Climate Action Plan
Overview
In 2022, Council approved a Climate Action Plan for the County. This Climate Action Plan is designed to challenge our decision-making and coordinate our efforts in order to maintain a strong, resilient and responsible community. This plan will be reviewed and updated annually as we embrace our commitment to address climate change. The County of Lennox and Addington is committed to making a difference and leading by example.
County Council committed even further to implementation of the Climate Action Plan by making "To safeguard the environment - addressing climate change" one of their strategic priorities for this term of Council.
Summary
All nations on all continents are being impacted by climate change. It is harming people’s lives and upsetting national economies. Sea levels are rising, weather patterns are shifting, and extreme weather events are happening more frequently. Within a matter of weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying restrictions on international travel and other economic activities by nations all over the world significantly reduced air pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Although the COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions and economic slowdowns caused a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, this improvement is only transitory. There is no pause in climate change. Emissions are increasing or expected to increase once the world economy has recovered from the pandemic. Action must be taken immediately to address the climate disaster in order to save lives and livelihoods.
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that there is now a clear connection between rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in a new assessment of the science that was published in August 2021.”
Read the Full Report
Read the Nov 2025 Climate Action Planning Update
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Climate Action Plan
