The VRS urges our Mayor and Council to take strong action to achieve this important goal. Every day we are reminded of the urgency of this goal when we see the increasingly severe and unprecedented wildfires in British Columbia, Alberta, California and Oregon. The flooding in Ontario over the last few years, and in other parts of the Country and world have devastated entire communities. Our climate is changing much more quickly than was previously predicted, and the intensity and extent of these changes are devastatingly costly in terms of life and property.