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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.
Guide
Municipal and community buildings
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
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
Home energy and resilience upgrades
Energy
Home energy and resilience upgrades
Energy
Innovative municipal financing removes barriers to energy-efficiency upgrades for homeowners
In 2016, after three years of careful planning and preparation, the municipalities of Plessisville, Varennes and Verchères banded together to launch a joint pilot project that would bring energy-efficient home renovations within reach for more homeowners.
Guide
Energy
Energy
Factsheet: Governance components for deep decarbonization
This factsheet introduces senior municipal leaders to key components of a good governance structure for deep emissions reductions and implementation actions.
Guide
Energy
Energy
Factsheet: Governance strategies for deep decarbonization
This factsheet provides senior municipal leaders with governance strategies for achieving deep emissions reductions in each decarbonization pathway.
Guide
Energy
Energy
Factsheet: Municipal governance for deep decarbonization
This factsheet provides senior municipal leaders with the pathways and steps for achieving deep decarbonization and net-zero emissions by 2050.
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Energy
Energy
Climate Action Accelerator for Community Buildings
Is your municipality looking to drive climate action by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in municipally-owned buildings, but is unsure how to maximize time and impact, secure funding and partnerships, or how to get started? FCM’s Climate Action Accelerator for Community Buildings will help up to 20 small and mid-sized municipalities take climate action within their building portfolios.
Case Study
Asset management
Asset management
Dunnottar’s asset management plan is creating a sustainable future
By developing an asset management plan and a 10-year capital budget, the Village of Dunnottar is better able to manage its assets and plan for future needs.
Case Study
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
The case for retrofitting community buildings
Learn how the Town of Halton Hills, ON, combined data-backed asset management practices with long-term climate planning to extend the life of some of their much-loved local buildings, while saving time, money and cutting their community emissions.
Guide
Guide: Municipal climate change staff
Read our Municipal Climate Change Staff Guide for practical information, resources, checklists and templates that can help you in your new role working on climate change.
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Municipal fleet electrification
Transportation
Municipal fleet electrification
Transportation
Video: The ongoing story of Banff’s hybrid bus fleet project
Listen to Michael Hay, Manager of Environment & Sustainability telling the story of Banff’s hybrid bus fleet
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Water
Water
Video: Yorkton meets their feasibility study goals by valuing community involvement
Glenda Holmes, Water Works Manager, explains how a feasibility study helped the City of Yorkton ramp up the environmental benefits of its new water treatment plant by treating the wastewater it produced.