How can climate action also address affordability?  ICLEI Peer Network members will have a practitioner-level discussion on the intersection of local climate action and affordability this afternoon, June 25, 2025 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm ET. Today’s ICLEI Peer Network meeting will explore how municipalities are addressing climate, cost-of-living, and budget concerns—from energy poverty and housing affordability to protecting homes and infrastructure from climate change impacts.

Join us Thursday, June 26 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm ET to discuss how meaningful community engagement can drive sustainable building initiatives. Our next Building to Net-Zero Community of Practice session explores how local governments can build support through engagement that truly reaches people—especially those who are often left out, such as newcomers, renters, low-income households, and rural residents.

How can municipalities help protect their communities from flooding? Join us Wednesday, July 23, 2025 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET to learn about the tools at your disposal to better understand, analyze, prepare for, and take action around flooding. This webinar, co-produced by ICLEI Canada, Architecture Without Borders Quebec, and Climate Insight, will present the latest municipal resources related to flooding and flood resilience.

Join us in Halifax, NS October 6-8, 2025 to explore creative, ambitious ways to break down barriers to accelerate local climate action. The LCF 2025 program is full of hands-on, interactive sessions that will equip you with tools, insights, and real-world examples to support and accelerate climate action in your community.

We are thrilled to be working with a network of partners and sponsors to bring Adaptation Canada 2026 to Toronto September 22 to 24, 2026. Funded in part by the Government of Canada, Adaptation Canada 2026 builds on the momentum of its previous editions to bring together over 1,000 participants from diverse sectors and communities to exchange ideas, share solutions, and drive Canada’s climate resilience efforts.

The 2025 Kingston Climate Summit brought together changemakers from across Kingston and Southeastern Ontario to explore how collaboration can accelerate our path to carbon neutrality and regional climate resilience.

Over the course of two days, we engaged in thought-provoking sessions, explored the climate challenges that matter most to the region, took part in immersive study tours that showcased real local climate solutions, and built relationships with other local leaders.

Watch the replay of our Climate Insight Q&A session to learn how this free, online platform can help you build today for a changing tomorrow.

Whether you are just getting started or have been using the platform, watch this session replay to better understand everything Climate Insight has to offer, hear how others are using the platform, and listen-in on an interactive Q&A session where we answer questions from platform users.

BNZ is a four-year training and capacity-building project designed to support municipalities in the adoption of building energy performance frameworks.

Our work with the BNZ Cohort is well underway. We are currently developing roadmaps, business cases and training sessions for participating municipalities, while also hosting monthly Community of Practice meetings and finalizing a BNZ Database for local governments.

The Coastal Climate Resilience Collaborative brings together local authorities to co-define, prioritize, and develop shared resilience, all while sharing knowledge and resources across jurisdictions.

Staff representatives from municipalities, regional districts and First Nations are participating in group discussion and multi-criteria analysis of resilience measures to select a few to progress for implementation. Implementation will be done in collaboration between multiple communities.

The Living With Water project encourages widespread adoption of flood-resilient building practices across Canada through training programs and decision-support tools.

As part of this project, we developed a practical guide to help municipalities support residents in flood-resilient construction and retrofit projects. Download Supporting Residents During Floods: What municipalities need to know and learn more about other resources available in the Living with Water Toolbox.

This project aims to understand and determine who benefits from investment in climate adaptation infrastructure, and how that logic could inform financial frameworks to leverage private capital investment.

Initial research and virtual meetings with focus groups and local partners are wrapping up. We are working with project partners and “living lab” municipalities to quantify the economic benefits of proactive adaptation measures, the costs of the status quo, and identify potential innovative financing mechanisms.

As an intern with our Toronto office, Karlyn is working on the BNZ project from our Toronto office. More specifically, she is supporting the finalization of the BNZ Database—a publicly accessible resource hub of policies and programs that local governments are implementing to encourage a more sustainable building sector. Karlyn is currently completing a Master’s in Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo. She has previous experience working in Ontario’s municipal and private waste management sectors and on environmental permissions and reporting provincially and privately. She is passionate about sustainability and working with local stakeholders to overcome barriers along the journey to a net-zero future.