The District of Squamish has selected eight Sea to Sky residents to serve on its Climate Leadership Team.
Working closely with the project consultants, Whistler Centre for Sustainability and the Community Energy Association, as well as district staff, the team will guide the district to develop an inventory of community energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
The team will suggest bold actions to reduce emissions through the Community Climate Action Plan.
The Climate Leadership Team are volunteering their time, and while they are bringing their personal and professional expertise, they are not representing their companies or organizational affiliations, district said.
These are the people appointed to the team:
Meredith Adler – Executive Director, Student Energy
Ian Bruce – Director of Science and Policy, David Suzuki Foundation
Luisa Burhenne – Sustainability Strategist and Renewable Energy Specialist, GHG Accounting Services
Bob Deeks – President, RDC Fine Homes
Fred Ghatala – Director for Carbon and Sustainability, Advanced Biofuels Canada
Emma Jarrett – Manager, Management Systems and Training (Health, Safety, Environment and Quality), Squamish Terminals
Ian Picketts – Faculty member, Quest University Canada
Doug Rae – Business Development, Carbon Engineering
The Team will be joined by Mayor Karen Elliott and one member of District of Squamish Council. The District is also seeking one youth (under age 25) to join the team and provide key perspectives to the project.
“We are fortunate to have an incredible amount of expertise in our community. The collective leadership, passion and knowledge of this team will help us determine some of the critical changes we need to make, in line with the targets set by the International Panel on Climate change, in order to rise to the climate challenge,” said Mayor Karen Elliott.
Squamish recently joined 26 other municipalities in BC and over 400 municipalities across Canada to declare a climate emergency.
