Webinar recording: Start collaborating for municipal climate adaptation planning

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Fire-resistant material installations for community facility resilience

Guidance, costing and real-world examples to support municipal fire-resistant material installation projects for community facilities resilience.

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Green roof installations for community facility resilience

Guidance, costing and real-world examples to support municipal green roof installations for community facilities resilience.

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Battery back-ups and battery-powered generators for community facility resilience

Guidance, costing and real-world examples to support municipal battery back-up and generator projects for community facilities resilience.

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Wildfire prevention training for wildfire resilience

Guidance, costing and real-world examples to help municipalities deliver wildfire prevention training that builds local capacity and preparedness.

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Vegetative management and replacement for wildfire resilience

Learn how vegetative management and replacement reduce wildfire risk through fuel reduction, buffer zones and community-led action.

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Prescribed and cultural burns for wildfire resilience

Guidance, costing and real-world examples to help municipalities plan prescribed and cultural burns to reduce wildfire risk and support ecosystem health.

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Cooling centres for heat resilience

Guidance, costing and real-world examples to help municipalities plan accessible cooling centres during extreme heat events.

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Shade structures for heat resilience

Learn how shade structures reduce heat risk in public spaces, with design guidance, costs and real-world municipal examples.

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Heat safety outreach for heat resilience

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Stormwater ponds for flood resilience

Guidance, costing and real-world examples to support municipal stormwater ponds projects for flood resilience.

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Permeable pavements for flood resilience

Guidance, costing and real-world examples to support municipal permeable pavements projects for flood resilience.

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Wetland restoration or construction for flood resilience

Guidance, costing and real-world examples to support municipal wetland restoration or construction projects that reduce flood risks.

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Webinar recording: Turning climate adaptation plans into projects

Learn how to move from climate adaptation planning to implementation. Explore tools, resources and peer insights to get your project shovel-ready.

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Build flood resilience with our video training series 

Strengthen your community’s flood resilience with support from our video training series. 

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Case study series: Adapting to climate change impacts on the water cycle

Read our case study series to discover how communities across Canada are using data to inform local climate adaptation planning.

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Webinar recording: Climate risk assessment and adaptation planning for municipalities

Learn how to identify climate impacts, assess climate risks and create an equitable, community-informed municipal adaptation plan.

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Tips for implementing and integrating your climate adaptation plan

These tip sheets support municipalities in implementing and integrating their climate adaptation actions. They explain how to put plans into practice, embed adaptation across operations, and monitor progress over time.

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Tip sheet: Start weaving climate adaptation into your municipality’s everyday activities

Make climate adaptation core to your municipal operations. Use this tip sheet to align actions with municipal plans, processes and systems.

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Tip sheet: Start involving diverse voices in municipal climate adaptation

Engage diverse voices in municipal climate adaptation. Explore tips for using inclusive and equitable engagement in climate adaptation work.

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Tip sheet: Start tracking and evaluating your climate adaptation efforts

Keep your climate adaptation plan on track. Use this tip sheet to start tracking progress and make improvements as you go.

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Tip sheet: Start putting your climate adaptation plan into action

Start implementing your climate adaptation plan. Explore this tip sheet for guidance on how to maintain momentum while managing resources effectively.

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Tip sheet: Start building council momentum for climate adaptation

Build support for climate adaptation. Get tips for strengthening council commitment and climate adaptation policies.

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Tip sheet: Start collaborating on municipal climate adaptation

Start collaborating on municipal climate adaptation. Explore tips for working with others in meaningful and effective ways.

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Tips for building the foundation for municipal climate adaptation

These tip sheets help municipalities build the people, partnerships, and governance needed for climate adaptation. They offer guidance on resourcing, collaboration, and gaining council and community support.

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Tip sheet: Start resourcing your municipality for climate adaptation

Start resourcing your municipality for climate adaptation. Get tips on prioritizing climate resilience while balancing community priorities and organizational resources.

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Webinar recording: Learn how to build a strong Adaptation in Action implementation project application

Learn how to apply for Adaptation in Action funding with tips, tools, and expert advice to build a strong municipal climate adaptation proposal.

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Webinar recording: Climate-resilient buildings: Tools and insights for municipalities

Discover tools and insights to help municipalities design climate-resilient buildings for long-term climate adaptation.

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Webinar recording: Low Carbon Resilience approach for municipal processes

Watch our webinar to learn how the Low Carbon Resilience approach can support municipal climate planning. Discover practical steps.

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Tips for climate risk assessments and adaptation planning

This series guides municipalities through assessing climate risks and preparing strong adaptation plans. It outlines how to gather data, analyze priority risks, and develop evidence-based climate adaptation strategies.

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Tip sheet: Start climate adaptation planning

Prioritize your climate adaptation actions. Get tips to identify impactful actions to build your community’s climate resilience.

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Tip sheet: Start assessing your local climate risks

Assess your community’s climate risks. Get tips to strengthen your local government’s ability to evaluate and manage them effectively.

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Tip sheet: Start identifying local climate impacts

Use data to understand how climate change impacts your community. Get tips on making climate information useful and relevant to local decision making.

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Adaptation resource library

Discover best-in-class reports, guides, case studies, templates and more, all aimed at helping you advance your community’s climate resilience.

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Tip sheet: Start preparing for climate risk assessment and adaptation plan

Kickstart your climate risk assessment and adaptation plan. Get tips on scoping your project and assembling the necessary information, skills and resources.

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Climate resilience training from GMF Partners

Find climate resilience training for municipal staff and officials. Explore GMF Partner-led workshops, webinars, and events to boost climate adaptation skills.

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Webinar recording: National flood resilience standards for municipal climate planning

Learn how national standards can strengthen municipal climate resilience. Discover practical steps for adapting your climate plans.

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Climate-Ready Communities Assessment Tool

Assess your community’s climate adaptation efforts and discover actionable steps to improve resilience

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Webinar recording: Climate data in action

Learn how climate data enhances municipal adaptation projects and strategies for effective climate adaptation planning.

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Resources: How to document and maintain municipal levels of service

Improve how your municipality sets and documents levels of service with this handy set of practical tools.

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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.

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Adaptation Actions to Implement Climate Resilience

Use this web-based tool to guide early conversations around climate adaptation implementation in your municipality.

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Factsheet: Applying an Indigenous inclusion lens to climate adaptation

Discover examples and strategies on how Indigenous perspectives can strengthen municipal climate adaptation strategies.

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Factsheet: Advancing government-to-Nation relationships

Discover tips and real-world examples for advancing government-to-Nation relationships in this factsheet.

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Factsheet: Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in municipal service delivery

Discover key definitions and examples that can help you advance equity, diversity and inclusion in municipal service delivery.

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Connect and Collaborate with Communities of Practice

Learn about how a Community of Practice can support your municipality’s climate adaptation activities. Discover and apply to join a collaborative network to address climate impacts facing your community.

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Adaptation in Action coaching

Learn how Adaptation in Action coaching services can support your municipality in implementing climate adaptation projects.

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Webinar recording: Navigating equitable climate adaptation in Canadian municipalities

Explore municipal climate adaptation across Canada and discover the landscape of equitable climate action in our webinar.

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Learning journey: Climate resilience and asset management

Discover how your community can combine its climate action and asset management approaches, with our learning journey. Watch a video and read our easy-to-understand factsheets and guide.

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Tool: Starting the conversation about asset management

Share our ready-to-use, customizable presentation with your municipal council to raise awareness of asset management and its value to your community. Download it today.

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How to implement asset management in your municipality

Discover how to make asset management practices a part of your municipality’s daily business decision-making framework. Learn from a video, case study and checklist, developed to support your municipality.

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Tools: Operations and maintenance for climate resilience

Learn strategies to improve your community’s climate resilience through your existing assets and programs. Check out our handbook, worksheet and factsheets.

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Video series: Climate resilience and asset management

Watch this video series to learn how municipalities across Canada are making climate action a part of their municipal asset management practices and decision-making.

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Integrating Climate Considerations: Governance and Operations

Municipal day-to-day operations need to integrate climate change data and considerations. Read this page to learn questions and tools that can help you take climate action in your community.

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Integrating Climate Considerations: Community planning

Is your municipality updating or renewing its community plan? Check out this page to learn what climate considerations you should be integrating in your planning activities and learn about what tools you will want to use before you create your plan.

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Integrating Climate Considerations: Service delivery planning

Is your municipality reviewing its service delivery planning? This page can help you discover climate considerations you should be integrating in your service delivery planning activities and learn about what tools you will want to use before you create your plan.

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Natural assets bolster climate resilience

Help your municipality understand, value and manage its green infrastructure in the context of climate change with these resources.

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Practical advice for common asset management challenges

Watch our webinar to hear lessons learned and practical advice that will help your municipality tackle common asset management challenges.

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InfraGuide: National guide to sustainable municipal infrastructure

Access reports designed to help you maximize returns on your community’s infrastructure investment and support sustainable infrastructure decisions and actions. Learn more.

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Guide: Getting started with asset management in your municipality

Download the guide now and see how this tool can help your municipality get started on building asset management practices.

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Tool: Asset management readiness scale

Use our Asset Management Readiness Scale to assess your municipality's asset management practices and identify areas for improvement to help you advance.

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Guide: How to develop an asset management policy and strategy

Learn how to set up a sustainable asset management approach in your municipality. Hear from other communities that have successfully built asset management systems.

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Guide: Building sustainable communities with asset management

Discover how asset management practices help municipalities sustainably manage infrastructure and deliver services over the long term.

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Video: Why invest in asset management

Is your municipality struggling to plan for growth, the effects of climate change and infrastructure updates? Watch this video to see how asset management planning can help.