Data: C40 Cities Agenda Ambitions

Ambitions

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Land use : Make changes to land use bylaws, --make it impossible to be self sufficient.

• Ontario, NWT too.  It's everywhere. The C40 cities, Global Covenant of Mayors (WEF municipal level group), among other groups are making changes to land use bylaws to make it impossible to be self sufficient. It's the push to get people into the smart cities/give govt control. https://x.com/DeaMille17/status/1661030683752665089?s=20
• We @C40cities @WRIRossCities @ICLEI and @WBG_Cities are excited to hold the inaugural #theGPSC City Academy in Singapore at where 10 cities are gathered to learn about the integration of land use, transport and climate action planning.. https://x.com/AndreaF_C40/status/1066878725122215936?s=20
• more data, search c40 (land use OR bylaws ) https://twitter.com/search?q=c40%20(land%20use%20OR%20bylaws%20)&src=typed_query&f=top

Wetlands

• "...most significant aspects of urban life and municipal management that wetlands improve and contribute towards.." https://citieswithnature.org/the-value-of-wetlands-for-cities/
• "..As we celebrate #WorldWetlandsDay on 2 February, let’s dive into why wetlands are important, especially when it comes to cities and urban spaces..." https://x.com/c40cities/status/1752972516799430774?s=20

Pets, Livestock -- Farm animal Restrictions, Removal

• Pets
  • " ..are we doing the right thing ..?", 2016 book listing for 'Run Spot Run', https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo19416930.html
  • ".. The case against pets: is it time to give up our cats and dogs? A growing number of people argue that owning pets is unethical - and that animals can never really have a good life in a human home.." 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/13/the-case-against-pets-is-it-time-to-give-up-our-cats-and-dogs
  • "Should we stop keeping pets? Why more and more ethicists say yes. Ninety per cent of Britons think of their pet as part of the family – 16% even included them on the last census. But recent research into animals’ emotional lives has cast doubt on the ethics of petkeeping.." 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/01/should-we-stop-keeping-pets-why-more-and-more-ethicists-say-yes
  • "... climate change activists are coming for your pets. There are rumblings but just watch- ..", 2022, https://x.com/TheYouthsCat1/status/1608504963638120449?s=20

horses (farm), chickens, ..

• horses , Newfoundland Pony
  • “The Town’s regulations have serious consequences for the survival of the Newfoundland Pony in municipalities across the Province,” said an emailed statement from the Newfoundland Pony Society, an organization started in 1979 and is responsible for preserving and protecting the Newfoundland Pony breed. , May 2023 https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/im-not-getting-rid-of-sparks-summerford-horse-owner-quits-council-vows-to-fight-to-keep-animal-after-town-orders-its-removal-100854501/
• chickens
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    • Chicken can stay as Kamloops agrees to delay animal-control bylaw Chickens can stay while city mulls plan,   The Canadian Press May 14, 2014 , https://www.pentictonherald.ca/prairies/bc/article_4e596064-0862-5b2f-8ec4-1ad3b8fc626f.html
  • Alberta: 2012 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-chicken-activist-loses-bylaw-challenge-1.1277278 from https://x.com/Canada_RF/status/243495424000946176?s=20
  • Ontario: Fined for having 3 Backyard Hens , NorthBay ontario, 2017, https://www.gofundme.com/f/fined-for-having-3-backyard-hens?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip
    • • petition to change bylaw https://www.change.org/p/b-r-johnson-allow-back-yard-chickens-in-north-bay-ontario-change-the-by-law-may-16th-17-sign-now
      • macleans article 2017 https://macleans.ca/society/how-a-north-bay-pig-is-standing-up-for-backyard-chickens/

Clean bus declaration

• @C40cities Clean Bus Declaration promotes switch to low- and zero-emission buses: http://bit.ly/1GrTFR2 #LPAA https://x.com/UNFCCC/status/668266677696499712?s=20
• 26 cities have signed on to @c40cities  #CleanBusDeclaration to purchase only eBuses by 2025. #Shenzhen is doing them one better: By the end of 2017, it will electrify all 14,500 of its public transit buses.  Dec 5, 2017 https://x.com/JuliaThayne/status/938126074927570944?s=20
• " Showing Results 1-15 of 30 for 'clean bus' " https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/?s=clean+bus+&post_type=post
• @c40cities @Glen4ONT Are any Ontario cities signatories to the C40 Clean Bus Declaration? @JimWatsonOttawa https://x.com/Ghoti20/status/615665015597735936?s=20
• more data, search https://twitter.com/search?q=Clean%20bus%20declaration&src=typed_query&f=top

Incentives to reduce, trade in and scrap car ownership

• Across C40 cities, #Barcelona adopted free travel for those who got rid of polluting cars, #Stockholm expanded bus services, and #London has offered discounts on car clubs, bike hire and scrappage. 2024 https://x.com/c40cities/status/1749795375261847745?s=20
• "..Barcelona introduced free travel for three years for those who got rid of polluting cars, Stockholm expanded bus services.." 2024 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240122-from-london-to-new-york-can-quitting-cars-be-popular

Ultra Low Emissions Zones (ULEZ) and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs), AMPR Cameras

(video) "tradesmen risk fines", "we dont want this..", "..Ultra Low Emissions Zones (ULEZ) and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) have nothing to do with saving the planet, and everything to do with restricting your freedom of movement.." 2023, UK, 1min video, https://x.com/PaulHut91434196/status/1645385622813646848?s=20

Speed limit reductions

Wales experiment

• 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph 17 September https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66774379
  • "a Welsh government-commissioned consultation found more were against the speed limit than in support of it. One of the Labour-led government's own documents said longer journeys could cause a "substantial" economic disadvantage."
  • The Welsh Conservatives said they were in favour of a 20mph limit outside schools, hospitals and care homes - but called the blanket rollout "disastrous, frankly ludicrous and a war on motorists".
  • Wales has become the first country in the UK to reduce speed limits in built-up areas from 30mph to 20mph in Wales from Sunday. Welsh ministers said a 20mph (32km/h) limit would reduce deaths and noise and encourage people to walk or cycle but it has caused controversy with some drivers.
• "One road in Wales now has eight speed limit changes in less than two miles following the switch to 20mph." Making driving an unpleasant experience is a key strategy of the war on motorists, with drivers bombarded with signage and fearful of big fines. https://x.com/RichardWellings/status/1729496787482812727?s=20
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Towns in Ontario Canada

• Streetview, Google maps, Speed limit sign '40km/h' halfway up hill, 2nd sign, 2min drive down same road, more obvious that the density is too low for this to make sense.

Closing nuclear plants

• Ontario closing the Pickering nuclear plant. Sheila Gunn Reid, host for Rebel News on C40 cities. Then Lex Tan, the host of “Ringside Heat” gives us a recap of the WWE SummerSlam. Claire Sommer @KayakMediaTweet https://x.com/sauga960am/status/1554561769712091137?s=20

• Trudeau's criminal eco activist QC Minister wants to shut down Pickering nuclear plant & replace it with solar panels & windmills! Elect a clown expect a circus... Guilbeault refuses to declare his support of nuclear energy … #cdnpoli https://x.com/rexglacer/status/1456957830892859395?s=20 links to https://www.ipolitics.ca/news/guilbeault-refuses-to-declare-his-support-of-nuclear-energy
  • Guilbeault refuses to declare his support of nuclear energy... Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says “it’s not up to the government to decide” which sources of energy will reduce the country’s greenhouse-gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Nor would he say explicitly whether he supports nuclear energy, which he’d opposed in his work before entering politics in 2019. As for “which forms of energy […]. Published Nov 5, 2021 at 4:13pm
  • more data, search https://twitter.com/search?q=Pickering%20nuclear%20plant&src=typed_query

Clothing purchases

• The C40 Cities targets for clothing purchases by 2030. The WEF & C40 Cities have the same goals. Details in link. https://expose-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Arup-C40-The-Future-of-Urban-Consumption-in-a-1-5C-World.pdf… https://x.com/stan_sands/status/1729209582898307422?s=20
  • WEF has published a video in which they urge people to wash clothes less because washing clothes affects climate change... video link https://x.com/sophiadahl1/status/1729022360181977325?s=20