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On June 24, 2019 the following Board motion carried unanimously:

“That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵÎÛ) recognize that the breakdown of the stable climate and sea level under which human life has developed constitutes an emergency, and that in declaring a climate emergency the Board:

a) direct the Superintendent to develop a Climate Action Plan that establishes targets and strategies commensurate with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s call to limit warming to 1.5 degrees;

b) direct the Superintendent to report back on specific actions and resources that could be included in future correspondence to the provincial or federal government; and

c) demonstrate leadership by directing the Board Chair to write letters to other school boards, local MLAs, and Provincial government encouraging them to declare climate emergencies and develop targets and strategies to combat climate change.”

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