Municipal leaders recognize that they have a big role to play because reducing greenhouse gas emissions will improve our quality of life and the sustainability of our communities. More than 60 municipal governments across Canada have accepted the FCM's challenge to reduce emissions from their own operations to 20 percent below 1990 levels within 10 years, and to reduce emissions on a community wide basis by at least six percent in the same period. Perth, a community of about 6,000 people located 80 kilometres southwest of Ottawa, is a good example. Over the next two years, with funding from the Climate Change Action Fund , the town will become a demonstration site for all of the best climate change solutions.
Any community can do it.
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