Week 3: High-Impact Opportunities
“Hamilton is stepping up with urgency and purpose,” said Mayor Andrea Horwath. “Council declared a climate emergency and committed to bold, sustainable economic and ecological development."
The City of Hamilton has approved up to $100,000 in Climate Change Reserve funding to update its Low Carbon Scenario - a roadmap originally crafted in 2019 - to reflect recent advancements in clean technology, cost reductions, and local opportunities such as green steel production. This update will inform how Hamilton can move faster toward net-zero and is expected to guide strategy reviews every 3-5 years with a focus on High-Impact Opportunities:
- Moving to electric vehicles faster and adding more places to charge them.
- Building more bike lanes, trails and paths for walking, biking and e-scooters.
- Encouraging people to walk, bike, or take public transit instead of driving.
- Helping Hamilton’s steel industry reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Supporting green hydrogen and switching to 100% clean, renewable electricity.