New Brunswick Climate Change Hub Advisory Committee Meeting

1. New Brunswick Climate Change Hub Advisory Committee Meeting October 7th, 2009 Killarney Lake Rotary Lodge

2. Roles / Responsibility • Kurtis Knappe – Registration, Time, Notes • Nadine Ives – Co-Chair, Facilitator, Notes • Eddie Oldfield – Co-Chair, Facilitator, Notes • Table Group Facilitators: • Alycia Morehouse, City of Fredericton • Tim Vickers, ACAP Saint-John • Alex Good, One Tree Orchard • Lauren Kennedy, Enbridge Gas NB • Greg Leblanc, Falls Brook Centre • Devin Causley, Federation of Canadian Municipalities • Nadine Ives, NB Climate Change Hub • Kurtis Knappe, NB Lung Association • Reflections Catering, Shelley Vachon • PSAV Audio Visual

3. Group Discussion 1 Please share your current activities and your approach to public education and behaviour change. Discuss how you: A:Communicate on climate change and taking action B:Remove barriers and change perceptions • for example, overcome the perception that taking action is costly, difficult, or insignificant; • promote awareness of co-benefits and how taking action can improve quality-of-life. C:Measure Sustained Behaviour Change (individual, community, and corporate-wide) and Evaluate Impact. All Groups will present during plenary.

4. Scan • All roads lead to and from Copenhagen • Global Climate Change Thresholds / Impacts • Cost of Action vs Costs of overshooting 2 Degrees Celsius (inaction) • Intense Mitigation / Adaptation Scenarios • Waxman-Markey Bill / ACES – North America • Low Carbon Pathways, Regulations and Offsets, Regional Economic Development (energy, transportation, buildings and infrastructure), Federal / Provincial Programs • Active Communities, Integrated Community Sustainability Planning, Participatory Engagement, GHG reduction initiatives

5. Hub Structure / Funding / Goals • Mandate: Public Education, Capacity Building, Motivating Action • Location: Offices at the New Brunswick Lung Association • Funding: • NB Environmental Trust Fund • Receipt of membership donations (industry) • Receipt of donation on behalf Green Award Recipients (Enbridge Gas NB) • Staff: • 2 Core Staff: Director, Community Coordinator • Additional support staff: Website, IT, Database, Communications, Administrative, Financial and Senior oversight, Board of Directors, volunteers. • Hub Advisory Committee, Membership, and Partnerships • Community Outreach, Clearinghouse, Thematic Workshops • Web Resources and Interactive Maps

6. Current Hub Activities • 2 Advisory Committee meetings (Oct. ‘09, Feb. ‘10 / post-Copenhagen) • 5 Municipal Teleconferences (guest speakers and knowledge exchange) • Development of Guidance Briefs + Resource Kit • Assistance with 2nd Mayors’ EcoChallenge • Update of Active Community Profiles (online) • Weekly Newsmonitoring / Website updates • Survey of Stakeholder groups + Canadian Hubs • Clearinghouse services & Workshop participation • Fostering support for policies, programs, projects, that aim for CO2 reductions • Enhance communication, collaboration, and identification of gaps / opportunities • Three-Year Strategic Planning

7. Other Canadian Hubs / Centres Item: # of Hubs/Centres • Have Advisory Committee: 4 yes, 2 no • Funding: • from Federal Government: 3 yes, 3 no • from Provincial Government: 5 yes, 1 uncertain • from Private Sector: 3 yes, 3 no • Priorities: • Conduct Public Education and Outreach: 5 • Build Capacity, Inform Policy, Motivate Action: 4 • Support Adaptation Efforts: 3 • Support Mitigation Efforts: 3 • Key Barriers: • Cost-Sharing / Funding: 4 • Stakeholder Participation: 2 • Human Resources: 2 • Public Awareness: 2 • Policy Coherence: 2 • Translation: 2 • Other: 2 All Hubs were interested in a quarterly teleconference to share information, hosted on a rotating basis by each Hub. 6 of 8 Hubs completed the survey

8. NB Stakeholder SurveyRanked by Order of Importance (statistically speaking) • Advisory Committee • Facilitate Dialogue, Promote Leadership, Move toward Climate Change Goals • Augment Capacity, Identify Barriers, Enable stakeholders to exchange knowledge • Bring together diverse stakeholders, foster understanding of policy, standards, regulations • Explore new / emerging technologies, best practices, and policies • Clearinghouse • Exchange Information with Hub Network, Hold Workshops (local & provincial) • Distribute weekly newsmonitoring, maintain website resources, invite experts • Develop Guidance Briefs, Table Top Display • Conduct Surveys, Distribute Wallet Cards • Build Capacity of Municipalities • Provide Access to resources/templates, Collaborate with organizations at community-level • Conduct Community Workshops, Presentations to Municipal Council / Staff • Facilitate Quarterly Teleconferences, Promote PCP / Energy Smart, Develop Community Profiles • Public Education and Outreach • Raise Public Awareness / Motivate Action, Identify Barriers, Collaborate with Stakeholders • Facilitate Outreach & Community Engagement, Share Methods to Measure Carbon Footprint • Utilize Media • Support Climate Change Plan • Stakeholder Facilitation, Support Community Plans for GHG reduction • Foster support for low-carbon economy, map environmental-health information • Inform, educate, motivate action; and conduct surveys to inform policy

9. Opportunities for 2010 + • Public Education: Climate Science, Mitigation, Adaptation • Clearinghouse for Reports, Science, Policy, and public education materials • Stakeholder Facilitation and Information Sharing / Dissemination • Commitments & Action to reduce GHG emissions – (individual, organization, community, province) • Greening Cities / Infrastructure: Community and Regional Approaches to Sustainability • Greater Efficiency, Cleaner Fuel & Energy Technologies, Building Codes & Policy Advancement • Opportunities for new business, training, and technology (e.g. solar, biomass, wind, tidal, hydrogen, automotive, etc) • Waste Stream Diversion & Methane/Carbon Sequestration • Water Conservation, Capture, Storage, Recycling • Offsets – for all types of projects for which CSA protocols exist • Collective Carbon Footprint Measurement

10. Group Discussion 2 How could the NB Climate Change Hub support the Climate Change Plan and engage stakeholder community? • Identify Opportunities for Collaboration / Action + their impact • Identify Gaps in public education, mitigation, adaptation • What should the Hub focus on for the next three years? Build Consensus on Foci • How could the Hub meet these goals / deliver activities? We also welcome suggestions for: • Helping communities achieve 5 milestones (Partners for Climate Protection) • Topics / Methods for public education, community workshop, stakeholder survey, or conference to inform policy. • Activity that might delivered by the Hub and partners • Improvement for future Advisory Committee meetings

11. Plenary / Voting • Organize Ideas on the Wall • Each table can take a minute to identify their ideas • Participants will vote on the ideas by placing stickers – this helps us to rank priorities among the group.

12. Post-Meeting • Note Taking / Compilation / Report Distribution • Follow Up Actions • Communicate with Stakeholders & other Canadian Hubs • Website Update / Maintenance • Guidance Briefs / Resource Kit • Mayors & Councilors’ EcoChallenge / Community Meetings • Development of Three Year Strategy

13. Sold Out! Empire Theatre, Regent Mall 6 pm Open / 6:15 pm Screen Time / 8:00 pm Discussion