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Access practical, hands-on tools, resources and knowledge to help you address your municipality’s unique challenges. Whether you’re looking to refine your project idea or build local capacity, our expert resources are designed to bring clarity and vision to your project or goal—no matter where you’re starting from.

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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 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

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 and community buildings

Energy

Guide: Taking your indoor ice rink to net zero

A practical guide to get you started on your own net zero retrofit plan and to help you develop an actionable roadmap to net zero ice rinks.

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Case Study

Waste

Piloting a new method of diverting organics from landfill

Read our case study to learn how a group of Quebec municipalities piloted an innovated method of separating organics from trash.

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Asset management

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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Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Priority Municipal Actions to Enable Zero Emission Vehicle Adoption

GMF and Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) collaborated to create six priority municipal actions to accelerate zero emission vehicle adoption.

Report

Annual Report: Green Municipal Fund 2021-2022

In our annual report, Inspiring Innovation, we explore how GMF is working with municipalities to bring to life a vision of the future that is sustainable and prosperous.

Case Study

Local energy generation

Energy

How to turn landfill gas into a source of energy

Discover how the City of Winnipeg plans to convert gasses produced by landfills into renewal energy.

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Case Study

Municipal and community buildings

Energy

Case study: How building retrofits can lead to GHG reductions

Discover how the City of Dieppe, NB, developed a plan to reduce community GHG emissions through building retrofits.

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Sustainable affordable housing

Energy

Understanding energy efficiency: A guide for affordable housing providers

This guide is for affordable housing providers, such as municipalities or housing cooperatives, interested in improving energy efficiency in their buildings.