Webinar: Start collaborating for municipal climate adaptation planning

Climate adaptation planning benefits from working with other communities, people and partners. Collaborating with groups and individuals within and outside of your municipality brings diverse perspectives, expertise and lived experience that strengthen climate resilience.  

Join us on Thursday, January 29 at 1 p.m. ET for a one-hour webinar on getting started with collaboration for municipal climate adaptation planning. You’ll explore how collaborating with external partners—such as neighbouring municipalities, Indigenous communities, equity-deserving groups and local organizations—can help you design and deliver more resilient, equitable climate adaptation initiatives.  

What you’ll gain:

• Approaches to mapping your existing collaboration network and identifying new partnership opportunities to support climate adaptation.
• Strategies for building and maintaining strong, long-term collaborations tailored to your local context and guided by an inclusive lens.
• Insights from two communities of different sizes—the District Municipality of Muskoka and the City of Toronto—on how they engage and collaborate with partners and equity-deserving communities to advance adaptation while embedding equity throughout the process.

Speakers:  

• Lauren Saville, Community Climate Initiatives Coordinator, District Municipality of Muskoka
• Rebecca Wallace, Project Manager, Community Development Unit, Social Development, City of Toronto
• Imara Rolston, Policy Development Officer, Community Development Unit, Social Development, City of Toronto

This session is designed for municipal staff and elected officials who are starting or advancing their climate adaptation planning and want to strengthen collaboration with external partners and neighbouring municipalities. Whether you are identifying potential partners or deepening existing relationships, you’ll come away with practical ideas and tools to move forward.

To support your learning, explore our related resources:  

• Climate-Ready Communities Assessment Tool | Green Municipal Fund
• Tips for building the foundation for municipal climate adaptation

The webinar will be delivered in English with simultaneous French interpretation (SI).

Note: This webinar offers general guidance and insights on municipal collaboration and equity in climate adaptation. It does not provide one-on-one support or advice for individual projects.  

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