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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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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.

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Municipal buildings

Guides: Equity and non-energy benefits of community building retrofits

Explore the equity and other non-energy benefits of retrofitting community buildings.

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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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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.

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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.

A bird's eye view of a community forest.

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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.

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Trees

Forestry

Video: How Kitchener is scaling up its urban canopy cover

This case study portrays how the City of Kitchener,ON is expanding its urban canopy while improving climate resilience, biodiversity and tree equity across communities.

Row of young trees in a park during sunset.

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Climate Adaptation

Climate change adaptation

Webinar recording: From assessing flood risks to taking action

Learn how municipalities can assess flood risk, prioritize action, and integrate resilience into real-world projects.

Un élément d’infrastructure verte municipale intégré dans un espace vert de quartier pour gérer les eaux pluviales et réduire les risques d’inondation.

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Climate Adaptation

Climate change adaptation

Webinar recording: Moving climate adaptation projects into action

Practical climate adaptation tools and examples to help small municipalities move from climate risk to action and start building local resilience.

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Climate Adaptation

Climate change adaptation

Webinar recording: Start collaborating for municipal climate adaptation planning

Learn how your municipality can collaborate with partners to engage in and strengthen equitable climate adaptation planning.

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Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy | Housing

Webinar recording: How to accelerate local home energy upgrades

Hear from sector experts on how to develop a local community financing initiative, reducing barriers to home energy upgrades and unlocking the path to lower energy bills and improved comfort for residents.