Climate-Ready Communities Assessment Tool
Assess your community’s climate adaptation efforts and discover actionable steps to improve resilience
CLIMATE ADAPTATION
Climate-ready plans and processes
The Climate-Ready Communities (CRC) Assessment Tool empowers local governments to evaluate and enhance their climate adaptation efforts. Through a structured self-assessment, the CRC assessment tool can help your municipality identify gaps and next steps and find effective ways to integrate adaptation into existing municipal processes. The pillars of the CRC Assessment Tool are interdependent. Each play an important role in supporting a community's pathway to becoming more resilient to climate impacts. On this webpage you will find three steps to get started on your journey: the assessment tool, tip sheets to read before you begin, and a guide and video to walk you through the process to complete.
Step one: Download the Climate-Ready Communities Assessment Tool
Evaluate your climate adaptation progress and identify how you can boost resilience with the Climate-Ready Communities Assessment Tool.
Benefits: Helps municipalities evaluate their climate adaptation efforts, pinpoint areas for improvement, and create a clear plan for strengthening adaptation efforts.
What you will learn: Gain insights into your municipality's current resilience, identify key areas for growth, and develop actionable strategies to integrate climate adaptation into existing processes.
Who should use it: Designed for local governments of all sizes and locations across Canada.
Access the Tool
Please download the file and save it to your computer to ensure full functionality.
Things to know before you begin
Collaborative Process: This tool is meant to be used in collaboration with key municipal departments.
Time Commitment: The tool is designed to be thorough, and municipalities should expect to dedicate approximately one week to gather input, assess current resilience, and develop a roadmap for improvement.
Starting Point: If your municipality has not yet conducted a climate risk assessment, it is recommended to start there. The tool builds on this foundational work.
Step two: Discover key considerations in the tip sheets
Reconciliation & Inclusion
Find tips and examples for integrating Reconciliation, anti-racism, equity and inclusion into your climate adaptation activities.
Asset Management
Find tips and examples of using your existing asset management practices to boost climate adaptation efforts.
Step three: Explore the guide and video for section-by-section support
Complete your community’s assessment and get on-demand support in two ways: download and read the Climate-Ready Communities Assessment Tool User Guide or watch the video below.
- Video contents
Below are the timestamps for the video and with key focus areas.
00:00 Welcome and framing the why 1:10 Equitable climate Adaptation: What It Really Means 2:35 Understanding the CRC Assessment Tool: what it is, why it helps, and how it measures progress 5:33 Inside the tool: core components 5:39 Embedding Reconciliation & AREI principles 6:55 What makes up the tool: a high-level overview 8:10 Pillar and milestones 16:45 Self-assessment, reflection and actions 18:48 Visualize your progress and chart the path forward 19:50 Tool walkthrough: learn by doing 20:00 Understanding the tool: key features and organization information 22:13 Pillar 1 in action 29:43 Pillar 2 in action 36:55 Pillar 3 in action 39:42 Snapshot and roadmap 41:12 User guide: your companion for success 42:12 Putting the tool into practice 42:18 Effective facilitation: building your team, setting the tone, and leading with impact
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