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City Council declared a climate emergency in 2019. Since then, the City of Edmonton has adopted two plans to guide accelerated climate action. The Climate Resilient Edmonton: Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan was adopted in 2020, which outlines the primary climate risks facing Edmonton and what actions need to be taken to prepare for these risks. The updated Community Energy Transition Strategy followed in 2021, aligning Edmonton’s climate mitigation efforts to do Edmonton’s part to limit average global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. This includes high-level targets of being a net-zero community by 2050, and a net-zero corporation by 2040.
The City undertook a review of these climate strategies and action plans to ensure our continued approach remains effective, responsive to shifting local priorities, and aligned with the 2027-2030 operating, utility and capital budgets. This review also meets the five-year review requirements for these plans as laid out in the City of Edmonton Charter Regulation. The Climate Implementation Priorities (2027–2030) are being developed in response to this review. They will include priority actions for 2027–2030 to progress greenhouse gas reductions and reduce risks from climate change in alignment with the overarching strategies.
The Climate Implementation Priorities (2027-2030) will be brought forward to City Council for approval in 2026.
Achieving transformational change means setting ambitious targets. The following targets reflect a community-wide accelerated energy transition journey. We are just starting to accelerate our journey, and like any journey we will have to regularly reflect on our progress and adjust our plans as needed to successfully reach our goals and targets.
The Community Energy Transition Strategy is centered around 4 (four) bold and transformative pathways. The pathways below are areas of transformative action and are interconnected to achieve Edmonton’s low-carbon future. Each pathway has goals that set out what needs to be achieved for a low-carbon, prosperous and just and equitable future.
In alignment with the requirements of the City of Edmonton Charter, and in an effort to ensure Edmonton’s climate action plans are effective and responsive to shifting local priorities and impacts, the City has reviewed the two climate strategies and actions. The strategies will not be updated at this time as the targets and goals that are laid out in the strategies remain aligned with best practice and are on par with the ambitions of other comparable municipalities.
The review has been conducted, and the resulting Climate Implementation Priorities (2027–2030) will be brought forward to City Council for approval in 2026.
Public engagement was crucial in establishing, prioritizing and refining the Climate Implementation Priorities. City Administration engaged the public at the "Advise" levels of the Public Engagement Spectrum over two phases:
This phase included validating the project approach, understanding experiences with climate change, and identifying partnership opportunities through workshops, meetings, and written feedback. This phase also included specific Indigenous engagement in coordination with other climate projects. Feedback from Phase 1 was used to inform the Draft Action Concepts that were published in December 2025. Details from this phase of engagement can be found in the Phase 1 What We Heard Summary and Phase 1 What We Heard Report.
Phase 2 focused on reviewing and collecting feedback on draft action concepts. In Phase 2, we heard from thousands of Edmontonians across a variety of engagement opportunities:
The findings from Phase 2 engagement helped inform the Climate Implementation Priorities (2027-2030). The Phase 2 What We Heard Summary provides an overview of this engagement and what we heard.
The Climate Implementation Priorities (2027–2030) will be brought forward to City Council for approval in 2026. The Council report package, including the proposed Climate Implementation Priorities (2027-2030) and full Phase 2 What We Heard Report, will be published prior to this. Engagement feedback received will be shared with City teams tasked with implementing the actions as directed by City Council.
You can also visit Engaged Edmonton Climate Implementation Priorities (2027 - 2030) for more information on the engagement that took place.
For any questions on the project, contact: climatestrategyandplanning@edmonton.ca
If you are calling from outside of Edmonton: 780-442-5311
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