CLIMATE CHANGE

What Ontario is doing

It’s not a question of whether we should do something. We have already started.

We have a duty to our children to leave Ontario better than we found it.

Addressing environmental challenge of climate change also offers us economic opportunity. As a province with a strong manufacturing sector, plenty of natural resources, and a smart, educated, skilled workforce, there are opportunities for Ontario to prosper and grow in the new green economy.

• GHG Reduction Targets
  Targets that put Ontario among the leaders in addressing climate change. No place in Canada is committed to producing more real reductions than Ontario. (more..)
• Our Plan: Adding It Up
  Ontario’s Action Plan on Climate Change will improve the way we live and travel in southern and central Ontario, how we heat and light our homes, and will encourage businesses and industries to think green. (more..)
• Climate Change Secretariat
  The Government of Ontario has a Climate Change Secretariat that reports directly to Premier Dalton McGuinty. (more..)
• Adapting To Climate Change
  The effects of climate change are already here – and the Ontario government has a responsibility to help people and communities adapt. (more..)

What's in this Section

Main WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? Why is it happening? How does it affect us?

What the Ontario Government Is Doing

GHG Reduction Targets

Our Plan: Adding It Up

Cap and Trade

Climate Change Secretariat

Ontario Climate Change Announcements

Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) Initiatives