Working on housing or infrastructure projects in Alberta, Manitoba, or Saskatchewan? Join us for an online Climate Insight Skills Lab for Prairie communities on Wednesday, April 8, from 10:00 to 11:30 MDT/11:00 to 12:30 CDT. Work through questions and challenges related to your projects in real time, and see how you can leverage free resources to make your work easier.

Supporting Indigenous leadership and advancing reconciliation are essential to building resilient, net-zero communities. Join our next Network meeting on Wednesday, June 24, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm EDT to explore practical lessons, relationship-building approaches, and opportunities to deepen collaboration in ways that support Indigenous leadership and strengthen local climate outcomes.

Join Ewa Jackson online, April 29 at 12:00 pm EDT, for an interactive webinar hosted by the Canadian Institute of Planners and moderated by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada to learn more about the latest Climate Insight feature and gain actionable insights to strengthen your community’s resilience and sustainability.

Join Joshua Kelly at the 2026 Canadian Network of Asset Managers (CNAM) National Conference in St. John’s, NL, May 4-7  in the Climate Insight: Actionable Data for Low-carbon, Resilient Community Infrastructure session.

Join Ewa Jackson at the Evergreen Conference 2026 in Toronto, ON, May 6-7  in the Adapting our cities: Climate resilience and thriving communities session.

Sheri Young will be at the ClimateWest 2026 Forum in Winnipeg, MB, May 12-13, to showcase Climate Insight’s latest features. If you are there in person, come find us in the Exhibitor Space to say hello!

Team members from the Ontario Resource Centre for Climate Adaptation (ORCCA) and Climate Insight will be at the ClimAtlantic Adaptation Conference in Halifax, NS, May 27-28. Come by our booth to say hi, join Aynsley Klassen in the Integrating a Health Equity Lens Into Municipal Climate Adaptation Planning and Action session, and join Sheri Young and Adrienne Kotler for a Data and Tools Showcase.

The Kingston Climate Summit is back for 2026! Together with the City of Kingston and Sustainable Kingston, we will gather climate leaders, advocates, scholars, and enthusiasts in Kingston, ON, June 3 and 4, for two amazing days dedicated to climate collaboration, innovation, and community-based solutions. Registration is now open.

The Municipal Net‑Zero Action Research Partnership (N-ZAP) Climate Budgeting Guide was created to support Canadian municipalities and local governments in their climate budgeting journey. Read this Environment Journal article to learn how it is being used across Canada.

Together with 32 participants, we are making great progress towards the successful implementation of adaptation actions in communities across Canada.

The year began with a full-cohort workshop on designing adaptation actions through a multisolving lens before each Knowledge Stream moved into a tailored capacity-building series covering audience and partnerships, governance best practices, and the cost of doing nothing. Complemented by one-on-one coaching, these sessions continue to equip participants with the tools, networks, and confidence to advance their adaptation initiatives.

BNZ is a training and capacity-building project that supports municipalities on the path to higher-performance buildings.

Over the last year, we have supported local knowledge building for a cohort of small to mid-sized municipalities, including energy and emissions inventories focused on community buildings. Most significantly, they are producing robust business cases that examine capital and operational costs, local market context and health benefits of high-performance buildings. Moving forward, cohort members are beginning training, and we are working with them to create resources that will help them reach goals that fit their local context.

Together with project partners and Advisory Group members, grant applications are being prepared to implement climate-resilient projects across the Pacific North Shore and Sunshine Coast.

Partners continued to strengthen relationships within the group, drawing on one another’s local initiatives as a source of shared learning and as models to scale and replicate across the region. Through ongoing discussions with partners, we have identified some of the  barriers to funding collaborative climate resilience projects and are exploring ways to navigate these challenges collectively as we head into 2026.

N-ZAP supports Canadian municipalities in monitoring, measuring, and achieving their GHG mitigation goals.

Five N-ZAP working groups are collaborating on distinct objectives and sharing findings from research activities, including the Climate Budgeting Guide and Community Partnerships for Equitable Local Climate Action resources that were launched last year. N-ZAP is currently finalizing an advanced technical guide for climate-related financial disclosure, and testing learning  tools and gather feedback. Interested communities are invited to become pilot communities and contribute to N-ZAP’s groundbreaking research by downloading the guides and providing feedback on the resources.

The Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program consists of a five-step Milestone Framework that guides municipalities to take action against climate change by reducing emissions.

Among many resources and supports, PCP Members have access to monthly, online Community of Practice calls to learn and share knowledge across different areas of climate action. This year, we will discuss carbon markets, energy efficiency in heritage buildings, planning for thermal energy networks, public-private partnerships, climate communications, and more.

Rena brings 16 years of experience supporting municipalities in advancing practical, nature-based climate solutions to her new role on the ICLEI Canada team. Rena has worked extensively with municipalities across Canada and has a background that spans climate change adaptation and mitigation, urban forestry, and environmental education. As Natural Assets Manager, she leads initiatives that help communities integrate nature-based solutions and biodiversity considerations into asset management planning and implementation to help communities implement actions that strengthen long-term resilience and sustainability.

As Climate Change Project Officer with ICLEI Canada’s Québec office, Aryane contributes to the co‑development of municipal climate plans, with a particular focus on adaptation and resilience. She contributes to vulnerability and risk assessments, the development of municipal greenhouse gas inventories, and the preparation of technical reports and supporting documents. Aryane is trained in law, holds a Master’s degree in Environment, and was previously an all-star intern at ICLEI Canada.

Laurence supports our Adaptation Team with research, program delivery, and coordination activities to help municipalities strengthen resilience to climate change. Their work contributes to many projects such as the Ontario Resource Centre for Climate Adaptation (ORCCA), the Building Adaptive and Resilient Communities (BARC) program, and engagement activities for events, including Adaptation Canada 2026. Laurence is studying Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University. They are particularly motivated by work that bridges research and action, and is grounded in lived experience.