The Community Energy Association (CEA) is accepting applications for the 2023 Climate & Energy Action Awards. These awards shine a light on climate and energy projects in local governments and Indigenous communities across BC. The best part is, when it comes to local climate action, the successes of one community might inspire dozens of other communities—or even just one—to do the same thing.
Last year’s winners include West Vancouver’s Foreshore Development Permit Area and Sea Level Rise Adaptation Policy, with an honourable mention to the Lhoozk'uz Dene Nation for Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation, Bioenergy, and Bioeconomy.
If there is a project or activity in your community that deserves to be nominated, please submit it without consideration of any category. Just consider things like how it achieved (or will achieve) local greenhouse gas emission reductions; involved people and built capacity; and brought diverse benefits that are setting the community up for future success. Check out CEA’s web page for more information on the awards program and to access the nomination form.
Nominees will be profiled in various articles, digital channels, and in a future edition of this newsletter. Winners will be announced at the Union of BC Municipalities convention in September.
The deadline to apply is Monday, July 10 at 5 pm PDT. For any questions, please get in touch with Carly Johansson (604-628-7076 ext. 713).
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