CBT Supports Local Efforts to Reduce Emissions And Adapt to Climate Change
(Columbia Basin) - While world leaders are meeting in Copenhagen this week to discuss climate change, right here in the Columbia Basin, local governments, First Nations and communities are already taking action on climate change with support from Columbia Bain Trust (CBT).
A survey conducted earlier this year confirmed that 75 per cent of communities in the Columbia Basin are already reducing emissions through retrofitting heating, insulating and other actions. The survey was part of the Carbon Neutral Kootenays project which recently received a Community Excellence Award from the Union of British Columbia Municipalities.
Supported by CBT, this multi-year project brings together the regional districts of Central Kootenay, East Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary, local governments and First Nations to reduce emissions in their corporate operations.
“Communities and local governments told us addressing climate change is a priority,” said Neil Muth, CBT, President and CEO. “It’s our role to help communities in the Columbia Basin achieve their goals and we are doing that by providing technical and financial resources across a range of climate change initiatives.”
