Saskatoon city council is poised to adopt a target of net zero by 2050, even as city hall struggles to cut emissions from its own operations yxe opinion
To meet its target of a 40 per cent reduction in two years, the city would need to further reduce its emissions by 37 per cent.
In 2021, the community’s greenhouse gas emissions totalled 3.5 million tonnes, a decrease of nine per cent since 2014. That sounds good, but it could also be a temporary mirage attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.based on numbers that predate the pandemic, community emissions had risen two per cent since 2014, and city hall emissions had jumped five per cent.Article content
In that context, the city report suggests city council consider following the example of 125 other jurisdictions in Canada and declare a climate emergency.
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