Mayoral candidate Catherine McKenney would bring Ottawa to net-zero emissions by 2050 through a plan for “bold climate action,” they said Thursday.
, which would increase greenspace and tree canopy, reduce emissions from buildings and create a chief climate officer position to oversee the plan.
McKenney’s promise from earlier this week to turn the Greenbelt into a national urban park is also part of the plan. McKenney said they would require net-zero emissions buildings in all new construction by 2030, and incentivize retrofits of residential homes. They would also increase the city’s tree canopy to 40 per cent by 2030.
McKenney’s plan would also see the city divest from fossil fuel investments and adopt a ‘buy clean’ procurement policy, becoming carbon neutral by 2040., released last month, would also see more trees planted across Ottawa—250,000 annually.
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