Net Zero Actions Update

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2023-01-30 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · amended

As filed

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee: 1. Directed the City Manager to report back to the March 20, 2023 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with a confirmed date for the delivery of all reports required by Item IE26.16 "TransformTO Critical Steps for Net Zero by 2040" that have not yet been delivered. 2. Directed the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services to report back to the March 20, 2023 meeting of Infrastructure and Environment Committee on agreements that have been entered into under Recommendations 5 and 8 in Item 26.16 "TransformTO Critical Steps for Net Zero by 2040", and on progress on any other agreements that are planned for 2023.

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3. Directed the City Manager to report back to the April 26, 2023 meeting of Infrastructure and Environment Committee with a plan to implement a ban on use of two-stroke engine leaf blowers, lawnmowers and other small engine equipment because of their adverse impact on air quality and human health, separately from the noise bylaw review referred to in Recommendation 20 of Item IE26.16. 4. Directed the Executive Director, Environment and Climate, to report back to the March 20, 2023 meeting of Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the status of every other action item contained in Item IE26.16.

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On December 15, 2021 City Council adopted. Item IE26.16 "TransformTO Critical Steps for Net Zero by 2040". This Item contained 40 distinct action items, each of them essential to Toronto's climate action. Some of these action items are overdue, and others may be affected by the 2023 Budget. Both Council and the public are entitled to a status update on these 40 action items, given the urgency and speed of the climate crisis.

Staff recommended

Councillor Saxe recommends that the Infrastructure and Environment Committee direct: 1. The City Manager to report back to the March 20, 2023 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with a confirmed date for the delivery of all reports required by Item IE26.16 "TransformTO Critical Steps for Net Zero by 2040" that have not yet been delivered. 2. The Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services to report back to the March 20, 2023 meeting of Infrastructure and Environment Committee on agreements that have been entered into under Recommendations 5 and 8 in Item 26.16 "TransformTO Critical Steps for Net Zero by 2040", and on progress on any other agreements that are planned for 2023.

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3. The City Manager to report back to the March 20, 2023 meeting of Infrastructure and Environment Committee with a plan to implement a ban on use of two-stroke engine leaf blowers, lawnmowers and other small engine equipment because of their adverse impact on air quality and human health, separately from the noise bylaw review referred to in Recommendation 20 of Item IE26.16. 4. Executive Director, Environment and Climate, to report back to the March 20, 2023 meeting of Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the status of every other action item contained in Item IE26.16.

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