Departments - Town of New Glasgow

Community GHG Emissions Inventory

The Town’s first community emissions inventory was completed in 2018. It represents the community as a whole, of which the corporate inventory is one part. It estimates that 128,641 tonnes of CO2e (or greenhouse gas emissions) were generated in 2018 through electricity use, natural gas, fuel oil, diesel, gasoline, and propane.

For a detailed breakdown of the Community Inventory, please download the default New Glasgow Community Emissions Inventory, 2018(15.85 MB) .

Community Climate Action Plan & GHG Reduction Target

In 2022, Town Council approved the Community Climate Action Plan 2022-2030. The plan outlines the steps and actions the Town of New Glasgow will take to achieve its community GHG reduction target of 50% below 2018 levels by 2030, demonstrating the Town’s commitment to ambitious climate action. It includes both long-term and short-term goals for achieving significant greenhouse gas emission reductions across five sectors: Buildings; Transportation; Waste; Policy, Planning, & Procedures; and Collaboration, Adaptation, & Resilience.

Download the default New Glasgow Community Climate Action Plan, 2022(22.46 MB) .

The Community Climate Action Plan was informed through the Town’s Climate Action Engagement Survey, which took place in August and July 2021. New Glasgow partnered with Ethelo, an online group decision-making platform, to run a carbon emission simulation engagement. Ethelo used the results of the engagement to generate a particular set of actions that are predicted to have the most community support and lowest levels of conflict.

Download the New Glasgow Climate Action Engagement Report, 2021.

Corporate GHG Emissions Inventory

Since joining the PCP program in 1998, the Town has completed five (5) corporate inventories. The corporate inventory specifically measures emissions that the Town of New Glasgow is accountable for, such as municipal operations and service provision. The Town has corporate inventories for 1990, 1997, 2003, 2011, and fiscal year 2018-19. For the fiscal year 2018-19, the inventory measured municipal operations to be equivalent to 3003.76 tonnes of CO2e (or greenhouse gas emissions) across five sectors: Buildings; Water; Fleet; Streetlights & Traffic Signals; and Water & Wastewater; and Solid Waste.

For a detailed breakdown of the Corporate Inventory, please refer to the default New Glasgow Corporate Emissions Inventory, 2018(10.14 MB) .

Corporate Climate Action Plan & GHG Emissions Reduction Targets

In 2020, Town Council approved the Corporate Climate Action Plan 2020-2025. The corporate plan outlines how the Town will reduce energy consumption and emissions from Municipal operations in order to achieve its corporate GHG reduction targets. The Town is committed to reducing corporate emissions by 15% below 2018 levels by 2025, and by 30% below 2018 levels by 2030. These targets will be achieved or exceeded through policies and actions to increase energy efficiency in Town buildings, transitioning the Town fleet to electric vehicles, renewable energy generation, waste diversion and reduction, and organizational and institutional policy change.