Tool
Climate Adaptation
Climate Adaptation
Factsheet: Why equity matters in municipal climate adaptation
Discover how your local government can build equity into its climate resilience activities. Read this factsheet for key definitions and helpful resources.
See Resource
Guide
Municipal buildings
Municipal buildings
Guide: Taking your indoor swimming pool to net zero
A guide with key measures and lessons learned to help you build a plan for net-zero indoor swimming pools.
Guide
Municipal buildings
Municipal buildings
Guides: Equity and non-energy benefits of community building retrofits
Explore the equity and other non-energy benefits of retrofitting community buildings.
Tool
Trees
Trees
Factsheet: Urban forest planning
Read up on why developing an urban forest plan is important for the long-term success of trees in your community.
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Case Study
Circular Economy
Waste
Circular Economy
Waste
Article series: Creating economic opportunities through circular deconstruction in rural communities
Read the article series to discover how communities across Vancouver Island are building partnerships, strengthening local economies and creating new opportunities through circular economy approaches in the construction sector.
Case Study
Circular Economy
Waste
Circular Economy
Waste
Case study: Empowering a local workforce in Port Alberni through a circular economy
With support from the municipality, workers in Port Alberni, BC, are evolving their skills and embracing the circular economy sector.
Case Study
Circular Economy
Waste
Circular Economy
Waste
Case study: A framework for advancing circular economy in rural communities
Read this case study to discover a practical framework that rural local governments can adopt to implement circular economy practices focused on construction and demolition waste materials.
Case Study
Circular Economy
Waste
Circular Economy
Waste
Case study: Recycling waste powers circular economy jobs in British Columbia
Read the case study to discover how BC communities are transforming construction and demolition waste into jobs, local markets and economic growth through material exchanges and circular economy initiatives.
Webinar recording
Local energy generation
Energy
Local energy generation
Energy
Webinar recording: Planning for thermal energy networks: A municipal guide
Watch the webinar recording to learn how thermal energy networks can reduce emissions, lower energy costs and strengthen local energy resilience, while exploring practical tools, resources and funding pathways.
Tool
Municipal buildings
Energy
Municipal buildings
Energy
Factsheet: Electrification when renovating municipal buildings in Quebec
Discover the key benefits and considerations for the electrification of municipal buildings.
Guide
Municipal buildings
Energy
Municipal buildings
Energy
Driving local impact in Quebec
Communities across Quebec are investing in sustainable infrastructure, housing, waste management and transportation. Discover how these upgrades could benefit your community, along with additional tools and resources to help you deliver a local project of your own.
Municipal buildings
Case studies: Winners of FCM's 2024 Sustainable Communities Awards
Discover the outstanding environmental initiatives that received FCM’s Sustainable Communities Awards in 2024.
Webinar recording
Trees
Forestry
Trees
Forestry
Webinar recording: Tools for valuing trees as natural assets
Explore tools and approaches to help municipalities integrate trees into asset management practices that deliver climate and community benefits.
Guide
Local energy generation
Energy
Local energy generation
Energy
Thermal energy networks for Canadian municipalities
Access a practical guidebook to plan thermal energy networks (TENs), lower energy costs, strengthen local energy resilience and explore GMF’s Community Energy Systems funding.
