202017%20August%2031,%202018%20Web.pdf | |||
| 120759 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 9 | District of Saanich seeks funding for climate initiatives from senior levels of government, energy utilities, and all other relevant opportunities. Recent funding received includes:-Federation of Canadian Municipalities funding to support the development of the Climate Plan, Gordon Head Recreation Centre heat pump project, the Transition 2050 project on a building retrofit strategy, and the design and implementation of a home energy retrofit financing pilot -Union of BC Municipalities funding for biomass boiler at Saanich Commonwealth Place-Natural Resources Canada Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program - for funding support for an additional 20 Level 2 public EV charging stations at key Saanich facilities | |||
| 120760 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 10 | Saanich developed a Strategic Energy Management plan for District operations, and promotes energy efficiency programs in the community to improve home affordability. | |||
| 120761 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 11 | District provides information to the public about on-site renewable energy generation, and is investigating further on-site renewable energy generation opportunities for District operations. | |||
| 120762 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 12 | Saanich Council is working towards a single use plastic bag ban. | |||
| 120763 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 13 | Saanich is developing a Stormwater Management Strategy which will incorporate climate adaptation needs. | |||
| 120764 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 14 | Saanich is partnering with non-profits One Earth and Bioregional on the One Planet Cities Initiative. See https://www.bioregional.com/one-planet-cities/. | |||
| 120765 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.0 | Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities. | 2 | Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity | 15 | Saanich is providing top up incentives through a Provincial program for upgrading from fossil fuels to heat pumps in residential retrofits, which reduces home GHG emissions, and provides air conditioning in homes that likely did not have air conditioning in the past, increasing residents' resiliency to hotter summer temperatures. | |||
| 120766 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.12 | Describe how your city plans to enhance ambition and scale up Climate Action Plan (integrated/adaptation/mitigation) and actions to achieve climate neutrality, net zero emissions, carbon neutrality or 100% renewables. | 0 | Our Climate Plan embeds these targets and we are working towards them through implementing the actions. | |||||
| 120767 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2 | Does your city collaborate in partnership with businesses and/or industries in your city on sustainability projects? | 0 | Yes | |||||
| 120768 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 1 | Collaboration area | 1 | Energy | |||
| 120769 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 1 | Collaboration area | 2 | Energy | |||
| 120770 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 1 | Collaboration area | 3 | Building and Infrastructure | |||
| 120771 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 1 | Collaboration area | 4 | Building and Infrastructure | |||
| 120772 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 1 | Collaboration area | 5 | Energy | |||
| 120773 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 1 | Collaboration area | 6 | Building and Infrastructure | |||
| 120774 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 2 | Type of collaboration | 1 | Other, please specify: see description of collaboration | |||
| 120775 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 2 | Type of collaboration | 2 | Collaborative initiative | |||
| 120776 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 2 | Type of collaboration | 3 | Other, please specify: see description of collaboration | |||
| 120777 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 2 | Type of collaboration | 4 | Policy and regulation consultation | |||
| 120778 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 2 | Type of collaboration | 5 | Other, please specify: pilot project collaboration | |||
| 120779 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 2 | Type of collaboration | 6 | Convening industry groups | |||
| 120780 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 3 | Description of collaboration | 1 | The District is working with FortisBC, a private energy company, to explore opportunities for renewable natural gas (RNG) in our municipality. FortisBC also provides funding support for an Energy Specialist within the Saanich Engineering Department to focus on corporate and community efficiency projects and switch to RNG | |||
| 120781 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 3 | Description of collaboration | 2 | The District is working with nonprofit organizations One Earth and Bioregional and local businesses, schools, and community organizations to develop One Planet Action Plans for each group - see www.oneplanetsaanich.org for details. | |||
| 120782 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 3 | Description of collaboration | 3 | The District works with BC Hydro, a crown corporation, on energy efficiency and electrification measures for buildings, streetlights, and transportation given their supply is currently approximately 97% renewable. They provide funding support for 2 positions within the Sustainability Division and considerable training and network opportunities in addition to support funding for some projects. | |||
| 120783 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 3 | Description of collaboration | 4 | The District collaborated with the Canadian Home Builders Association, Urban Development Institute, and Vancouver Island Construction Association to design and deliver industry engagement on the BC Energy Step Code and an EV strategy. | |||
| 120784 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 3 | Description of collaboration | 5 | The District is working with the BCIT School of the Environment to pilot their ecocities footprint online tool. | |||
| 120785 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.2a | Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below. | 3 | Description of collaboration | 6 | The District 2030 initiative consists of 37 buildings and 3.6 million square feet of space, represented by major property managers in the region: Anthem Properties, Colliers International, Cushman & Wakefield, Ivanhoe Cambridge, Jawl Properties, Richmond Property Group, Shape Properties, City of Victoria, District of Saanich, Capital Regional District, and Province of BC. Each member of the District has committed participating buildings to meeting 50% reductions in energy and greenhouse emissions as established by Architecture 2030 in its 2030 Challenge for Planning.More information: https://www.2030districts.org/greater-victoria | |||
| 120786 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.3 | Describe how your local/regional government collaborates and coordinates horizontally on climate action. | 1 | Entity with which your local/regional government collaborates and coordinates horizontally on climate action | 1 | Horizontal collaboration and coordination | Other, please specify: Multiple. | ||
| 120787 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.3 | Describe how your local/regional government collaborates and coordinates horizontally on climate action. | 2 | Description | 1 | Horizontal collaboration and coordination | The District collaborates with neighbouring municipalities in the Capital Region (CRD Climate Action Program Inter-municipal Working Group, CRD Community Health Network/Regional Outcomes Monitoring Group), with municipalities within the Province through multiple networks (BC Hydro Community and Corporate Energy Managers Network, FortisBC Energy Specialist Network, among others), with municipalities nationally through the Canadian Urban Sustainability Practitioner's Network, and with Canadian and United States practitioners through the Urban Sustainability Directors Network. | ||
| 120788 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.4 | Describe how your local/regional government collaborates and coordinates vertically (higher levels of government) on climate action. | 0 | The District participates in formal and informal engagement opportunities with the Provincial and Federal governments, including attending meetings and workshops, responding to surveys, and sending letters of comment. We also participate on working groups with the Province and other municipalities such as the Electric Vehicle (EV) Peer Network and the Step Code Peer Network. | |||||
| 120789 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 1 | Project area | 1 | Energy efficiency / retrofit | |||
| 120790 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 1 | Project area | 2 | Energy efficiency / retrofit | |||
| 120791 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 1 | Project area | 3 | Waste recycling | |||
| 120792 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 1 | Project area | 4 | Energy efficiency / retrofit | |||
| 120793 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 2 | Project title | 1 | G. R. Pearkes Pathway to 100% Renewable | |||
| 120794 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 2 | Project title | 2 | Retrofit financing | |||
| 120795 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 2 | Project title | 3 | ||||
| 120796 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 2 | Project title | 4 | Regional Retrofit Service | |||
| 120797 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 3 | Stage of project development | 1 | Pre-feasibility/impact assessment | |||
| 120798 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 3 | Stage of project development | 2 | Project feasibility | |||
| 120799 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 3 | Stage of project development | 3 | Scoping | |||
| 120800 | 59572 | District of Saanich, BC | Canada | North America | 6. Opportunities | 6.5 | List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'. | 3 | Stage of project development | 4 | Project structuring |
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