Climate Action Charter
The City of Vernon became a signatory of the British Columbia Climate Action Charter in 2008. As a participating municipality, Vernon is committed to lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, taking actions that demonstrate leadership on sustainable development, reporting annually on the City’s progress towards these goals and achieving carbon neutrality in corporate emissions.
As part of the BC Climate Action Charter, municipalities are eligible to receive conditional grant funds through the Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP). CARIP reimburses the carbon tax paid by local government and requires that municipalities measure corporate carbon emissions and annually report information on their corporate and community wide sustainability actions. Vernon has undertaken CARIP reporting annually since 2010, recent reports are available below: