As a signatory of the
Edmonton Declaration, the City of Edmonton has committed to a carbon budget of 155,000,000 tonnes of CO
2e starting on January 1, 2019. By meeting that commitment, we will be doing our share to keep climate change to 1.5° C.
While 155 million tonnes seems like a lot, but how much is it, really? Every 1.6 seconds, Edmontontians emit a tonne of CO
2. That’s 55,000 tonnes a day, or approximately 20 million tonnes a year. At our current rate,
we are poised to use up and exceed our carbon budget in 7-8 years.