Tip Sheet: Maximizing the climate resilience benefits of tree planting projects

Does your municipality have a tree planting project and want to strengthen the climate resilience benefits of that plan. Are you interested in learning how to effectively communicating the benefits to your community? 

Read our Maximizing the Climate Resilience Benefits of Tree Planting Projects tip sheet to discover strategies to help enhance the climate resilience benefits of your tree planting projects. It also provides examples of how to effectively communicate these benefits to your communities.  

You‘ll learn how to:

• Effectively communicate the climate resilience benefits of your tree planting projects
• Identify climate risks like urban heat, flooding and poor air quality – and use that data to enhance your project.  
• Design equitable tree planting projects that strengthen your community’s resilience.
• Explain how your planting project complements your municipality’s climate adaptation goals.
• Use diverse tree species in your tree planting projects that contribute positively to future climate resilience. 

This resource was created in partnership by Tree Canada Opens in a new tab. and FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) for the Growing Canada’s Community Canopies initiative, which is delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and funded by the Government of Canada.