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Target: In 2020 the ACT achieved its legislated target of 100 percent renewable electricity. The ACT Government is committed to a target of zero emissions from Government operations by 2040. The ACT’s principal target is to achieve zero net emissions by 2045.

Key strategies: 100% renewable electricity was achieved primarily through a series of reverse auctions to secure 640 megawatts of renewable generation capacity. Locally generated electricity is sourced from solar, wind, and energy from waste.

The ACT Climate Change Strategy 2019-25 outlines the next stage of the ACT Government’s climate change response and identifies actions to meet the above targets and prepare for climate change. As part of the strategy, the Zero Emissions Government Framework coordinates various emissions reduction actions across Government agencies.

The Climate Change Strategy is complemented by Canberra’s Living Infrastructure Plan: Cooling the City, which sets the direction for maintaining and enhancing trees, soils, and waterways to keep our city cool, healthy, and liveable in a changing climate.

Target: 100 percent total installed capacity of renewable energy. 

Renewable energy share: Energy mix includes wind, solar thermal and photovoltaic, geothermal and small hydro plants. 

Key strategies: Inje County has identified five main policy pathways to achieve the renewable energy target: expansion of new renewable energy production, energy efficiency, energy conservation and creation of a civic culture and expansion of carbon sinks.

Target: 100 percent renewable and recycled energy at community-scale by 2030, including electricity, heating and transport. A 70 percent reduction of GHG emissions at community-scale by 2030.

Renewable energy share: 45 percent as of 2019

Key strategies: The city's new energy strategy will comprise four overarching focus areas; i) a reliable power system, ii) local and resource-efficient enery supply, iii) energy and resource-efficient society and iv) sustainable energy for transport. Within these focus areas specific strategies are state, which acts as the framework for a future action plan in order to reach the goals of both the Energy strategy and the Environmental Program. Example of strategies include increased local PV-production, reducing overall energy and power demand across end-use sectors with measures in energy efficiency, flexibility, storage. 

Target: By 2050, Saanich is 100 percent powered by renewable energy. Convert all oil heating systems to renewable heating systems by 2030 or sooner. Achieve net-zero GHG emissions from municipal operations by 2040 and from community by 2050.

Renewable energy share: Solar thermal, photovoltaic installations and biogas or Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).

Key strategies: A climate plan has identified a Pathway to achieving the 2050 climate targets identifying focus areas for intervention (Mobility & Transportation, Buildings & Infrastructure, Food & Materials). Resident's Climate Action Guidebook. Incentives for renewable and efficiency upgrades. Saanich adopted new BC Energy Step Code requirements that establish progressive performance steps in energy efficiency for new buildings.

Target: 100 percent of the energy used in Vancouver is derived from renewable sources before 2050. Intermediate target of 55 percent energy used in Vancouver derived from renewable sources by 2030.

Renewable energy share: 31 percent, primarily hydro and a small percentage of biomass, biofuels, wind and solar.

Key strategies: The Climate Emergency Action Plan looks at making our city more walkable to reduce reliance on cars while accelerating work on cycling infrastructure. It is also improving energy efficiency in buildings through green building policies, bylaws, plans, and design standards to complement incentives for building retrofits. Investment in active transit infrastructure and build out the public electric vehicle charging network. Increase the number of solar panels on rooftops, heat pumps and building a low carbon Neighborhood Energy Utility. The Neighborhood Energy Strategy will help develop additional neighborhood energy systems throughout Vancouver. This work also includes a focus on reducing embodied carbon and begins work in negative emissions that will be required post 2050. Vancouver’s climate work is also relying on a Climate and Equity Working Group to ensure new policies don’t harm racialized and equity seeking groups and strive to support the local economy and improve equity for those in Vancouver who don’t have it.