Waterloo Region Information Archive

SharonM said
Climate Emergency? - According to the Region of Waterloo Climate Action Milestone Timeline a climate emergency declaration was made in 2019. Was there a real climate emergency in our Region at that time? Where is the evidence of such an emergency? Did the Region declare this because of direction from the provincial and federal governments? Is this so called climate emergency still in effect and if so why?

Hi Sharon,
These are good questions. Many scientists say there is no climate emergency, and there never has been one. But in Waterloo Region, this has to be an accepted narrative in order to push us towards accepting 15 minute cities and in reducing our gas consumption.