(Montreal) The City of Montreal will organize its first climate summit on May 3 at Bonsecours Market.
Posted at 2:44 p.m.
Montreal leaders from the business, philanthropic, political, community and environmental sectors are invited to the first edition of the Montreal Climate Summit to accelerate climate action in the metropolis.
In a press release published Monday afternoon, the Montreal Climate Partnership and the City of Montreal announced that the Montreal Climate Summit will be the meeting place to “take stock of what has been done and the next steps so that the City of Montreal achieves its climate goals, while building its resilience”.
“This first Annual Summit of the Montreal Climate Partnership will demonstrate Montreal’s mobilization and demonstrate the extent of the leadership that we all carry together,” said the Mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante.
Several workshops will address topics such as measures to adapt to climate change, alternatives to fossil fuels for the housing stock, financing the fight against climate change and accelerating the electrification of transport.
This summit is organized by the Montreal Climate Partnership and the City of Montreal, in collaboration with the Montreal Regional Council for the Environment, Vivre en ville, the Institut du Québec, Propulsion Québec, the Trottier Family Foundation and the Junior Chamber of Montreal business.
The Montreal Climate Partnership is made up of “one hundred economic, community, institutional and philanthropic organizations and its mission is to mobilize key players in the Montreal community to help reduce GHG emissions by 55% by 2030 and put the metropolis on the path to carbon neutrality by 2050”.