London City Council endorsed…

London City Council endorsed on January 16, 2018 staff recommendation that the following 5 comments be submitted to the EBR posting:

1.The Province of Ontario is to be commended for recognizing the regional nature of climate change and the role that municipalities have been playing in planning for and adapting to these changes. The City of London encourages the province to continue to work in partnership (e.g., technically, knowledge transfer, financially) with municipal governments and other organizations such as conservation authorities.

2.The City of London requests that the Province fully consider the advantages and disadvantages of creating a separate non-profit organization to provide guidance and advice on climate change adaptation, versus keeping this role in-house within an existing Ministry structure (e.g., Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change).

3.The City of London suggests that the Province strengthen the regional expertise and address the unique regional needs in allocating funds by appointing key individuals from across Ontario to the “Potential Advisory Committee” and/or Board of Directors being established for the new organization. CCA must focus on the regional needs of Ontarians without becoming a GTA-centric organization (e.g., meetings need to be held in all regions, financial allocations distributed based on regional priorities).

4.The City of London requests that the Province review and incorporate existing climate change adaptation work completed by several groups including universities (e.g., Western, Waterloo) and insurance funded bureaus (e.g., Institute of Catastrophic Loss Prevention).

5.The City of London suggests that the Province continue to address the 37 Actions contained in the previous document released by the Province titled: Climate Ready; Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan (2011-2014).

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