Welcome to the Burlington Climate Action Plan (CAP) wiki!

The Burlington Climate Action Plan (CAP) re-write process is in full speed. Over 70 community members and city employees gathered on September 18 at City Hall to hear the results of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory. The City of Burlington generated close to 430,000 tons of CO2 in 2007, while the city government emitted over 24,000 tons of CO2 in 2007. To view the inventory results, click GHG Inventory Results.

Mayor Kiss also announced the City's reduction targets which we hope to reach with the implementation of the new Climate Action Plan (CAP). We hope to reduce our emissions by 80% below 2007 levels by 2050 and/OR by 20% below 2007 levels by 2020. 

WE NEED YOUR INPUT! The Objectives and Action Items developed by the eight CAP workgroups were presented to the public at the Legacy Town Meeting on December 9, 2008. Please review their work and send us comments by January 15, 2008.

Eight Workgroups 

• Energy Efficiency in Buildings EnergyEfficiencyPOSTER.pdf
• Local Farms, Gardens and Food Production  LOCAL FOOD POSTER.pdf
• Policy, Research and Education POLICYPOSTER.pdf
• Renewable Energy Resources Renewable Energy POSTER.pdf
•  Transportation, Telecommunications and Access
  • City Government Transp. Government POSTER.pdf
  • Community Wide Community TransportationPOSTER.pdf
• Urban Forestry and Carbon Offsets UrbanForestry-OffsetsPOSTER.pdf
• Waste Reduction and Recycling Waste reduction and recyclingPOSTER.pdf

RECOMMENDATIONS-ALLJanuary2009.doc (word document)

FOR GENERAL RESOURCES ON CLIMATE CHANGE CLICK General Resources.