Vancouver - Ayoub, Coralyne, Emilie
The city we decided on is Vancouver because despite being the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, Vancouver is one of the greenest cities in the world. Even so, it doesn’t mean all environmental issues have been dealt with. Indeed, being a coastal city, they are at a high risk of being flooded if sea level rises (1). Fortunately, they started planning for this danger long ago (2). Besides, their zero waste plan hasn’t reached its goal yet, with garbage overflowing (3) and plastic being especially difficult to eliminate (4). Lastly, we wanted to focus on a less-known problem of Vancouver: the loss of biodiversity. For many different reasons, animal populations are slowly being depleted (5). Particularly, the forage fish population declined sharply because of urban development, which also affects the locals (6).
(1) Sea level rise may be ‘3 times worse’ than expected. Here’s how it could impact Metro Vancouver - https://globalnews.ca/news/6102304/sea-level-rise-metro-vancouver/
(2) How the city of Vancouver is planning for future flooding due to rising sea levels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTmJvokweqE
(3) Metro Vancouver spends millions to ship garbage out of region - https://globalnews.ca/video/9524736/metro-vancouver-to-spend-millions-to-ship-garbage-out-of-region/
(4) Metro Vancouve’s goal of 80% waste diversion from landfills stalled - https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/metro-vancouver-waste-diversion
(5) NATURE, NURTURED: WHAT’S THREATENING BIODIVERSITY IN BC? - https://www.scienceworld.ca/stories/nature-nurtured-whats-threatening-biodiversity-in-bc/
(6) New study shows how industrial development decimated fish populations near Vancouver - https://www.coastreporter.net/environment/forage-fish-study-tsleil-waututh-nation-8116217
***BC: British Columbia, the province in which Vancouver is located.