{
  "id": "community-ghg-emissions",
  "category": "Environment",
  "title": "Community greenhouse gas emissions compared with 2007",
  "geography": "City of Victoria (community-wide emissions)",
  "scope": "city",
  "levels": [
    "Households and businesses (buildings, transport, waste)",
    "Municipal, Provincial and federal climate policy"
  ],
  "plain_question": "How much lower are greenhouse gas emissions from the whole community than in 2007, compared with the City's adopted target?",
  "value": -31,
  "display_value": "−31%",
  "unit": "vs 2007 (City target −50% by 2030)",
  "period": "Inventory year 2023",
  "period_start": "2023-01-01",
  "period_end": "2023-12-31",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "2007",
    "previous_value": 0,
    "change_percent": null
  },
  "since_text": "City target adopted: −50% by 2030 compared with 2007",
  "trend": "context",
  "trend_basis": "The City reports that, as of 2023, community emissions were 31% below 2007. Its adopted target is a 50% cut by 2030.",
  "direction_good": "down",
  "right_direction": "The target is the City's own adopted target and is shown as published. No “better” or “worse” label is given because only one inventory year is read here.",
  "caveats": [
    "Read from the City's climate action web page. Inventory methods are described in the City's Climate Leadership Plan progress reports, published every two years.",
    "Community emissions include buildings, transportation and waste in the City, not only the City's own operations."
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "value": -31
    }
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "Every two years (progress report)",
  "source": {
    "name": "City of Victoria, Greenhouse Gases (Climate Action)",
    "url": "https://www.victoria.ca/community-culture/climate-action/greenhouse-gases",
    "dataset_url": "https://www.victoria.ca/community-culture/climate-action/greenhouse-gases",
    "download_url": "https://www.victoria.ca/community-culture/climate-action/greenhouse-gases"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution.",
    "url": "https://www.victoria.ca/legal-disclaimer",
    "open": false
  },
  "verified_text": [
    "committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, compared to 2007 levels",
    "As of 2023, emissions have dropped by 31 per cent from 2007"
  ],
  "data_published": null,
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11T08:23:35Z",
  "attribution": "Source: City of Victoria, Greenhouse Gases (Climate Action). Public document, used with attribution; not endorsed by the publisher.",
  "licence_type": "public"
}