--- title: "Green Party of Vancouver on climate | Vancouver 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/parties/green-party-of-vancouver/platform/climate" last_updated: "2026-09-23T06:08:07.806Z" meta: description: "The Greens would keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw to allow decarbonisation measures, and partner with federal and provincial programmes to fund building..." "og:description": "The Greens would keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw to allow decarbonisation measures, and partner with federal and provincial programmes to fund building..." "og:title": "Green Party of Vancouver on climate | Vancouver 2026" "twitter:description": "The Greens would keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw to allow decarbonisation measures, and partner with federal and provincial programmes to fund building..." "twitter:title": "Green Party of Vancouver on climate | Vancouver 2026" --- Green Party of Vancouver · Vancouver 2026 # Keep the building bylaw, and fund retrofits The Greens would keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw to allow decarbonisation measures, and partner with federal and provincial programmes to fund building retrofits. [Compare all parties on this ](https://voche.me/parties/issues/climate) [All ten issues](https://voche.me/parties/green-party-of-vancouver/platform) [**10**Candidates](https://voche.me/parties/green-party-of-vancouver/candidates) [**3/10**Issues with published policy](https://voche.me/parties/green-party-of-vancouver/platform) [**8**Sources on file](https://voche.me/parties/green-party-of-vancouver/money) **8**Questions answered CLIMATE AND BUILDINGS ## Green Party of Vancouver on climate The Green climate position published so far runs through buildings rather than through a separate climate plan. Keeping the Vancouver Building By-law is the mechanism: it is what lets the city set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings, which no other BC city can do. The party had not published a full climate platform when we checked on September 22, 2026. 3 PUBLISHED COMMITMENTS ## What they say they will do - ### Keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw for climate rules The Greens would support the Vancouver Building By-law and allow innovative climate, mechanical and built-form solutions including mass timber and decarbonisation.
Who has the power
Vancouver holds this power under the Vancouver Charter.
[Daily Hive](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing) - ### Fund retrofits through the federal and provincial accelerators The party would partner with the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator. [Daily Hive](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing) - ### Use mass timber and wood-frame construction The party describes mass timber and wood-frame construction as faster and more cost-effective, and would use them. [Daily Hive](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing) ### What is not published - No emissions target is published. - No transport emissions commitment is published. ## Sources A source marked SAYS SO ITSELF is the party's own material. It proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true. 1. [Green Party of Vancouver home page ](https://www.vangreens.ca/)SAYS SO ITSELFGreen Party of Vancouver · checked September 22, 2026 2. [Pete Fry calls for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness ahead of World Cup ](https://www.vangreens.ca/pete_fry_calls_for_rapid_shelters_to_address_rising_homelessness_in_vancouver_ahead_of_world_cup)SAYS SO ITSELFGreen Party of Vancouver · checked September 22, 2026 3. [Pete Fry unveils Green Party of Vancouver housing plan ](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing)Daily Hive · published September 16, 2026 · checked September 22, 2026 4. [Vancouver Liberals home page ](https://www.vancouverliberals.com/)SAYS SO ITSELFVancouver Liberals · checked September 22, 2026 5. [Who is running: official 2026 candidate list ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-candidate-information.aspx)City of Vancouver · checked September 22, 2026 6. [Local elections disclosure statement search ](https://contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca/pcs/LESearch.aspx)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 7. [Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/elector-organizations/)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 8. [Making a campaign contribution ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/making-a-campaign-contribution/)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.