Item - 2013.PE20.5

The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the City's progress towards meeting the greenhouse gas and air quality pollutants reduction targets unanimously adopted by City Council in the 2007 report entitled, Climate Change, Clean Air and Sustainable Energy Action Plan: Moving from Framework to Action (the "Climate Change Action Plan"). Data from 20011 and 2008 are compared to previously provided results from 2004 and the established baseline estimates of 1990 for both the City Government (emissions resulting from the operations of the City of Toronto) and the City Community (emissions occurring directly within or resulting from the activities within the borders of the City of Toronto).

Results show that greenhouse gas emissions in 2008 compared to 1990 levels were 26% lower for the City Government and 8% lower for the City Community,  and that the emissions in 2011 were 37% lower for the City Government and 15% lower for the City Community.  These results show that, barring the completely unexpected, Toronto will exceed its approved 2012 target of a 6% reduction from 1990 greenhouse gas levels.

Air quality pollutant emissions in 2008 were 1.1% higher than in 2004, and in 2011 were 1.5% higher than 2004 but the data used for this analysis are considered to be incomplete. The City's air quality pollutant target is a 20% reduction from 2004 levels by 2012. A more detailed inventory study will be completed in late 2013 which will incorporate more detailed data and which will provide a more accurate update on the City's progress for both greenhouse gas and air quality pollutant emissions.