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Municipal Climate Action Hub

A community of practice supporting municipalities for climate innovation

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Who we are

A committed team of experts helping municipal staff across Canada take action on climate mitigation and adaptation.
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Member Municipalities

Sixty-six municipalities received climate change staff grants to create a new position within the municipality to focus on initiatives to improve adaptation to local climate change impacts or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Grant funding is delivered through FCM’s Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program (MCIP).
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The Community Energy Association, QUEST Canada, Eco-Ouest, ACT-SFU and the Ontario Climate Consortium have partnered to deliver a cross-Canada community of practice to support this initiative.

These partner organizations provide municipalities with the support and resources needed to successfully develop and implement municipal climate mitigation or adaptation work plans.

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Mitigation

Learn how local government can reduce emissions and conserve energy.

How do you measure up?

Take the mitigation maturity assessment here!

Adaptation

Learn how climate adaptation can build community resilience.

Ready to take action?

Take the adaptation maturity assessment here!

Mitigation Strategies

The Getting to Implementation Framework is a guide to help communities move Community Energy Plans from a vision to implementation. It includes 10 strategies that provide insights, advice and a proposed path forward to foster widespread political, staff and stakeholder support, build staff and financial capacity, and embed energy into local plans, policies and processes to support implementation.

Framework

The Framework

Strategy 1:

Develop a Rationale

Strategy 2:

Engage Elected Officials

Strategy 3:

Governance

Strategy 4:

CEP Oversight

Strategy 5:

Engage Staff

Strategy 6:

Define The Value Proposition

Strategy 7:

Engage Community Stakeholders

Strategy 8:

Monitor and Report

Strategy 9:

Budget

Strategy 10:

Plans and Policies

Appendices

Appendices

Adaptation Strategies

The 11 adaptation strategies developed here are meant to guide municipalities from a vision on adaptation, to being fully adaptive and resilient to climate events. The strategies will build internal staff and financial capacity, draw upon stakeholders and local knowledge, and ultimately integrate climate adaptation into strategic municipal plans, policies, and processes on an ongoing basis.

Our approach draws upon ICLEI Canada’s Building Adaptive & Resilient Communities (BARC) Program, which offers a comprehensive way for communities to address climate change impacts, and develop an adaptation plan. See more about the BARC Program here.

Strategy 1:

Develop Policy & Objectives

Strategy 2:

Obtain Senior Management and Council Endorsement

Strategy 3:

Consult with Public and Private Stakeholders

Strategy 4:

Establish adaptation team and committee

Strategy 5:

Develop key performance indicators and gather data

Strategy 6:

Prepare an Adaptation Action Plan

Strategy 7:

Incorporate adaptation into other corporate plans and actions

Strategy 8:

Incorporate adaptation into community plans, policy tools, and projects working with the public and stakeholders

Strategy 9:

Manage Operational Climate Risks

Strategy 10:

Request Budget

Strategy 11:

Assess progress and continue to adapt

Mitigation Readiness Scale

This maturity scale was developed with support from FCM’s Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program (MCIP) to facilitate the self-assessment of your organization’s institutional readiness and progress in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Read the mitigation readiness scale

Adaptation Readiness Scale

This maturity scale was developed with support from FCM’s Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program (MCIP) to facilitate the self-assessment of your organization’s institutional readiness and progress in adapting to climate change.

Read the adaptation readiness scale

Resources

Webinars

Community of Practice Introductory Webinar – June 26, 2019
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Réseau d’échange de pratiques : webinaire d’introduction – Juillet 19, 2019
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Low Carbon Resilience – Climate Lens – January 16, 2020
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launch Port Moody Climate Lens PDF Presentation (ENG)
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launch Port Moody Climate Lens PDF Presentation (FR)

FCM Financing – February 4, 2020
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launch Video Presentation (FR)
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Mobilisation du personnel, des parties prenantes et du public – février 19, 2020
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What it really means to get to 1.5 degrees – March 11, 2020
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Community Climate Financing QUEST Presentation – July 7th, 2020
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launch PDF Presentation 2 (ENG)
launch PDF Guest Presentation (ENG)

Le financement de l’action climatique – July 14, 2020
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launch QUEST PDF Presentation (FR)

Reducing Emissions in Buildings for a Green Recovery Webinar – August 26, 2020
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Best Practices for Integrating Green Infrastructure into Asset Management – September 10, 2020
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Webinar Webinaire Réduire les Émissions des bâtiments dans le cadre d’une relance verte – August 2020
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Webinar Réduire les émissions dans le bâti résidentiel existant – Ian McVey
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Les infrastructures vertes et la gestion des actifs municipaux – September 2020
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Webinar Ville verte pour la santé – Sarah Bergeron
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Community Energy Plan Development

launch QUEST Canada Planning Your Value Proposition Report

launch QUEST Canada National Report on CEP Implementation

launch CEA Planning Guide

launch Community Energy Association – Research Report on Community Energy Plans

Community Energy Plan Funding

launch CEA Funding Guide (BC Communities)

launch Getting to Implementation (GTI) Canada (FAQ #9)

Community Energy Plan Implementation and Monitoring
launch FCM’s Guidelines on Monitoring and Reporting

launch CEA Planning Guide

FCM-ICLEI Partners for Climate Protection Program

launch FCM-ICLEI’s Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) Program

launch PCP Milestone Framework

launch PCP Milestone Tool

launch PCP Resources (ENG)

launch PCP Resources (French)

Getting to Implementation
launch Getting to Implementation (GTI) Main Website

launch GTI Community Energy Implementation Framework

launch GTI Provincial/Territorial Community Energy Plan Implementation Policy Analysis

Databases and Monitoring Tools
launch Measuring Progress on Adaptation and Climate Resilience: Recommendations to the Government of Canada

launch Plan2Adapt Tool

launch Climate Atlas

launch Climatedata.ca

launch Canadian Institute of Planners – Climate Change Reports

launch Canadian Centre for Climate Services

launch Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium

launch AssetSmart 2.0

Asset Management

launch Adaptationcommunity.net – Risk and Vulnerability Assessments

launch FCM – Asset Management Resources

launch City of Kenora Asset Management Plan

launch Towards an Eco-Asset Approach in the Town of Gibsons

launch BC Framework for Asset Management of Sustainable Services Delivery

launch The BC Framework Primer on Climate Change and Asset Management

launch Introduction to Asset Management – Association of Manitoba Municipalities

launch FCM’s Guide for Integrating Climate Change Considerations Into Municipal Asset Management

launch Asset Management BC Resources

Planning Guides and General Resources

launch Retooling.ca – Adaptation planning: the local government experience in BC

launch Integrating Mitigation & Adaptation – A Summary for City Leaders

launch Canadian Communities’ Guidebook for Adaptation to Climate Change

launch ICLEI – Changing Climate, Changing Communities Guide & Workbook

launch Low Carbon Resilience Plan – A Briefing Note

launch Preparing for Climate Change – An implementation guide for local governments in British Columbia

launch Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook

launch Engineers Canada – Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) Engineering Asssessment Protocol

launch Community-level PIEVC Assessments

launch Emergency Management BC’s Hazard & Risk Vulnerability Analysis Toolkit

launch West Coast Environmental Law, Green Infrastructure Guide

launch University of Waterloo’s Ahead of the Storm

launch SFU-ACT’s Resource Page on Low Carbon Resilience

launch (EPCARR’s) Report on Measuring Progress on Adaptation and Resilience

launch FCM Guide for Integrating Climate Change Considerations into Municipal Asset Management

launch Newfoundland’s 7 Steps to Assess Climate Change Vulnerability in Your Community

launch FCM’s Investing in Canada’s Future: The Cost of Climate Adaptation at the Local Level

launch United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Options – An Overview of Approaches

launch Global Commission on Adaptation’s Adapt Now – A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience

launch RAND Corporation’s Resilience Dividend Valuation Model

launch The 2020 Green Municipal Fund’s (GMF) Energy Roadmap will help elected officials and municipal staff achieve a more energy-efficient community.

launch Talking it Through: A Discussion Guide for Local Government Staff on Climate Adaptation, was just launched and is full of helpful information on how municipal staff can have better conversations about climate adaptation with senior decision makers and elected officials. The resource is accompanied with a PowerPoint template that you can customize with your community’s climate data to help facilitate the types of conversations described within the Discussion Guide.

launch Resources: Sustainable Affordable Housing

launch Ressources : Logement abordable durable

launch Primer for elected officials: Municipal Energy Roadmap (ENG)

launch Document d’introduction: Feuille de route sur l’énergie dans les municipalités (FR)

launch Factsheets: Municipal Energy Roadmap (ENG)

launch Document d’introduction : Feuille de route sur l’énergie dans les municipalités (FR)

launch Video: Introduction to home energy upgrade programs (ENG)

launch Vidéo : Introduction aux programmes d’amélioration de l’efficacité énergétique résidentielle (FR)

launch Community Efficiency Financing (ENG)

launch Ressources : Financement de l’efficacité communautaire (FR)

launch Video: Climate in Focus—Moving Forward (ENG)

launch Vidéo : Pleins feux sur le climat — Une vision d’avenir (FR)

launch All Hands on Deck

launch Municipal actions needed to reduce GHG emissions by electrifying urban delivery

launch Building healthy cities in the doorstep-delivery era

launch Creating regulations that allow for greater use of e-bikes and cargo e-bikes

launch Electric Bike & Electric Scooter Laws & Regulations in Canada

launch Reducing Truck Emissions in Montreal

launch How to Lighten the Climate Load

launch About Integrated Community Energy Solutions (ENG)

launch À propos des Solutions énergétiques intégrées pour les collectivités (FR)

launch Climate change: Adapting to impacts and reducing emissions (ENG)

launch Changements climatiques (FR)

 

 

Community-level Adaptation Case Studies

launch BC Agriculture Climate Action Regional Adaptation Strategies Series – Delta

launch Adaptation planning: the local government experience in BC

launch City of Vancouver Adaptation Strategy (2018 refresh)

launch Metro Vancouver – 2050 Strategic Framework

launch Metro Vancouver 2050: A Mecca of Biodiversity-Led Green Infrastructure

launch District of Elkford’s award-winning Official Community Plan

launch Kootenay & Boundary – BC Agriculture & Climate Change Regional Adaptation Strategies Series

launch City of Selkirk – Climate change Adaptation Strategy

launch City of Surrey’s Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy (CFAS)

launch City of Surrey Climate Adaptation Strategy

launch Metro Vancouver Urban Forest Climate Adaptation Framework

launch Queensland Climate Adaptation Strategy

launch City of Selkirk’s Adaptation Strategy

launch Climate change adaptation through an equity lens (ENG)

launch L’adaptation aux changements climatiques sous l’angle de l’équité (FR)

launch A northern solution for community adaptation (ENG)

launch Une solution nordique pour l’adaptation des collectivités (FR)

Additional Resources

launch IPCC Special Report – Global Warming of 1.5oC

launch Climate Caucus of Canada

launch Community Energy Plans – Numbers Across Canada

launch Renewable Energy – What You Need to Know

launch ICLEI Our Resources

launch ICLEI Nos Ressources

Government Climate Departments
launch British Columbia launch Prince Edward Island
launch Alberta launch Nova Scotia
launch Saskatchewan launch Newfoundland/Labrador
launch Manitoba launch Yukon
launch Ontario launch Northwest Territories
launch Quebec launch Nunavut
launch New Brunswick launch Government of Canada