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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.
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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.
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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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Case Study
Waste
Waste
Case studies: 2020 Sustainable Communities Award winners
Discover the outstanding environmental initiatives that received FCM’s 2020 Sustainable Communities awards.
Case Study
Water
Water
Case study: Neighbourhood model helps Toronto Region communities implement infrastructure retrofits
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and its nine participating partner municipalities saw a need for innovative approaches to expedite municipal infrastructure renewal, sustainability and climate action plans.
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Land Use
Land Use
Case study: Campbell River, BC, develops plan to protect against rising sea levels
Learn how Campbell River, BC, developed an action plan to protect their community and coastline from the risk of sea level rise due to climate change.
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Case study: Raymond, AB, installs solar arrays to create net-zero electricity system
Learn how the small municipality of Raymond, AB, built a net-zero solar energy system that meets all their operational electricity needs.
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Land Use
Land Use
Case study: Edmonton develops a sustainable, carbon neutral live-work community
Learn how Edmonton, AB, designed a sustainable live-work community that uses 100% renewable energy and aims to be carbon neutral.
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Transportation
Transportation
Case study: Region of Waterloo, ON, develops LRT to connect its urban centres
In 2019, the Region of Waterloo, ON, welcomed its first passengers on the ION Light Rail Transit system.
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Water
Water
Case study: Understanding climate change impacts key to prioritizing drainage infrastructure projects in Vernon, BC
Learn how applying a climate change lens helped Vernon, BC, understand their flood risk and prioritize infrastructure investments.
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Asset management
Asset management
Asset management concepts
Learn definitions for common asset management terms. Read the key concepts here.
Guide
Asset management
Asset management
Ensuring continuation of asset management once consultant services are complete
How can you ensure that your municipal employees are engaged with your asset management journey when you are working with a consultant? Read our tips.
