page_title: Vancouver's greenest city action plan
section_title: Goals
hierarchical_section_title: Vancouver's greenest city action plan / Goals
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Downtown Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) from Robson Square.
context_page_description: The Greenest City action plan is a City of Vancouver urban sustainability initiative. Its primary mission is to ensure that Vancouver becomes the greenest city in the world by the year 2020. The GCAP originated based on the 2009 work of the Greenest City Action Team, a committee co-chaired by Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson. The GCAP was approved by Vancouver city council in July 2011.
  The GCAP consists of 10 primary goals that focus on 3 primary topics: carbon, waste, and ecosystems. Within each of the 10 goals, the plan establishes measurable targets and offers baseline data against which to compare those targets. It offers ‘highest priority actions’ and broader ‘key strategies’ to achieve the targets it sets out.
context_section_description: The GCAP outlines the following 10 discrete goals:
  Green economy: double the number of green jobs and businesses with green operations
  Climate leadership: require all new buildings built after 2020 to be carbon neutral
  Green buildings: reduce CO2 emissions in existing buildings by 20% over 2007 levels
  Green transportation: reduce driving and make the majority of trips by foot, bicycle, and public transit traffic
  Zero waste: reduce solid waste going to landfills to 50% of 2008 levels
  Access to nature: increase accessibility of green parks, greenways, and other green space, so that all Vancouver residents live within 5 minutes of these spaces
  Lighter footprint: reduce Vancouver's ecological footprint by 33% over 2006 levels
  Clean water: increase water quality and reduce water consumption per capita by 33% from 2006 levels
  Clean air: increase air quality, measured against Metro Vancouver and World Health Organization guidelines
  Local food: increase amount of locally grown food
caption: Greenery in Vancouver's downtown Robson Square
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