Tool
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.
See Resource
Guide
Municipal buildings
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.
Guide
Municipal buildings
Municipal buildings
Guides: 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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Webinar recording
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy
Webinar recording: Kickstart affordable housing retrofits with GMF study grants
Watch to learn about GMF’s study grants for energy retrofits in affordable housing
Tool
Trees
Forestry
Trees
Forestry
Factsheet: Managing wildfire hazards while growing community canopies
This factsheet explains how urban foresters, planners and their partners can create wildfire-resilient communities by assessing risks and addressing them in urban forest management.
Case Study
Local energy generation
Waste
Local energy generation
Waste
Heat recovery that pays for itself
Read this case study to discover how municipalities can transform organic waste into renewable energy and fertilizer by using existing wastewater infrastructure to reduce landfill waste, lower emissions, and create long-term environmental and economic value.
Webinar recording
Climate Adaptation
Climate Adaptation
Equitable climate adaptation starts with community
An expert panel discussed examples, approaches and strategies around local climate adaptation through an equity lens, sharing insights into local climate priorities and resources to support community climate adaptation projects.
Webinar recording
Climate Adaptation
Climate Adaptation
Building for climate change
An expert panel discussed what climate data is and shared their experiences in applying it to municipal adaptation initiatives, showing us how municipalities are uniquely positioned to use data to respond to the changing climate and strengthen their adaptation efforts.
Webinar recording
Climate Adaptation
Climate change adaptation
Climate Adaptation
Climate change adaptation
Webinar recording: Strengthen your Adaptation in Action implementation project application
Learn how municipalities can assess flood risk, prioritize action, and integrate resilience into real-world projects.
Tool
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Toolkit: How housing providers can engage with residents during energy retrofits
This toolkit is designed for affordable housing providers seeking to support their residents before, during and after a deep energy retrofit for an affordable housing project.
Case Study
Circular Economy
Waste
Circular Economy
Waste
Article series: Creating economic opportunities through circular deconstruction in rural communities
Read the article series to discover how communities across Vancouver Island are building partnerships, strengthening local economies and creating new opportunities through circular economy approaches in the construction sector.
Case Study
Trees
Forestry
Trees
Forestry
Urban forest management plans: turning goals into action
Municipal leaders and experts unpack what makes a strong urban forest management plan, the pressures shaping urban forestry, and what it takes to move from approval to action.
Case Study
Circular Economy
Waste
Circular Economy
Waste
Case study: Empowering a local workforce in Port Alberni through a circular economy
With support from the municipality, workers in Port Alberni, BC, are evolving their skills and embracing the circular economy sector.
