Canadian cities need to align climate change and urban forestry policies

Many Canadian cities are struggling to meet their climate targets by 2030, making it urgent to find ways to align climate change and urban forestry policies to produce the best possible synergies. The big question is, how should this be done? We recommend the following steps.

An aerial view of Vancouver. As society is opening up again, we will see a rise in our greenhouse gas emissions post-COVID. This makes it even more important for cities to take appropriate climate action, with well-aligned, mutually supportive policies that include urban forests in the fight against climate change.Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY ZHAOHUA CHENG, LORIEN NESBITT, SOPHIE NITOSLAWSKI, CECIL KONIJNENDIJK, AND STEPHEN SHEPPARD

June 7, 2021

VANCOUVER—Canada is warming at a rate twice faster than the global average. In 2019, more than 400 Canadian cities declared a climate emergency, aiming to develop effective plans to add...

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