Getting to Net-Zero: Virtual Municipal Climate Budgeting Workshop

Tuesday December 5, 2023 | 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST | Online

Climate budgeting is a new and emerging trend in the municipal climate space that could help achieve net-zero resiliency goals. But, what exactly is it and how can this tool help advance our climate goals? In this interactive virtual workshop, participants learned about climate budgeting and contemplated how it could advance their community’s climate objectives through interactive exercises.

Workshop replay

Watch the workshop replay which included:

• Context setting and a summary of previous discussions on climate budgeting in the municipal climate space (0:01:20)
• Interactive exercises to explore how to generate buy-in​ and support developing,  implementing and reporting climate budgets (0:19:54)
• An overview of existing resources and resources currently being developed to support municipal climate budgeting (0:21:36)

Resources shared during the workshop

Download the workshop presentation and access resources shared with participants including:

• Up for Discussion: Climate Budgeting and TCFD
• CODN Toolbox
• PCP Tool
• PCP Guide on Quantifying GHGs at the Project Level

Learn about N-ZAP and opportunities to get involved in national level discussions

The Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership (N-ZAP) is a collaboration between the University of Waterloo, ICLEI Canada and FCM’s Green Municipal Fund as well as 11 external academic partners, 8 national organizations, and over 13 municipal partners. N-ZAP is recruiting 250 Canadian municipalities to participate as pilot cities or case study subjects as we study and create improved methods for how local governments monitor, measure and reduce local GHG emissions.