--- title: "TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on Environment: 18 commitments | Vancouver 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/parties/team-for-a-livable-vancouver/2026-platform/environment" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:00:45.220Z" meta: description: "TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its climate plan the Local Environment Action Plan. It would pause AI data centre approvals, plant and protect trees aga..." "og:description": "TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its climate plan the Local Environment Action Plan. It would pause AI data centre approvals, plant and protect trees aga..." "og:title": "TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on Environment: 18 commitments | Vancouver 2026" "twitter:description": "TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its climate plan the Local Environment Action Plan. It would pause AI data centre approvals, plant and protect trees aga..." "twitter:title": "TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on Environment: 18 commitments | Vancouver 2026" --- ** TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · Vancouver 2026 # TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on the environment: trees, AI data centres and going electric TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its climate plan the Local Environment Action Plan. It would pause AI data centre approvals, plant and protect trees against heat, stop sewage reaching False Creek, favour reusing buildings, use incentives in place of mandatory rules and ask BC Hydro to change its rates. See the 2 chapters [The whole Our Positions](https://voche.me/parties/team-for-a-livable-vancouver/2026-platform) [**14**Candidates](https://voche.me/parties/team-for-a-livable-vancouver/candidates) [**10/10**Issues with published policy](https://voche.me/parties/team-for-a-livable-vancouver/platform) [**27**Sources on file](https://voche.me/parties/team-for-a-livable-vancouver/money) **9**Questions answered CITY COUNCIL ## The aim of Environment, in the party's words > Protecting our environment is an essential part of creating a livable city for current and future generations. Our Environment is the third of TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's ten positions. The party says City Hall calls itself green while favouring high-rise towers over low-rise wood buildings and losing trees and green space. TEAM calls its answer the Local Environment Action Plan and says climate policy should be practical, measurable and affordable. Its chapters here are resilient city planning and the move to electric power. TEAM would pause approvals for AI data centres until local rules can deal with their water and power use, plant and protect trees to reduce heat, plan for floods, rising seas and drought, upgrade sewers so raw sewage stops reaching False Creek, and favour reusing old buildings over demolition. For existing buildings it prefers incentives to mandatory energy rules. On electric power, it would ask BC Hydro to change its step rates, expand public charging, simplify home charger rules and offer incentives for heat pumps and solar. Vancouver has its own building bylaw, so Council can set energy rules or incentives for buildings that other BC cities cannot. Zoning, sewers and city incentives are Council decisions. BC Hydro rates and school locations are outside the city's control, so on those items it can only ask. TEAM's positions on road pricing, parking and electric buses are on the transportation pages. **2**Chapters **18**Commitments **2**Need another government or a regional body 2 CHAPTERS ## Every chapter in Environment [

Resilient City Planning

TEAM on climate: an AI data centre moratorium, trees for heat and no sewage in False Creek - Plan for long-term resiliency and walkable neighbourhoods - Reduce, reuse and recycle - Incentives for lower emissions such as free EV parking12 commitmentsRead the chapter](https://voche.me/parties/team-for-a-livable-vancouver/2026-platform/environment/resilient-city-planning) [

Move to Electric

TEAM on going electric: BC Hydro rates, public charging and heat pumps - Count the full life cycle of emissions - Ask BC Hydro to change step energy charges - Expand public charging infrastructure6 commitmentsRead the chapter](https://voche.me/parties/team-for-a-livable-vancouver/2026-platform/environment/move-to-electric) WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT ## Who holds the power for these 18 commitments Each chapter page names the body for every commitment and gives the reason in one sentence. City Council15 Province2 City, with others1 ON THE BALLOT ## The TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidates behind this ### Mayor [50**Colleen Hardwick**Ballot 50 · Former Vancouver city councillor](https://voche.me/candidates/colleen-hardwick) ### City Council [110**Amanda Boggan**Ballot 110](https://voche.me/candidates/amanda-boggan) [117**Charles Kelly**Ballot 117](https://voche.me/candidates/charles-kelly) [123**Kathleen Larsen**Ballot 123](https://voche.me/candidates/kathleen-larsen) [127**Jonathan Weisman**Ballot 127](https://voche.me/candidates/jonathan-weisman) [130**Raj Mundra**Ballot 130](https://voche.me/candidates/raj-mundra) [142**Patrick Sauriol**Ballot 142](https://voche.me/candidates/patrick-sauriol) [150**Josh Gordon**Ballot 150](https://voche.me/candidates/josh-gordon) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ## Questions about Environment
What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's climate plan? TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls it the Local Environment Action Plan. The party says it would care for parks and green space, encourage low-rise wood buildings, and make sure infrastructure can withstand harsh weather, using measures it says are practical and affordable (TEAM Our Environment page).
Would TEAM allow AI data centres in Vancouver? TEAM says it would enact a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting AI data centres while local planning and rules are developed to deal with their effects on livability, the environment, water and power (TEAM Our Environment page).
Does TEAM support mandatory building emission rules? TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would offer incentives for voluntary upgrades of existing buildings in place of the mandatory rules it says are currently proposed, which it says may be impractical or beyond people's means (TEAM Our Environment page).
How would TEAM encourage electric cars and heat pumps? TEAM says it would expand public EV charging, simplify the rules for adding chargers in homes, encourage electric trucks, and offer incentives for EVs, heat pumps and solar panels. It would also ask BC Hydro to adjust its step rates (TEAM Our Environment page).
Can Vancouver set its own building climate rules? Yes. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy rules or incentives for buildings that other BC cities cannot. TEAM says it would favour incentives (TEAM Our Environment page).
## Sources Every commitment on this page comes from the party's own material, marked SAYS SO ITSELF. It proves what the party says it would do. Who holds each power is our own addition, from the sources listed after it. 1. [TEAM our environment, learn more ](https://www.voteteam.ca/our-positions-home-2026/our-environment-2026/environment-learn-more)SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked September 22, 2026 ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.