Election Lens · Issue
Climate & Green Space
39 divided (non-unanimous, non-procedural) council or committee votes on this issue since January 1, 2023: 17 carry a clear direction on a tracked axis (counted in the patterns on each councillor’s stance profile); 22 carry a descriptive label but no directional axis (listed below, not counted in any pattern); 0 are genuinely unclear from the motion text.
This is a descriptive record, not an endorsement. Every row below is a real recorded council or committee vote since 2023. It says nothing about a councillor’s reasons, character, or fitness for office — only what was voted on and what a yea did. See What Council Actually Controls for how much of this any councillor actually controls.
For how each current councillor voted on these, see their stance profile.
| Date | Item | What a yea did | Motion (excerpt) | Tally | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | (2.3) Federation of Canadian Municipalities: Green Municipal Fund Agreement for Enhancing London’s Resilience Through Climate Adaptation Planning (Relates to Bill No. 241) | Approved entering into a Green Municipal Fund grant agreement with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to fund a project enhancing London’s resilience through climate adaptation planning, and authorized the Mayor and City Clerk to execute it. | That on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Environment & Infrastructure, th… | 13-1 | Motion Passed (13 to 1) |
| 2026-06-15 | Federation of Canadian Municipalities: Green Municipal Fund Agreement for Enhancing London’s Resilience Through Climate Adaptation Planning | Approved and authorized execution of the Green Municipal Fund grant agreement with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, funding a project to enhance London’s resilience through climate adaptation planning. (committee stage) | That on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Environment & Infrastructure, th… | 4-1 | Motion Passed (4 to 1) |
| 2026-03-23 | Pollution Prevention and Control Plan Update Study - Notice of Completion | Would have directed Civic Administration to report back to a future Infrastructure and Corporate Services Committee meeting with a proposed implementation plan for a ‘Point of Purchase’ weeping-tile (stormwater) disconnection program. (committee stage) | That the following part BE APPROVED: d) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to report … | 2-4 | Motion Failed (2 to 4) |
| 2026-03-23 | Final Program Design for BetterHomes London | Approved introducing a by-law for the final BetterHomes London program design, approving the property owner agreement and local improvement charge by-law templates used to finance residential energy-efficiency and water-conservation retrofits. (committee stage) | That on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Environment & Infrastructure, th… | 5-1 | Motion Passed (5 to 1) |
| 2026-03-03 | (2.3) Federation of Canadian Municipalities: Green Municipal Fund Agreement for Municipal Fleet Decarbonization Feasibility Study (Relates to Bill No. 98) | Approved and authorized execution of a Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Fund grant agreement (CORE-24-0309) to fund a feasibility study of electrifying the municipal vehicle fleet — a binding decision to accept and execute the funding agreement, not a staff report-back request. | That on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Environment & Infrastructure, th… | 11-1 | Motion Passed (11 to 1) |
| 2026-03-03 | (2.2) Federation of Canadian Municipalities: Green Municipal Fund Agreement for Accelerating Community Energy Systems (Relates to Bill No. 97) | Approved and authorized execution of a Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Fund grant agreement (CORE-25-0485) to fund a study of the potential for net-zero community energy in London — a binding decision to accept and execute the funding agreement, not a staff report-back request. | That on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Environment & Infrastructure, th… | 11-1 | Motion Passed (11 to 1) |
| 2026-02-23 | Federation of Canadian Municipalities: Green Municipal Fund Agreement for Municipal Fleet Decarbonization Feasibility Study | Approved (at committee stage) and recommended authorizing execution of a Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Fund grant agreement (CORE-24-0309) to fund a feasibility study of electrifying the municipal vehicle fleet — a binding recommendation, not a staff report-back request. | That on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Environment & Infrastructure, th… | 4-1 | Motion Passed (4 to 1) |
| 2026-02-02 | Green Municipal Fund Grant Agreement - CBR-23-0154 Establishing a Roadmap to Net Zero Emissions for Nine Community Facilities in London, Ontario | Added a direction for Civic Administration to bring the feasibility report on the Net Zero Emissions Green Municipal Fund project to committee as soon as it is received. (committee stage) | that the motion BE AMENDED to add a new part that reads as follows: c) the Civic Admini… | 3-2 | Motion Passed (3 to 2) |
| 2025-09-23 | (3.1) 5th Report of the Environmental Stewardship and Action Community Advisory Committee (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Would have approved directing Civic Administration to study wildlife-vehicle-collision mitigation infrastructure costs, develop a natural-heritage connectivity plan for west-end lands entering the Urban Growth Boundary, and map the City’s agricultural land holdings. | That part f) i) to iii) of the motion BE APPROVED | 4-10 | Motion Failed (4 to 10) |
| 2025-09-23 | (3.1) 5th Report of the Environmental Stewardship and Action Community Advisory Committee | Would have referred the requested wildlife-vehicle-collision cost study and natural-heritage connectivity-plan requests (part f i-iii of the Environmental Stewardship report) to a future Planning and Environment Committee meeting for consideration. | That part f) i) to iii) of the 5th Report of the Environmental Stewardship and Action C… | 7-7 | Motion Failed (7 to 7) |
| 2025-08-26 | (2.7) Medway Valley Heritage Forest Environmentally Significant Area (South) Conservation Master Plan (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Adopted the amended Conservation Master Plan directive: removed the planned trail section from Attawandaron Road Park and halted its construction, directed a report back on property-encroachment options, and directed that passive recreation consistent with historical use continue in the defined park area. | That the motion, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 10-5 | Motion Passed (10 to 5) |
| 2025-08-26 | (2.7) Medway Valley Heritage Forest Environmentally Significant Area (South) Conservation Master Plan | Would have referred the proposed Medway Valley Conservation Master Plan changes back to Civic Administration to report back with potential design alternatives for the trail, resident concerns about its location and design, and AODA-compliance considerations. | That the proposed changes to the Medway Valley Heritage Forest Environmentally Signific… | 4-11 | Motion Failed (4 to 11) |
| 2025-08-26 | (2.7) Medway Valley Heritage Forest Environmentally Significant Area (South) Conservation Master Plan | Directed that the Conservation Master Plan review include passive recreation consistent with the historical use of the defined Attawandaron Road Park area, and outline how that space will be maintained going forward. | That the motion be amended by including a new part c) to read as follows: c) the Civic … | 9-6 | Motion Passed (9 to 6) |
| 2025-08-26 | (2.7) Medway Valley Heritage Forest Environmentally Significant Area (South) Conservation Master Plan | Directed Civic Administration to report back with options addressing property encroachments (including considerations and impacts) for the properties at 1634 to 1786 Attawandaron Road, as part of the Medway Valley Conservation Master Plan review. | That the motion be amended by including a new part b) to read as follows: b) the Civic … | 9-6 | Motion Passed (9 to 6) |
| 2025-08-26 | (4.1) Agricultural Land Offset Policy | Would have directed Civic Administration to bring a report to a future Planning and Environment Committee meeting examining the feasibility of an Agricultural Land Offset Policy, approaches for offsetting agricultural land losses, and alignment with the City’s environmental and planning frameworks. | That the motion to receive be amended by adding the following: That the Civic Administr… | 7-8 | Motion Failed (7 to 8) |
| 2025-07-22 | (2.7) Federation of Canadian Municipalities Community Efficiency Financing Agreement for BetterHomes London (Relates to Bill No.’s 278 and 279) | Introduced by-laws approving the FCM funding agreement and Service Agreement to develop and deliver the BetterHomes London home energy retrofit and climate resilience program. | That on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Environment and Infrastructure, … | 12-3 | Motion Passed (12 to 3) |
| 2025-07-22 | (2.7) Federation of Canadian Municipalities Community Efficiency Financing Agreement for BetterHomes London (Relates to Bill No.’s 278 and 279) | Would have referred the BetterHomes London community efficiency financing report to a future committee meeting for a concierge-model report-back, rather than deciding on it. | That the following actions be taken with respect to the staff report dated July 14, 202… | 4-11 | Motion Failed (4 to 11) |
| 2025-04-22 | O-25032) (Relates to Bill No.’s 136 and 146) | Would have added a draft-plan condition requiring the developer to compensate for 1.27 hectares of removed wetlands and woodlands so there is no net loss of natural heritage features at the 3095 Bostwick Road subdivision. | that part c) be amended to include i) to read as follows: i) The subdivision approval a… | 5-10 | Motion Failed (5 to 10) |
| 2025-04-08 | O-25032) | Would have added a draft-plan condition requiring the developer to compensate for 1.27 hectares of removed wetlands and woodlands so there is no net loss of natural heritage features at the 3095 Bostwick Road subdivision. (committee stage) | that part c) be amended to include i) to read as follows: i) The subdivision approval a… | 2-3 | Motion Failed (2 to 3) |
| 2024-12-17 | (3.14) Land Needs Assessment - Official Plan Review of The London Plan (O-9595) | Would have directed Civic Administration to demonstrably use the City’s climate emergency screening tool as part of the Urban Growth Boundary Review; the motion failed. | That the motion be amended to include new part h) to read as follows: h) the Civic Admi… | 6-9 | Motion Failed (6 to 9) |
| 2024-11-21 | Amendment - Budget Case No. P-31 - Councillor and Budget Chair E. Peloza and Councillor S. Franke (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Directed that the cost of the Parks Operations Service Delivery Enhancements (Business Case P-31) be offset by a reduction in the annual contribution to the Climate Change Reserve Fund. (committee stage) | That the motion be amended by adding another part to read as follows: That the budget i… | 9-6 | Motion Passed (9 to 6) |
| 2024-11-20 | Community Advisory Committee Motion - Councillor C. Rahman and Deputy Mayor S. Lewis | Dissolved the Ecological Community Advisory Committee and the Integrated Transportation Community Advisory Committee effective April 2025, replacing them with a new Ecological Reference Group (by Q2 2025) to advise on the Official Plan’s natural heritage systems, and a Mobility and Transportation Working Group (by Q3 2025). (committee stage) | That part e) and part f) be approved and read as follows: e) the Ecological Community A… | 11-2 | Motion Passed (11 to 2) |
| 2024-10-15 | (3.2) Memorandum of Understanding with the London Chamber of Commerce for Action on Climate Change (Relates to Bill No. 341) | Introduced a by-law authorizing and approving a Memorandum of Understanding with the London Chamber of Commerce to jointly advance climate action objectives, and authorized the Mayor and City Clerk to execute it. | That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Environment and Infrastructure,… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2024-08-27 | (3.3) 455 Highbury Avenue North - (OZ-9739) | Referred the 455 Highbury Avenue North self-storage facility expansion application back to Civic Administration to work with the applicant on a plan reducing the scope of the expansion to allow for an adequate tree replacement plan. | That the application by Highbury Self Storage Equities Limited, (c/o Zelinka Priamo Ltd… | 8-7 | Motion Passed (8 to 7) |
| 2024-06-04 | (2.12) Update and Next Steps for Gasoline Powered Lawn and Garden Equipment | Would have authorized Civic Administration to pursue a multi-municipality research project on gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment (best practices, costs/benefits, incentive programs), including a funding submission to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund. | That part c) of the motion be approved as follows: c) the Civic Administration BE APPRO… | 7-7 | Motion Failed (7 to 7) |
| 2024-06-04 | (2.12) Update and Next Steps for Gasoline Powered Lawn and Garden Equipment | Would have directed Civic Administration to design and implement a public-awareness campaign (February-April 2025) promoting better lawn and garden practices to help the environment and support climate action. | That part b) of the motion be approved as follows: b) the Civic Administration BE DIREC… | 5-9 | Motion Failed (5 to 9) |
| 2024-05-22 | Update and Next Steps for Gasoline Powered Lawn and Garden Equipment | Directed staff to report back with proposed Sound By-law amendments restricting gas-powered lawn/garden equipment use, hold a public participation meeting, and circulate the report for advisory-committee feedback — a process step, not an actual restriction yet. (committee stage) | Motion to approve part d) of the clause. | 3-1 | Motion Passed (3 to 1) |
| 2024-02-15 | Amendment - Business Case No. P-56 | Reduced funding to the Climate Change Invest Fund under the Climate Emergency Action Plan (Business Case No. P-56) to a flat $1 million annual contribution, using the savings to offset transit service-hours funding. (committee stage) | That the Mayor’s 2024-2027 Multi-Year Budget BE AMENDED by reducing the funding to Init… | 11-4 | Motion Passed (11 to 4) |
| 2024-02-08 | Amendment - Business Case No. P-62 | Approved funding for 50% of Business Case No. P-62 (Environmentally Significant Areas Management). (committee stage) | That the Mayor’s 2024-2027 Multi-Year Budget BE AMENDED to fund 50% of Business Case No. P… | 8-7 | Motion Passed (8 to 7) |
| 2024-02-02 | Amendment - Business Case No. P-56 | Would have reshuffled the schedule of contributions to the Climate Change Investment Fund under the Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP) Implementation Support business case — cutting $750,000 in 2024 while adding $250,000/year in 2025-2027, a roughly net-neutral four-year total shifted later. (committee stage) | That the Mayor’s 2024-2027 Multi-Year Budget BE AMENDED by adjusting funding to Initiat… | 3-12 | Motion Failed (3 to 12) |
| 2024-01-23 | (5.2) Green Development Standards | Directed staff to update the Site Plan Control and/or Zoning By-laws by Q3 2024 to require EV-charging rough-ins, minimum native-species landscaping, short-term bicycle parking, and bird-friendly (CSA A460) building design standards, and to review a legislative framework for broader sustainable building requirements (energy efficiency, water conservation, green roofs). | That the following actions be taken with respect to the Site Plan Control By-law and/or… | 13-1 | Motion Passed (13 to 1) |
| 2023-07-25 | (4.4) Councillor S. Franke - Climate Emergency Action Plan - Phase Out Gas | Directed the Mayor and two councillors to write to AMO advocating that the Province commit Ontario to a net-zero-carbon electricity grid by 2035, and directed staff to collect London facilities’ greenhouse-gas reduction plans (targeting net-zero emissions by 2050) and to discuss Clean Electricity Regulations implementation with Enbridge and London Hydro | That the following actions be taken with respect to the Climate Emergency Action Plan: … | 10-3 | Motion Passed (10 to 3) |
| 2023-07-25 | (4.4) Councillor S. Franke - Climate Emergency Action Plan - Phase Out Gas | Would have referred Councillor Franke’s Climate Emergency Action Plan - Phase Out Gas communications to Civic Administration for review, instead of acting on them directly at this meeting | That the communications included on the Added Agenda from Councillor S. Franke, related… | 5-8 | Motion Failed (5 to 8) |
| 2023-07-18 | (ADDED) Councillor S. Franke - Climate Emergency Action Plan - Phase Out Gas | Referred Councillor Franke’s Climate Emergency Action Plan - Phase Out Gas communications to Civic Administration for review. (committee stage) | That the communications included on the Added Agenda from Councillor S. Franke, related… | 3-2 | Motion Passed (3 to 2) |
| 2023-06-06 | (4.1) 2022 Climate Emergency Action Plan Progress Report | A yea directed Civic Administration to implement specific Climate Emergency Action Plan actions, including developing a Net-Zero Emission Plan for corporate assets and aligning City infrastructure renewal work with the 2045 net-zero corporate targets. | Motion to approve Item 4, clause 4.1, part b). | 11-2 | Motion Passed (11 to 2) |
| 2023-05-30 | 2022 Climate Emergency Action Plan Progress Report | Directed Civic Administration to add specific implementation actions to the Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP): deliver CEAP training to all current and future staff, bring a CEAP progress update to the Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee twice a year, develop a Net-Zero Emission Plan for Corporate Assets aimed at 2045 corporate targets, and align asset-management projects (retrofits, replacements, renewals) with those net-zero targets. (committee stage) | Motion to approve part b) b) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to include the follow… | 11-2 | Motion Passed (11 to 2) |
| 2023-05-09 | 2023 Industrial Land Development Strategy | Directed Civic Administration to undertake an Industrial Land Needs Assessment that includes use of the Climate Emergency Screening Tool. (committee stage) | Motion to approve part d): d) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to undertake an Indu… | 12-3 | Motion Passed (12 to 3) |
| 2023-05-09 | 2023 Industrial Land Development Strategy | Would have removed the requirement to use the Climate Emergency Screening Tool from the directive for Civic Administration to undertake an Industrial Land Needs Assessment; failed 6-9, leaving the screening-tool requirement in place. (committee stage) | That the motion be amended in part d) by removing, ” which shall include the use of the… | 6-9 | Motion Failed (6 to 9) |
| 2023-02-28 | Developing Council’s 2023-2027 Strategic Plan: Draft Metrics | Would have added a new Draft Metric i), ‘grade level for watershed,’ under the Climate Action and Sustainable Growth strategic area of focus (1.2) of the Draft 2023-2027 Strategic Plan; failed 6-7. (committee stage) | That the Strategic Area of Focus: Climate Action and Sustainable Growth 1.2, BE AMENDED… | 6-7 | Motion Failed (6 to 7) |
Methodology: A “divided” vote is any council or committee motion since January 1, 2023 that wasn’t approved unanimously and wasn’t a routine procedural step, and it doesn’t include a vote decided by secret ballot to fill an appointment, since those don’t produce a recorded yea or nay by councillor. For each councillor, on each issue, on each axis: a vote counts as “for” when it matched that axis’s more permissive outcome, and “against” when it matched the more restrictive one — but a nay is never described as if it enacted the restrictive outcome; it’s described as opposing the motion it was cast on, and the same care is taken in the other direction. When every recorded vote on an axis since January 1, 2023 happens to fall on one side, the pattern sentence says so plainly instead of silently reporting a zero on the other side. Every motion’s issue, axis, and direction (“what a yea did”) come from an independent, motion-by-motion review, checked against that motion’s own complete text in the official meeting record rather than a keyword search, with a small, separately published list of after-the-fact corrections applied on top — never a silent edit to the reviewed record. This is a genuine reading of what each clause did, not a raw yea/nay count, including for the generic “approved or denied the item” description used when no issue-specific axis applies. Recusals and absences are always counted on their own, never folded into “against” and never treated as a hidden position. A pattern sentence is only stated once a councillor has at least 5 separate underlying decisions on an axis — a committee vote followed later by a council vote on the same policy question counts as one decision, not two, so a motion with several stages can’t inflate the count; below that threshold the individual votes are still shown, just without a summary sentence. Some motions were reviewed and confirmed to have no clear direction at all — a referral, a request for more information, or a genuinely ambiguous clause — and these are listed, on every relevant issue, as motions with no clear direction: never counted in any pattern or sample size, but never hidden either. This project has no source recording which committee a councillor belongs to — that list isn’t published or collected anywhere; a meeting’s own attendance record shows who was there that day, not who belongs to it. So when a councillor has no recorded vote on a motion, nothing is claimed about why, in either direction: only whether that meeting’s own record separately listed this councillor as present without a recorded vote, or whether nothing else can be said at all. Before any of the above, motions were also dropped in 2 ways, none of them guessed at or repaired: 32 where the same person was recorded as voting more than one way on the same motion (a roster conflict in the source data); and 12 more that turned out, on review, not to be a genuine division at all — a lopsided result the source data’s own “unanimous” marker missed, or the same motion recorded twice under two item numbers. Each motion is filed under exactly one issue, so a motion that touches two topics — a housing decision with a budget line, say — appears on one issue page only, never both. Where the source text has a hash symbol immediately followed by a case or item number — as in a title reading “Business Case”, then a hash, then “P-5” — this hub shows it instead as “Business Case No. P-5”, so the character can’t be misread as a link; the underlying wording is not otherwise changed.