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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.
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Guide
Municipal and community buildings
Municipal and community 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.
Tool
Municipal and community buildings
Municipal and community buildings
Guide: 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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Climate Adaptation
Land Use
Case study: Shaping a resilient and sustainable shoreline
Surrey’s award-winning pilot project is exploring how to use natural assets to help protect communities from coastal flooding and erosion.
Asset management
Land Use
Case study: Longueuil 2030, a sustainable vision protecting 21% of its territory in perpetuity
Longueuil receives an award for its strategic approach to protecting, restoring and ensuring access to natural environments.
Climate Adaptation
Land Use
Case study: Restoring nature, reducing flood risks
An award-winning project in B.C.’s Comox Valley is using nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change impacts.
Guide
Municipal and community buildings
Land Use
Municipal and community buildings
Land Use
Factsheets: Working with nature to improve infrastructure project outcomes
Learn how you can integrate nature-based solutions into your community’s infrastructure project planning
Webinar recording
Land Use
Land Use
Webinar recording: Making sustainable land use decisions in your municipality
Watch our webinar to explore tools for sustainable land use decision-making. Learn to assess financial and climate impacts and apply practical strategies for your municipality.
Guide
Land Use
Land Use
Toolkit: Making sustainable land use decisions in your municipality
Solutions for Canadian communities to achieve significant GHG emissions reductions in buildings and meet long-term sustainability objectives.
Case Study
Land Use
Land Use
Case study: From brownfield to renewable energy site in one B.C. community
In collaboration with the Federal Gas Tax Fund, the District of Summerland B.C. embarked on a sustainable energy initiative, converting a brownfield site into a solar and storage facility.
Case Study
Land Use
Land Use
Case study: Two natural solutions to manage stormwater runoff
The City of Brampton, ON launched an initiative, introducing a school rain garden and roadside bioretention cells. This project aims to enhance stormwater management and boost environmental resilience.
Webinar recording
Municipal and community buildings
Energy | Housing
Municipal and community buildings
Energy | Housing
Webinar recording: How to get a project started, tips for small francophone communities
If you’re a small francophone municipality looking to develop sustainability projects and access funding, watch this webinar to learn how others overcame common challenges.
Guide
Land Use
Land Use
Learning Journey: Brownfields Redevelopment in your community
Find out how to rehabilitate and redevelop brownfields
