Webinar: How to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion while advancing climate action

November 8, 2022 | 1:00 to 2:00 pm ET |  Online  

In this webinar, we reviewed takeaways from the 2022 Livable Cities Forum and explored practical next steps to incorporate equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into climate action. We shared a new resource developed specifically to help local governments integrate EDI into climate adaptation planning and implementation.

Webinar replay 

Heliya Babazadeh-Oleghi from the City of Mississauga talked about challenges with equitable climate action, Julius Lindsay (he/him) from Black Environmentalist Alliance presented approaches to integrating equity into climate adaptation, and Ewa Jackson of ICLEI Canada walked participants through the new Equitable Climate Adaptation: Considerations for Local Governments on Integrating Equity and Climate Adaptation resource and how to use it. Participants also had the opportunity to ask questions and share their own learnings in a conversation moderated by Rena Viehbeck from ICLEI Canada.

Equitable climate adaptation resource 

This resource is intended to address the barriers preventing local governments from taking action to support climate change adaptation in a way that centers equity and community engagement.