Now that Kingston has declared a climate emergency, what does it mean?

Last week Kingston made history by becoming the first municipality in Ontario to declare a climate emergency.

But what does that mean for residents of the Limestone City?

For one, it means “looking at different things we can do here as a city to continue to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions,” said Kingston mayor Bryan Paterson.

But despite the recent declaration, the city has already started doing its part to tackle climate change — adding electric vehicles to its fleet, generating renewable energy through solar panels, and even heating homes with sewer gas. But that’s not all.

“We’ve been investing heavily in [the] retrofitting of existing municipal buildings and building new buildings to high green standards like LEED and net zero,” said City of Kingston Environmental Director Paul MacLatchy.

Source: Global News Canada