Resources

Our resources

ICLEI develops tools and resources that are uniquely tailored to urban sustainability professionals. From national and international GHG protocols to case studies highlighting community innovation, local government staff and elected officials working with ICLEI enter a gateway to innovative solutions.

2025 Kingston Climate Summit: Shaping our future together

Supporting Residents During Floods

Climate Budgeting Guide

Coastal Climate Resilience Collaborative Presentation Series

Climate Insight: Drop-in Q&A Session Replay

Do Climate Communications Differently Webinar

ICLEI Peer Network

Ontario Resource Centre for Climate Adaptation Case Studies

Towards Inclusive Adaptation: Tools and success stories for local governments

Climate Change Adaptation Practice Guide

Climate Change, Health Equity, and the Built Environment

Climate Communications Training

Building to Net-Zero Jurisdictional Scan

Advancing Implementation Training Initiative Webinar

BNZ Community of Practice

Climate Communications Playbook

Climate Communications Case Stories

Climate Communications Toolkit

Climate Insight: A training session

PCP 2023-2024 Annual Insights Report

Climate Insight

The State of Climate Action in Canadian Municipalities

Building Tomorrow: Getting Resilient Infrastructure Projects Ready for Financing Webinar

Getting Ready to Finance Toolkit

Financing Resilient Infrastructure Project

4th BARC Impact Report

Getting to Net-Zero: Virtual Municipal Climate Budgeting Workshop

Get to Know ORCCA Webinar

Municipal Climate Budgeting And Disclosure Workshop Summary

Annual report of the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program 2022-2023

Up for Discussion: Climate Budgeting and TCFD

Agents of Change Project Reflections and Resources Webinar

Canada’s Map of Adaptation Action

The climate benefits of ground source heat pumps

Municipal Climate Volunteer Training and Skills Development Guide

Climate Communications Workshop in a Box

Annual report of the PCP program 2021-2022

Advancing Adaptation Case Studies

Webinar: Get ready for the biodiversity COP15

Webinar: Introducing the Cost of Doing Nothing Toolbox

Cost of Doing Nothing

Third BARC Impact Report

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

Equitable Climate Adaptation

Conservation Close to Home

Integrating equity, diversity and inclusion into municipal climate action

Canada – Germany Cities and Climate Change Research Brief

Introducing Indicators

Engaging Meaningfully: Leveraging Community Engagement to Advance Implementation

Getting Started: Exploring Entry Points into Adaptation

PCP Webinar: Small and Rural Communities Climate Action Guidebook

PCP Webinar: Creating an Electric Vehicle Ready City – Let’s talk strategies!

Small and Rural Communities Climate Action Guidebook

Net Zero Discussion Paper

PCP Webinar: District Energy Policies and Governance Models

Talking It Through: A Discussion Guide for Local Government Staff on Climate Adaptation

Pathway to Canada Target 1: Local Government Case Studies

Protecting Cultural Heritage from Sea Level Rise

Together for Climate Project

National Measures Report 2019

Guidebook on Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions at the Project Level

Improving How We Measure Progress on Adaptation

Adaptation Changemakers Project

City of Victoria’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan

PCP Webinar: We are a small community, we couldn’t possibly do that!

Webinar: Tackling Energy Poverty through Climate Mitigation

Second BARC Impact Report

Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) Protocol

Cities and Biodiversity Case Study Series

Survey on Municipal Involvement in Canada’s Biodiversity Target on Protected and Conserved Areas

Survey on Canadian Municipal Action on Biodiversity

Resiliency Cards

Get Ready Game

biodiverCities: A Primer on Nature in Cities

Building Adaptive and Resilient Communities (BARC) Online Tool

Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) Tool

Changing Climate, Changing Communities: Guide and Workbook for Municipal Climate Adaptation

National Measures Reports

The Adaptation Library

Finding the Nexus: Exploring Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity

Finding the Nexus: Exploring Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Are We There Yet? Applying Sustainability Indicators to Measure Progress

Making Strides on Community Adaptation: Abridged Resources

Adaptation Action Case Study Series as part of the Collaborative Implementation Groups Project

Leadership and Legacy: Handbook for Local Elected Officials on Climate Change

On the Money: Financing Tools for Local Climate Action

Having the Climate Conversation: Strategies for Local Governments

Together for Climate: Managing Risk through Community Collaboration

biodiverCITIES: A Handbook for Municipal Biodiversity Planning and Management

Climate Change Adaptation Indicators in OECD Countries: Lessons for Canada

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