Formal municipal climate commitments, targets and strategy decisions, alongside their separate spending and implementation records. People are shown across their recorded careers unless dates are set.
Reviewed decisions establishing or rescinding municipal climate targets, strategies and declarations. A declaration vote is not evidence of a particular dollar amount or emissions outcome.
Policy positions
1 row| Person | Score (0–100) | Independent decisions | Remove-one low | Remove-one high | Evidence status | First vote | Last vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Spencer | 100 | 2 | 100 | 100 | Reviewed position | Dec 20, 2021 | Sep 16, 2025 |
A motion proposed immediately rescinding Council's climate emergency declaration.
Outcome: The rescission proposal was defeated, so the declaration remained after this vote. Council reconsidered the policy in 2026.
City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026Council considered the updated climate strategy, replacing the 2018 resilience plans and adding accountability provisions.
Outcome: Council adopted the updated strategy. This is policy approval rather than proof that its targets were achieved.
City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 30, 2026Council directed a net-zero-by-2050 target, sector-specific interim targets, reporting on climate actions and spending, and work on City buildings.
Outcome: Council adopted the directions. Targets and reporting requirements do not by themselves establish achieved emissions reductions.
City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 30, 2026| Date | Person | Decision | Recorded vote | Meaning and scoring rationale | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 16, 2025 | Evan Spencer | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Jul 5, 2022 | Evan Spencer | Adopt Calgary Climate Strategy: Pathways to 2050 | Yes | Adopt the updated climate strategy and stated audit and advisory directions. The primary vote adopts the updated climate strategy; its amendments and related recommendations are not separate scores. | Reviewed policy choice |
Jul 5, 2022 | Evan Spencer | Adopt Calgary Climate Strategy: Pathways to 2050 | Yes | Adopt the updated climate strategy and stated audit and advisory directions. Related clean-electricity recommendations explain part of the same strategy debate. | Context / unscored |
Dec 20, 2021 | Evan Spencer | Set net-zero targets and climate expenditure reporting | Yes | Adopt the target and accountability directions. The vote explicitly strengthens formal municipal climate commitments through a net-zero target and implementation-reporting requirements. | Reviewed policy choice |
| Date | Person | Record type | Choice or statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2025 | Evan Spencer | Recorded vote | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration · No A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026 |
| Jul 5, 2022 | Evan Spencer | Recorded vote | Adopt Calgary Climate Strategy: Pathways to 2050 · Yes The primary vote adopts the updated climate strategy; its amendments and related recommendations are not separate scores. | City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jul 5, 2022 | Evan Spencer | Recorded vote | Adopt Calgary Climate Strategy: Pathways to 2050 · Yes Related clean-electricity recommendations explain part of the same strategy debate. | City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Evan Spencer | Recorded vote | Set net-zero targets and climate expenditure reporting · Yes The vote explicitly strengthens formal municipal climate commitments through a net-zero target and implementation-reporting requirements. | City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
This is a gap in the collected evidence; it does not establish a person’s views.
A missing commitment is not a finding that someone made no promises.