Taking the temperature on the state of climate action in Canada

Description

Canadian municipalities play a critical role in supporting Canada’s efforts to achieve local, provincial and national targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and they are integral to the global initiative to limit the increase in global temperatures to 1.5°C, as outlined in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The active engagement of municipalities in planning, implementing, and monitoring climate action initiatives is pivotal not only in reducing local emissions, but also in fostering a low-carbon and sustainable future.

The findings contained in the new database and report from the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership (N-ZAP) are based on survey data collected from 256 Canadian municipalities across 10 provinces, collectively representing approximately 69.5 percent of the Canadian population. The participating municipalities disclosed crucial information relating to local climate action planning and implementation, GHG inventories, policy interventions and stakeholder engagement initiatives.

Date

Join us on Monday, May 27, at 2 p.m. ET for a free webinar about the state of climate action in Canadian municipalities and how N-ZAP’s new database can serve as a guide on the route to net zero.

This webinar will be delivered in English with French simultaneous interpretation.

Benefits of this webinar

• Be among the first to hear directly from the authors about the state of climate action in municipalities from coast to coast to coast
• Increase your awareness and understanding of the progress of municipalities across the country to meet federal net-zero targets
• Hear a diversity of perspectives on how the research findings can guide decision-making processes going forward
• Understand the current state of targets for the reduction of GHG emissions in municipalities across Canada, including measurement, monitoring and planning
• Celebrate accomplishments in sustainable development at the local level

Speakers

• Megan Meaney, Executive Director, ICLEI Canada
• Adriane MacDonald, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Governance and Sustainability, Concordia University
• Ying Zhou, PhD candidate in Sustainability Management, University of Waterloo
• Ian McVey, Manager of sustainability, Regional Municipality of Durham (Member of N-ZAP’s working group)

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N-ZAP is a research partnership funded, in part, by the Government of Canada through the Climate Action and Awareness Fund (CAAF) and jointly led by the University of Waterloo, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Green Municipal Fund (GMF) and ICLEI Canada, working with 11 other academic institutions, and 8 national organizations and 13 municipal partners.

This project was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada.

‍More Information

https://www.pcp-ppc.ca/events/webinar-taking-the-temperature-on-the-state-of-climate-action-in-canada

Registration

https://fcm-ca.zoom.us/webinar/register/6717107884319/WN_93QtcWC1QgKIHmpiEGrjWg#/registration