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Refresher on CARIP and Carbon Neutral Reporting Green Communities Committee (GCC) Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Climate Action Secretariat, Ministry of Environment March 14, 2017 AGENDA PART 1 Introduction to CARIP

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Refresher on CARIP and Carbon Neutral Reporting

Green Communities Committee (GCC) Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Climate Action Secretariat, Ministry of Environment March 14, 2017

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AGENDA

PART 1 – Introduction to CARIP (10:00 – 10:30)

  • Climate Action Charter
  • The Green Communities Committee (GCC)
  • CARIP 2017 Reporting Requirements and Process
  • Questions & Answer

PART 2 - CARIP & Carbon Neutral Reporting (10:30 – 11:30)

  • Context - Climate Action Charter & GCC
  • GCC Carbon Neutral Framework
  • Measuring Corporate GHGs - SMARTTool Update
  • Recognition and Resources
  • Questions & Answers
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BC Climate Action Charter

  • Established in 2007 and signed by 187 LGs
  • Local governments commit to 3 goals:
  • Carbon neutral corporate operations
  • Measure/report on community wide emissions
  • Creating complete, compact, energy efficient rural and

urban communities

  • Joint Provincial-UBCM Green Communities

Committee (GCC) established to support local governments

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Green Communities Committee (GCC)

  • Established under the Climate Action Charter to

support local government climate action

– BC Climate Action Toolkit - http://www.toolkit.bc.ca/ – Carbon Neutral Framework for BC local governments – UBCM Excellence Awards for Climate – GCC Recognition Program – Guidance documents

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Refreshing Actions under the Charter

  • BC Climate Leadership Plan released August 2016
  • Includes commitment to refresh actions under the

Climate Action Charter

  • GCC Working Groups established to discuss:

– Green Infrastructure and Services – Low Carbon Land Use – Adaptation

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CARIP REPORTING

  • What is CARIP?
  • Reporting Requirements for 2016
  • Measuring vs not measuring
  • Recognition and summary report
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CARIP – Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program

  • Charter signatories are eligible
  • Conditional grant program that provides funding

equivalent to 100% of carbon tax paid directly

  • Recipients must report annually on climate

actions including progress on carbon neutrality (survey)

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CARIP Reporting Requirements

Deadline: JUNE 1/17

  • 1. 2016 CARIP Climate Action/Carbon Neutral

Progress Survey

  • 2. Public report of survey content
  • 3. Carbon Tax Calculation Form
  • 4. 2016 CARIP Public Report Attestation Form
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SurveyMonkey Changes

  • 1. CFOs will receive message from SurveyMonkey

inviting them to participate in the survey.

  • 2. SurveyMonkey can not produce a report for the

party filling in the survey. We recommend using the Word Template

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Reporting Pieces

http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/greencommunities/carip.htm

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Survey: Climate Actions Reporting

  • Corporate and community-wide climate actions
  • Required questions, including:

– Contact information – Snapshot questions

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Survey: Carbon Neutral Reporting

  • Answer “No” to question “Did you measure…”
  • Identify that you are “Demonstrating Progress..”
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Survey: Innovation and Peer Learning

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CARIP Summary Report

http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/library/2015_CARIP_Summary_Report.pdf

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Climate Action Recognition Program 2016

Level 1: Demonstrating Progress on Charter Commitments

Level 2: Measuring GHG Emissions Level 3: Accelerating Progress on Charter Commitments (New) Level 4: Achievement of Carbon Neutrality

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CARIP Reporting Requirements

  • 1. Submit CARIP Survey
  • 2. Make survey content public
  • 3. Sign and submit Attestation Form
  • 4. Fill out and submit Carbon Tax Calculation Form

Deadline: JUNE 1/17

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QUESTIONS???

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Refresher on CARIP and Carbon Neutral Reporting

Green Communities Committee (GCC) Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Climate Action Secretariat, Ministry of Environment March 14, 2017

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AGENDA

PART 1 – Introduction to CARIP (10:00 – 10:30)

  • Climate Action Charter
  • The Green Communities Committee (GCC)
  • CARIP 2017 Reporting Requirements and Process
  • Questions & Answer

PART 2 - CARIP & Carbon Neutral Reporting (10:30 – 11:30)

  • Context - Climate Action Charter & GCC
  • GCC Carbon Neutral Framework
  • Measuring Corporate GHGs - SMARTTool Update
  • CARIP Reporting Process
  • Questions & Answers
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BC Climate Action Charter

  • Established in 2007 and signed by 187 LGs
  • Local governments commit to 3 goals:
  • Carbon neutral corporate operations
  • Measure/report on community wide emissions
  • Creating complete, compact, energy efficient rural and

urban communities

  • Joint Provincial-UBCM Green Communities

Committee (GCC) established to support local governments

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Green Communities Committee (GCC)

  • Established under the Climate Action Charter to

support local government climate action

– BC Climate Action Toolkit - http://www.toolkit.bc.ca/ – Carbon Neutral Framework for BC local governments – UBCM Excellence Awards for Climate – GCC Recognition Program – Guidance documents

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Refreshing Actions under the Charter

  • BC Climate Leadership Plan released August 2016
  • Includes commitment to refresh actions under the

Climate Action Charter

  • GCC Working Groups established to discuss:

– Green Infrastructure and Services – Low Carbon Land Use – Adaptation

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GCC CARBON NEUTRAL FRAMEWORK

  • What is Carbon Neutrality?
  • Four steps to Carbon Neutrality
  • SMARTTool Update
  • CARIP Reporting Process
  • Recognition and Resources
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Carbon Neutrality

Reductions Emissions

The Workbook: Helping Local Governments Understand how to be Carbon Neutral in their Corporate Operations.

1. 2. Corporate GHG’s must be “balanced off” or “offset” by a reduction in emissions from somewhere outside the organization.

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Local Gov’t Carbon Neutral Boundary

GHGs from Local Government’s corporate operations in “traditional” services Community Wide GHGs Reduced Local Government Corporate Operations Corporate GHGs Emitted Traditional Services:

  • Administration and Governance
  • Drinking, Storm and Waste Water
  • Solid Waste Collection, Transportation and Diversion
  • Roads and Traffic Operations
  • Arts, Recreation and Cultural Services
  • Fire Protection
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GCC Carbon Neutral Framework

  • Common approach for local governments to determine

carbon neutrality.

  • Exclusive to BC’s local governments and customized to their

needs.

  • Includes four key steps along the path to carbon neutrality:

MEASURE REDUCE BALANCE

AND/OR OFFSET

REPORT

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Step 1: Measure

  • Traditional services include:
  • Administration and governance
  • Drinking, storm and waste water
  • Solid waste (collection, transportation, diversion)
  • Roads and traffic operations
  • Arts, recreation, parks, and cultural services
  • Fire protection

(See: The Workbook at http://toolkit.bc.ca/cnlg)

MEASURE

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Step 1: Measure

  • 80 local governments using SMARTTool
  • Alternative tools – B.C Best Practices Methodology

for Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Contact Climate Action Secretariat:
  • Carbon.NeutralApps@gov.bc.ca
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SMARTTool Timelines

  • Overall reporting deadline of June 1, 2017
  • Remaining EDX transfers scheduled for:
  • APR 10/14 (FortisBC/BCHydro)
  • MAY 10/12 (FortisBC/BCHydro)
  • Keep an eye on your EDX messages page
  • “Load early and load often”

MEASURE

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SMARTTool Refresh Project

  • Procurement phase of SMARTTool Refresh complete!

– SoFi Enterprise selected

  • Some benefits of the new tool include:

– Improved analytics (energy intensity, user defined reports) – Support for setting GHG targets and tracking progress – Weather normalization of energy/emissions – Flexible loading of data (multiple file formats) – Interface with NRCan’s Portfolio Manager – Track costs – Additional sustainability metrics

MEASURE

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SMARTTool Refresh Project

  • Next Steps include:

– Kick-off and admin training (~FEB/MAR) – System configuration (~APR-JUN) – Piloting (testing & feedback (~JUL) – Data conversion/migration (~JUL-SEP) – Client onboarding (~OCT-DEC)

  • Seeking volunteers for the pilot & testing phases -

let us know if you are interested!

MEASURE

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SMARTTool Support

Darryn Yakelashek

(Sr. Policy Analyst)

Erin Prescott

(Policy Analyst)

CLIENT SUPPORT & CAPACITY BUILDING TEAM

Carbon.NeutralApps@gov.bc.ca

MEASURE

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Step 2: Reduce

BC Climate Action Toolkit

http://toolkit.bc.ca/taking-action/Operations

REDUCE

http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/library/2015_ CARIP_Summary_Report.pdf

CARIP Summary Reports

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Step 3: Balance/Offset

GHGs from Local Government’s corporate operations in “traditional” services Community Wide GHGs Reduced Local Government Corporate Operations Corporate GHGs Emitted Becoming Carbon Neutral: Guidebook for B.C. Local governments: http://toolkit.bc.ca/cnlg

BALANCE

AND/OR OFFSET

Option 1 Local Projects (GCC Supported) Option 2 Alternative Local Projects Option 3 Credible Offset Provider

Option 1 Projects

  • 1. Energy efficient building retrofits/

fuel switching

  • 2. Solar hot water
  • 3. Household organic waste composting
  • 4. Low emission vehicles
  • 5. Avoided forest conversion
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Step 4: Report

Deadline: JUNE 1/17

CARIP Reporting Requirements

  • 1. 2016 CARIP Climate Action/Carbon Neutral Progress

Survey

  • 2. Public report of survey content
  • 3. Carbon Tax Calculation Form
  • 4. 2016 CARIP Public Report Attestation Form

REPORT

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Step 4: Report

Survey - Climate Actions Reporting

  • Corporate and community-wide climate actions
  • Required questions, including:

– Contact information – Snapshot questions

REPORT

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Step 4: Report

Guidance on Including Contracted Emissions in Local Government Corporate Inventories

REPORT

Survey – Carbon Neutral Reporting

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Step 4: Report

Option 1 - GHG Reduction Projects

REPORT

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Step 4: Report

Option 2 - GHG Reduction Projects

REPORT

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Step 4: Report

REPORT

Option 3 - Credible Offsets

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Step 4: Report

REPORT

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Climate Action Recognition Program 2016

Level 1: Demonstrating Progress on Charter Commitments

Level 2: Measuring GHG Emissions Level 3: Accelerating Progress on Charter Commitments (New) Level 4: Achievement of Carbon Neutrality

GCC Communique on the Climate Action Recognition Program

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CARIP Summary Report 2015

http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/library/2015_CARIP_Summary_Report.pdf

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RESOURCES

  • BC Climate Action Toolkit
  • http://www.toolkit.bc.ca/
  • The Workbook
  • http://toolkit.bc.ca/cnlg
  • Becoming Carbon Neutral guide
  • http://toolkit.bc.ca/cnlg
  • MCSCD Green Communities Webpage
  • http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/greencommunities/carip.htm
  • Reporting Requirements – Summary Table
  • http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/library/2017_CARIP_Reporting_Dates.pdf
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CONTACTS

Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

  • Narissa Chadwick, Narissa.Chadwick@gov.bc.ca
  • Jennifer Hill, Jennifer.Hill@gov.bc.ca
  • Urszula Mezynska, Urszula.Mezynska@gov.bc.ca

Climate Action Secretariat, Ministry of Environment

  • Ben Finkelstein, Ben.Finkelstein@gov.bc.ca
  • Orest Maslany, Orest.Maslany@gov.bc.ca (SMARTTool)
  • Carbon.NeutralApps@gov.bc.ca

Fraser Basin Council (Climate Action Toolkit)

  • Sonja Dodig, sdodig@fraserbasin.bc.ca
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CARIP-Carbon Neutral Reporting Deadline: June 1, 2017 Questions?