COVID-19 Updates
To learn more about closures and our response to COVID-19, and for updates on District operations, visit westvancouver.ca/covid.
Environment & Sustainability

Our community is lucky to have clean creeks, intact forests and abundant wildlife, both on land and in the water. Yet, more than ever, residents are experiencing the effects of a changing climate, such as shoreline flooding from sea level rise, more storm events, and summer droughts, and these will likely continue.
We are committed to reducing our community’s carbon footprint to limit climate change, working to enhance our environment’s resiliency, and finding ways for us all to live more sustainably.
Natural Assets
BEARS, COYOTES & OTHER WILDLIFE
Climate Change
Housing
Invasive Plants & Insects
Stewardship
Sustainable District Operations
Trees
Watercourse Protection
Council Priority
On July 8, 2019, West Vancouver Council passed a resolution declaring that climate change constitutes an emergency for the District of West Vancouver.
While the District has actively pursued sustainable practices and reduction of GHGs for some time, the climate change crisis is escalating.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has recommended emissions reduction targets of 45 per cent below 2010 levels by 2030 and 100 per cent below 2010 levels by 2050 in order to limit global warming, and Council has adapted our climate change goals to meet those targets.