The London Music Office and the City of London’s Climate, Environment & Waste Management team are excited to share the release of the Watershed poem video. Poet and former London Poet Laureate, Tom Cull crafted the London focused poem, Watershed, addressing local impacts brought on by climate change. Watershed has been transformed into a beautiful, captivating video that highlights the importance of the themes and many of the areas of focus of London’s Climate Emergency Action Plan. Locals will resonate with the poem’s mention of familiar London places and themes of resilience, hope and need for local action. Find it linked on the London Music Office site here.

2024 Update Report

The 2024 CEAP Update Report provides information on climate change actions and achievements in London during the first half of 2024 and provides additional context and information about actions by others in the community, action at other levels of government, and recent weather trends. The update report is in addition to the annual Progress Report that will be released each summer with more detailed information and data on GHG emissions and other CEAP metrics.

The CEAP 2024 Update Report can be found here.

Climate Change Adaptation Framework Development

The City of London in collaboration with several others prepared a Climate Change Adaptation Discussion Primer and solicited Londoners’ input through a series of survey questions in late 2024. The collected comments and feedback on the Discussion Primer are being considered and integrated along with input from key participants in London to create a Climate Change Adaptation Framework, due to be released in 2025.

The Discussion Primer can still be found here and stay tuned to this site for additional information on the Climate Change Adaptation Framework as it becomes available.

Climate Change Adaptation in London

2023 Progress Report

Annual CEAP Progress Reports provide detailed information on climate change actions and achievements in London and, in addition to detailing the progress made towards the goals of the CEAP, provide additional context and information about actions by others in the community, action at other levels of government, and recent weather trends.

The CEAP 2023 Progress Report can be found here.

2023 Update Report

The 2023 Update Report provides current information and addresses new items directed by Council or items of significance to climate change that arose in the first half of 2023. The update report is in addition to the annual Progress Report that will be submitted in May/June each year.

2022 Progress Report

The 2022 Progress Report is the first of many reports that will be produced to communicate the efforts of many to address climate change in London, Ontario. The direction for addressing climate change was set with the first Climate Emergency Action Plan for London, which was unanimously approved by City Council in April of 2022. The Progress Report will be presented to and discussed by the Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee on Tuesday, May 30, and City Council on Tuesday, June 6. Further details about the Progress Report will be shared throughout the summer months to encourage more action, collaboration, and community engagement.

About the Climate Emergency Action Plan

Engage with community resources and organizations

There are many opportunities in London to take climate action, prepare for severe weather, and make London more resilient to climate change. Engage with the environmental organizations below to learn about the Climate Emergency Action Plan, share your ideas and experiences, and help reduce greenhouse gases.

• Thinking Globally, Acting Locally is a new program in collaboration between Western University, the City of London, and London Public Library supporting student-led initiatives advancing sustainability in the community.
  
• Connect with the London Climate Plan at londonclimateplan.ca
• Volunteer in tree planting at reforestlondon.ca
• Volunteer to take climate action at londonenvironment.net
• Learn about climate change through free online courses at talkclimatetome.ca

Provide comments

If you have a comment about London’s Climate Emergency Action Plan, please leave your comments below. 

You can also contact the project team by emailing climateaction@london.ca