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City of Toronto’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (Feb 2019)

2/2019 - February 2019. City of Toronto. TAF compiled a summary overview of the City of Toronto’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory…

Faces of Climate Action

1/2019 - January 2019. Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Can you guess what a major real estate developer and a community equity…

TransformTO Steps: Two transformative tools for community change

10/2018 - As change-makers, our role is to make the complex relevant. Here are two takeaways and tools from Tamarack Insitute's Community Change Festival to center relevance at the heart of our climate conversations.

TransformTO brochure

10/2018 - October 2018. City of Toronto. Like other leading international cities, Toronto is planning to reduce city-wide carbon emissions. The good…

Keeping Track: Carbon Emissions Inventory (July 2018)

9/2018 - September 2018. Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. TAF compiled the first comprehensive carbon emissions inventory for the GTHA Despite local differences,…

TAF comments on the City of Toronto’s Residential Energy Retrofit Program updates

5/2018 - May 2018. City of Toronto. Given that buildings are responsible for 53 per cent of Toronto’s carbon emissions, improving building…

Copyright Queen's Printer for Ontario, photo source: Ontario Growth Secretariat, Ministry of Municipal Affairs

TransformTO neighbourhood grants: TAF invests $100,000 in 2018

4/2018 - This year, TAF will provide grants to local engagement projects that will help shape the creation of the TransformTO Low-Carbon Neighbourhoods campaign. We're looking for initiatives to broaden community engagement by exploring and conveying the co-benefits of key climate actions. Get in touch with your ideas to TransformTO.

TransformTO Steps: Lake Ontario points to the future of district energy

4/2018 - Did you know Lake Ontario is a valuable renewable energy source for many of Toronto’s largest downtown buildings? TAF was an early supporter of Enwave's deep lake water cooling system, but what's next? In this blog, we discuss the future of district energy and its contribution to Toronto’s carbon reduction goals.

TransformTO funding approved: And the race begins

3/2018 - Every journey begins with a first step, and thanks to Toronto City Council, we’ve embarked on the journey to turn the TransformTO climate plan into reality. What happens next now that the 2018 budget received approval?

Sharing climate-friendly ideas: Perspectives from Picture2050

3/2018 - Led by the Toronto Climate Action Network and sponsored by The Atmospheric Fund, the TransformTO-inspired Picture2050 contest asked residents to imagine Toronto in the year 2050 as a caring and climate-friendly city of the future. The winning photos highlighted public transit and green infrastructure - here's what we learned:

Greenhouse Gas Reduction – Action and Opportunity in the GTHA

1/2018 - January 2018. The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) expanded our mandate to include the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). We asked…

TAF Response to the Food & Organic Waste Framework

1/2018 - January 2018. Government of Ontario. The government plans to initiate a ban on organic waste disposal in landfills in 2022.…