Editor:
This weekend world leaders will meet at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow to discuss solutions to the climate emergency facing all of us. While nations discuss their targets and whether they are on track to meet them, it is a good time to ask how our own community is doing.
Despite Canada’s reputation as a land of natural beauty, our nation is, per capita, one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the world. Here on the Sunshine Coast, vehicles are the primary source of carbon emissions.
Thankfully, we have options for reducing our own carbon footprint by using more active forms of transportation, such as cycling, walking, and using public transit. Sunshine Coast residents, particularly seniors, regularly reach out to TraC to tell us that they would walk and cycle more if there was safer cycling infrastructure. TraC, a member-based organization, continues to work in our communities to make this a reality.
Aside from being a lot of fun, improvements to our biking and pedestrian infrastructure can significantly reduce our emissions. This is a great time to ask our provincial, federal, and local leaders if we are on track to meet our targets, and if not, what changes can be made to meet them.
Alun Woolliams, Chair,
Transportation Choices Sunshine Coast
transportationchoices.ca
