Environment
2022 R08 – Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Whereas the increasing impacts of climate change are requiring local governments to develop robust climate adaptation plans and policies; And whereas these adaptation plans and policies must be grounded in a detailed analysis of the unique climate risks and vulnerabilities… … Read More
2022 R09 – World Class Shipbreaking Regulations for BC and Canada
Whereas shipbreaking and recycling is a necessary, yet hazardous activity that bears high environmental and labour risks; And whereas established and emerging international standards such as the Hong Kong International Convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships;… … Read More
2022 R11 – Accelerating Zero Emissions Buildings
Whereas the need to take urgent action to address climate change in BC has never been clearer in the face of fires, floods and extreme weather, and buildings are a major source of GHG emissions in BC; And whereas the… … Read More
2022 R12 – Clothesline Act
Whereas the British Columbia Clean Energy Act set provincial objectives to reduce BC Hydro’s expected increase in demand by 66% through demand-side measures by 2020; And whereas clothes dryers are one of the highest energy consuming household appliances: Therefore be… … Read More
2021 R14 – Right to Repair
Whereas the longevity of items is decreasing because manufacturers are deliberately designing products to be disposable; And whereas citizens and businesses are deterred from repairing their belongings by companies that claim ownership over the intellectual property in their products, fail… … Read More
2021 R15 – Moratorium on Recreational Wolf Hunting
Whereas the public and wildlife conservation organizations are concerned about provincial regulations for recreational wolf hunting practices and believe that these practices should be re-examined for scientific and ethical reasons; And whereas very little scientific evidence exists about the size… … Read More
2021 R17 – Climate Leadership
Whereas coming out of a workshop at AVICC in 2019, the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Climate Leadership Plan (VICC-CLP) steering committee was formed with representatives nominated from each Regional District in the AVICC region to develop a 2030 Climate… … Read More
2021 R21 – Province-Wide Strategy to Manage Construction and Demolition Waste
Whereas construction and demolition waste comprises approximately 2.8 million metric tonnes of materials annually in British Columbia, and about one-third of municipal solid waste disposed in the province; And whereas the materials disposed could have been resold, reused or recycled,… … Read More
The AVICC acknowledges that we are grateful to live, work, and play on the traditional territories of theCoast Salish, Nuu-Chah-Nulth and Kwak-Waka’wakw Peoples