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Transport Canada works to protect the environment and to achieve a more sustainable
transportation system. We also address important environmental issues such as climate
change.
Transport Canada also supports environmental initiatives through funding various
programs (e.g. policy development).
Environmental management
Links to a variety of environmental protection
and management issues including environmental
management systems, environmental assessments
and contaminated sites.
Environmental programs
- Advanced Technology Vehicles Program -
Assesses vehicles with advanced and alternate technologies to measure their impact on safety,
energy efficiency and the environment.
- Fuel Consumption Program
- in operation since
1975, promotes energy conservation in the transportation sector
through the design, manufacture and sale of fuel efficient light-duty
motor vehicles.
- Moving on sustainable
transportation (MOST)
- Program to support projects that produce the kinds of education,
awareness and analytical tools we need if we are to make sustainable
transportation a reality.
- One-Tonne Challenge
- Canadians like you are doing their part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Everyone has a role to play.
Visit the site to learn more about the One-Tonne Challenge.
- Urban Transportation
Showcase Program (UTSP) - Five-year program created to demonstrate, evaluate and promote effective
strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from urban transportation.
Sustainable development
- Moving on sustainable
transportation (MOST)
- Program to support projects that produce the kinds of education,
awareness and analytical tools we need if we are to make sustainable
transportation a reality.
- Sustainable Development Strategy -
Transport Canada’s vision of sustainable development and its action plan for promoting
a more sustainable transportation system in Canada.
Climate change
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