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| 27 Oct, 2020 | |
| 15 Oct, 2020 |
Community Energy Association Launches New Climate Action Planner Tool
What is it?
CEA has created a simple and interactive tool to help BC communities see their current GHG emissions, their future emissions without action, and the results of high-impact actions to reduce emissions. Try out the Climate Action Planner Tool!
How it’s meant to be used
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| 16 Sep, 2020 |
Webinar: Green Resilience & Transportation: Climate Adaptation + Mitigation Synergies
Presented by:
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| 15 Sep, 2020 |
2020 UBCM Virtual Convention September 22-24
UBCM’s Executive directed staff to ensure that a virtual Convention would provide a rich experience for all members and the convention theme this year is “Diversity by Design”. Executive recognized the financial challenges faced by many of our members resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and reduced member registration fees to reflect hard economic times and a new virtual format.
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| 14 Sep, 2020 | Advancing a Regional Green Infrastructure Network in Metro Vancouver: Summary Report |
| 09 Sep, 2020 | Clean Infrastructure Benefits People in Prince George |
| 31 Aug, 2020 |
Active Transportation Planning Grant
The intent of the Active Transportation Planning program is to support local governments to incorporate or enhance active transportation components of formal planning documents (Official Community Plan, Sustainability Plan, Neighbourhood Plan, or Transportation Plan), including research, consultation, and policy development. Funding is provided by the Province of BC.
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| 27 Aug, 2020 |
Tool: Climate adaptation maturity scale
Is your municipality being impacted by climate change through events such as flooding, permafrost melt, extreme temperatures and drought? Are you working to respond to these impacts or looking to get started? Assess your current practices and track improvement using FCM's Climate Adaptation Maturity Scale.
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| 25 Aug, 2020 |
The Next Frontier: Negative Emissions Technologies’ Contribution to Climate Solutions
NETs are systems that remove and permanently sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. These include both natural and industrial approaches, e.g. from planting trees to machines which extract CO2 out of the air for storage elsewhere.
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| 21 Aug, 2020 |
FCM Factsheets: Community Efficiency Financing
How to design and deliver a home upgrade financing program
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| 19 Aug, 2020 | Salt Spring Island uses Carbon Budget Platform to Support its Climate Action Plan |
| 13 Aug, 2020 |
Funding for new projects helps build cleaner infrastructure
The Province is accepting applications from local governments, First Nations, Indigenous organizations, not-for-profit and for-profit organizations throughout British Columbia for investments in clean-energy projects.
The projects will support sustainable communities, create good jobs and build back a better, greener, affordable post-pandemic B.C.
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| 31 Jul, 2020 |
Funding Provided to Expand Squamish-Lillooet Composting Facility
People in the Squamish-Lillooet region will be able to grow their record of success, making sure more organics are turned into nutrient-rich soils, not landfill waste.
The federal, provincial and regional governments are announcing a $1.3-million expansion of the Sea to Sky Soils composting facility to increase organics processing, produce more high-quality compost, eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and creating local jobs.
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| 30 Jul, 2020 |
GMF’s Municipal Energy Roadmap: Guiding Canadian municipalities to a sustainable energy future
GMF’s Municipal Energy Roadmap meets you where you’re at – and helps you get where you want to go.
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| 28 Jul, 2020 |
SFU Climate Solutions Innovation Series
An opportunity to hear some of British Columbia’s most innovative minds discuss climate solutions in response to COVID-19.
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| 21 Jul, 2020 |
Whistler Releases Climate Action Big Moves Strategy
The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) continues to prioritize tackling the serious threat of climate change. This week the draft Climate Action Big Moves Strategy was presented to Whistler Council – including six proposed Big Moves focused on the transportation, buildings and waste sectors and a new proposed 2030 target for Whistler’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions.
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| 15 Jul, 2020 |
Burnaby City Council Approves Bold Climate Action Plan
Burnaby City Council has approved a Climate Action Framework, a roadmap for the City as it takes meaningful actions to address climate change.
“Transitioning to carbon neutrality will enhance our environmental health, resilience and sustainability,” said Mayor Mike Hurley. “This Framework will build on the progress we’ve already made and capitalize on Burnaby’s strengths of compact growth, frequent transit and abundant green space.
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| 13 Jul, 2020 |
Green Communities: Decarbonizing the Built Environment
A new Prince George-based study by the PICS Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment (EEBE) project may contribute to plans by that city and other similar communities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the areas that residents live, work, commute and socialize.
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| 06 Jul, 2020 |
Metro Vancouver's Carbon Neutral Achievement Sets Stage for Bold Climate Action
Metro Vancouver’s leadership and commitment to climate change have allowed the regional district to achieve corporate carbon neutrality for 2019 and potentially through 2022. This puts the region in a strong position to advance important climate actions as part of Climate 2050 and achieve its ambitious climate change and environmental goals.
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| 30 Jun, 2020 |
New initiative to help homeowners cut their energy bills and emissions and keep the local economy moving
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) today launched the next step in their shared mission to support local programs that help Canadians retrofit their homes to higher energy standards—driving cost-saving energy efficiency and renewable energy in communities across Canada.
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