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OTTAWA, ON, May 14, 2021 /CNW/ - In communities across the country, Canadians are experiencing the impacts of climate change. The Government of Canada is investing in lowering emissions and increasing the resiliency of communities to create good, middle-class jobs and build Canada s clean energy future.
Today, the Honourable Seamus O Regan Jr., the Minister of Natural Resources, and the Honourable Catherine McKenna, the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, announced that the Ottawa Community Foundation is launching the Ottawa Climate Action Fund (OCAF) as a member of the Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network.
Parliament Hill in August 2019. The City of Ottawa has committed to eliminating GHGs from city operations by 2040 and the community by 2050. Photo by Carl Meyer
The City of Ottawa is getting a new climate fund meant to boost the city’s efforts in slashing its carbon pollution in the coming years.
The Ottawa Climate Action Fund (OCAF), which launched Friday, will work with the city to overcome barriers in cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by partnering with community groups and the public and private sectors, said executive director Steve Winkelman.
“We’ve got to pool our resources, because none of us can do it on our own,” he said. “If those investments, and policies, and funding are not aligned, we know where it’s leading three or four degrees of global warming.”