Climate Change

Greater Peterborough Area Partners for Climate Protection

Trent Lakes is a proud member of the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program, a network of over 450 municipalities committed to taking action on climate change.

PCP is managed and delivered by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI Canada) and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and receives financial support from the Government of Canada and ICLEI Canada.

Milestone Framework

As part of our commitment with the program, Trent Lakes was required to progress through each of the five-step Partners for Climate Protection Milestone Framework.

The five milestones are:

• Milestone 1: Creating a baseline emissions inventory
• Milestone 2: Setting an emissions reduction target
• Milestone 3: Developing a local climate action plan
• Milestone 4: Implementing a local climate action plan
• Milestone 5: Monitoring and reporting results

Trent Lakes reached Milestone 5

We’re proud to announce our latest accomplishment: reaching Milestone 5 of the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program’s Milestone Framework. The Milestone Framework helps us take action against climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Moving through these five milestones allowed our municipality to save money, improve air quality, create jobs, improve residents’ health and more.

The end isn’t near though. Milestone 5 is a fluid and ongoing commitment to reviewing and monitoring our efforts to continually improve

 and progress actions to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and support achieving our climate goals.

Monitoring under helps us determine whether our initiatives are working and whether we’ll meet our target. We can use the data we’ve collected to evaluate and adjust our activities. We can also use reporting to connect with stakeholders and funders to solidify support for future initiatives.