Whitby Sustainability Advisory Committee

That the Whitby Sustainability Advisory Committee Minutes of April 3, 2019 be approved. Whitby Sustainability Advisory Committee Minutes May 01, 2019 - 7:00 PM

That the Whitby Sustainability Advisory Committee requests that the Council of the Town of Whitby endorse the following: 1. That Council recognizes that climate change poses a significant threat to both current and future social, economic, and environmental well-being of the community; 2. That Council recognizes the need to strive for an extensive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the local and global impacts of climate change; 3. That measures to promote mitigation and resiliency be considered and implemented across the community to ensure that the community remains prosperous and protected from climate change; 4. That Council declare a climate emergency as a way of strengthening Whitby’s commitment to reducing the short and long term impacts of climate change; 5. That Council demonstrate leadership and encourage the community to consider the urgency of climate change in all daily activities, and; 6. That Council request staff to consider climate change as a priority in all activities and works completed across the municipality to strive for a deep reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and to consider comprehensive and proactive implementation of measures to promote mitigation and resiliency in the face of climate change.

That the meeting adjourn.