The BC government has announced a new advisory council to provide strategic advice on areas of focus for climate action and its relation to economic growth.
The Climate Solutions and Clean Growth Advisory Council will provide advice to government on actions and policies that can contribute to carbon pollution reductions and optimize opportunities for sustainable economic development and job creation.
This includes working with industry and the federal government to address the competitiveness of emissions-intensive trade-exposed sectors, to help them reduce their emissions and continue to thrive economically.
The advisory panel will convene as soon as possible, and afterward, will meet quarterly.
Advice and feedback on climate policy will be forwarded to the ministry's Climate Action Secretariat and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy on a regular basis.
Biographies of Climate Solutions and Clean Growth Advisory Council members can be viewed online:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/climate-change/planning-and-action/advisory-council