Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3)

The Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network is a partnership between seven of Canada’s largest cities and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). Its mission is to accelerate climate action by supporting cities in reaching their carbon emissions reduction potential and unlocking the national potential of the best local solutions.

LC3 works with local municipalities and community partners to demonstrate, de-risk and scale up local climate solutions that both reduce key emissions sources and create valuable and equitable community benefits. Local LC3 Centres actively:

• Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and help cities meet their climate goals
• Implement local benefits and build better lives for residents in their communities
• Secure local matching funds and co-investments from other sectors

This partnership is made possible by a $183 million endowment from the Government of Canada.

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A Pan-Canadian Network

LC3 Centres are locally governed and are self-financed through endowments ranging in size from $20M to $100M. All Centres have a flexible set of tools to use to advance locally-tailored strategies:

• Community grant-making to advance efforts of diverse local leadership.
• Program development to bridge local capacity gaps and catalyze new approaches.
• Impact investing to mobilize private resources towards low-carbon solutions.

LC3 Centres include:

• The Atmospheric Fund (Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, ON)
• The Climate Innovation Fund hosted by the Alberta Ecotrust Foundation (Edmonton and Calgary, AB)
• The Halifax Climate Investment, Innovation and Impact Fund (Halifax Regional Municipality, NS)
• The Greater Montreal Climate Fund (Montreal Metropolitan Community, QC)
• The Ottawa Climate Action Fund incubated by the Ottawa Community Foundation (Ottawa, ON)
• The Zero Emission Innovation Centre (Metro Vancouver, BC)