Climate action highlights

The CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 (PDF, 9.2MB), released in 2021, sets out a series of pathways to build a cleaner economy while reducing emissions.

The Province is also implementing the Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy, released in June 2022, to prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Climate actions

The annual Climate Change Accountability Report provides an overview of the actions B.C. is taking to reduce emissions and manage risks from climate change.

Highlights from the report

Climate preparedness and adaptation

• The Provincial Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA), completed in fall 2025, provides foundational disaster and climate risk information at a provincial scale. It was developed in collaboration with First Nations and informed by a diverse range of experts and perspectives across multiple sectors and demographics
• Supporting over 100 Indigenous-led projects through the Indigenous Food Security and Food Sovereignty Program, with the program's final intake in 2025/26
• Improved Future Forest Ecosystems Centre (FFEC) tools and guidance for forecasting climate change risks to forest ecosystems and support climate adaptation
• Completed 82 projects across the province through the Extreme Weather Preparedness Program for Agricultural Producers to enhance on-farm resilience against extreme heat, wildfire, and flooding
• Completed 501 new plans and renewed 97 plans through the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Program, including updating irrigation systems as a solution to nutrient leaching on a ranch in the East Kootenays; investing in compost to build healthy soil at a winery in the Okanagan; and to installing fencing to decrease erosion and protect riparian areas on a livestock farm in the Peace Region

Low carbon energy

• BC Hydro’s Site C hydroelectric dam became fully operational in August 2025, producing enough electricity to power nearly 500,000 homes or 1.7 million electric vehicles annually
• 154 percent increase in B.C.’s renewable fuel production, 44 percent increase in renewable fuel content in diesel and 2 percent increase in gasoline in 2024 compared to 2023
• Enhancements to Low Carbon Fuel Standard including increasing renewable fuel target for diesel from 4 to 8 percent with the minimum requirements for diesel (as of April 1, 2025) and gasoline (as of Jan. 1, 2026) to be met by renewable fuels produced in Canada
• Clean Power Action Plan launched including 2nd call for power to acquire a target of up to 5,000 gigawatt-hours per year of energy from large, clean and renewable projects in partnership with First Nations and independent power producers – enough to power 500,000 new homes
• The Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act was implemented on July 1, 2025, to get clean energy infrastructure built faster and safely by making the BC Energy Regulator the one-window permitting authority for key transmission lines and wind and solar projects
• In 2024/25, the Province provided $1.8 million toward 7 projects under the BC Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative (BCICEI). The Province, New Relationship Trust, BC Hydro, and PacifiCan are currently working on a new program stream to further support distribution-scale renewable energy projects. Funding will help offset the higher anticipated capital cost per megawatt of small-scale clean energy projects

Transportation

• In 2024, B.C. had the second-highest uptake of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in Canada. As of the end of June 2025, over 210,000 light-duty ZEV's are now registered in B.C., compared to just over 3,000 in 2015
• B.C. now has one of the largest public charging networks in Canada with more than 7,000 charging ports – a 25 percent increase from 2023. This represents more than 70 percent progress towards the 2030 target of 10,000 stations
• In 2024, the Go Electric EV Charger Rebate program funded charging stations for 3,120 homes, 1,872 multi-unit residential buildings, and 328 workplaces
• By 2024, over 400 electricians completed the EV Infrastructure Training program, and 632 students have taken the EV Maintenance Training program
• Annual public transit ridership increased by 3 percent in 2024/25 over the previous year, currently at about 92 percent of pre-pandemic ridership

Buildings

• Launched the Better Homes Energy Savings Program Condo and Apartment Rebate to support the purchase and installation of high-performance electric heat pumps by income-qualified households in individual suites in multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs)
• Launched Partners in Indigenous Energy Efficiency and Resilience in coordination with BC Hydro and FortisBC to provide enhanced energy-efficiency funding and services for residential buildings in Indigenous communities
• The income-based Energy Savings Program provided close to 6,000 residential retrofit rebates in 2024/25, including over 3,500 for heat pumps, representing a 16 percent increase from the previous year. Installations of high-efficiency residential heat pumps have exceeded gas furnaces since 2022
• The BC Home Energy Planner, a digital service that supports homeowners and renters to learn about their home’s energy use, provides recommendations on retrofit options and then connects them with rebate program offers. In May 2025, it was expanded from a pilot in five communities to being offered province-wide
• Effective March 2025, builders must meet at least Emissions Level (EL) 1 of the Zero Carbon Step Code (ZCSC), meaning they must measure and disclose operational greenhouse gas emissions. Local governments can choose to adopt higher tiers of the ZCSC early to meet their climate action priorities. As of July 2025, 30 local governments had adopted EL-2 or higher of the ZCSC, which means that 43 percent of housing starts in B.C. in 2024 were required to pursue at least moderate reductions in emissions

Communities

• Through the Clean Coast, Clean Waters Initiative Fund (CCCW), the 17 seventeen 2024 projects are complete or nearing completion and are expected to clean an additional 1,900 KM of shoreline, remove at least 31 derelict vessels, clean at least six derelict aquaculture sites and create 639 new jobs
• In 2025, the B.C. government is providing more than $8 million through the CleanBC Plastics Action Fund to support 34 new projects including local businesses, foundations and First Nations to develop creative and effective ways to repair, reuse and recycle plastics into new products to reduce waste. The first two phases of the Plastics Action Fund to February 2024 created more than 240 direct long-term, full-time jobs

Industry, including oil and gas

• The B.C. Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS) replaced the CleanBC Industrial Incentive Program in April 2024, and large industrial emitters are now required to meet a performance-based emissions limit, or pay for their excess emissions. In 2026, the Province will complete the first annual review of the OBPS to ensure the program continues to encourage emissions reductions and industrial competitiveness
• B.C.'s industrial reporting and the National Inventory report show that the Province exceeded its 2025 target (of 45 percent) with a 48 percent reduction from 2014 levels, in oil and gas methane emissions two years early
• In 2024, the CleanBC Industry Fund (CIF) supported 37 projects at B.C. industrial facilities, leveraging $191 million of investment from industry and partners. Since 2019, CIF has supported 170 projects that cumulatively are expected to reduce more than 14.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions over a 10-year period
• Following a second round of consultation in early 2025, the Province published the B.C. Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Offset Protocol in August 2025. The CCS Offset Protocol incentivizes proponents to implement eligible, innovative projects that remove and permanently store carbon

Bioeconomy - forestry and agriculture

• Planting over 17,000 hectares, a 93 percent increase from 2022, as part of the Canada-wide 2 Billion Tree program
• The Beneficial Management Practices Program supported agricultural producers to improve productivity and sustainability with over 200 projects completed in 2024/25. These projects increased on-farm fuel and energy efficiency, reduced emissions through nutrient and waste management, and increased carbon sequestration through improved riparian and soil carbon management
• The Indigenous Forest Bioeconomy Program funded five projects in 2024/25 including equipment for scaling up of innovative bioproducts, bio-hub and value-added manufacturing
• The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) supported the utilization of over 2.3 million cubic metres of low-value residual forest fibre in 2024/25, the equivalent of approximately 46,000 logging truckloads

Public sector leadership

• Between 2010 and 2024, GHG emissions from public sector operations decreased 19 percent 157.8 Kilotonnes of CO2e). This includes a 23 percent drop in building emissions and 11 percent drop in fleet emissions
• 2024 is the 15th consecutive year of carbon neutrality across the public sector of 130 Public Sector Organizations (PSOs), including the Provincial Government
• Four out of every five new PSO buildings sought green building standard certification. BC Housing Design Guidelines and Construction Standards were the most common green building standard, followed by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold