Fort McKay First Nation – Climate Risk Assessment
Project Municipality Type: First Nation
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Back by Popular Demand: The Municipal Energy Manager Program
Municipalities now have access to funding to hire a dedicated municipal energy manager. Energy managers develop energy management plans, implement energy-saving opportunities, and drive tangible energy and GHG reductions in their municipalities.
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Energize Your Community’s Future with the Roving Energy Manager Program
This Roving Energy Manager program is designed to help small municipalities navigate the ever-changing energy efficiency landscape.
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Gathering Together for Climate Resilience
After two years of online meetings, the Climate Resilience Capacity Building (CRCB) Program Community of Practice is gathering in person for the first time at the upcoming CRCB Community of Practice Symposium.
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Municipal Climate Adaptation Plan Spotlight: Lacombe County
How are municipalities in Alberta planning to adapt to climate change? Our Database of Municipal Climate Adaptation Plans is a hub of municipal assessments and adaptation plans, including Lacombe County’s Climate Resilience Express Action Plan. Climate adaptation planning equips local governments with knowledge describing how climate change will impact their community, infrastructure, local economy, and…
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Understanding the Foundation for Transformation
Alberta Municipal Climate Leadership Council to explore the relationship between individual change and social change. “How do we transform at the scope, scale, speed and depth that is called for by climate science? And how does individual change relate to collective change and systems change?” –Karen O’Brien, 2020 On August 24, 2023, the Alberta Municipal Climate…
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Joad Clement: He’s got your numbers
A bachelor of mechanical engineering by training, Joad Clement is a long-time sustainability professional with experience on wind farms, performing residential EnerGuide audits, and corporate-scale energy analytics. He has served as Municipal Energy Manager for the Municipal District of Bonnyville, the Village of Glendon, and the City of Airdrie, in positions partially funded by the…
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Blake Hranac: Municipal Energy Manager of the Year
As the Town of Taber’s Municipal Energy Manager, Blake Hranac helped the Town of Taber develop an energy management plan and supported significant projects. We interviewed Blake shortly before he started a permanent position with the Town of Taber, after he was awarded Municipal Energy Manager of the Year by the Municipal Climate Change Action…
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Road Trip for Our Future
The Action Centre announces our participation in the Government of Canada’s $5.8 million Zero-Emission Vehicles Awareness Initiative (ZEVAI). We are joining 27 other organizations across Canada to deliver electric vehicle awareness and education projects. Picture this… Venice and its canals; Japan’s bullet trains; Copenhagen’s bicycles; the Trans-Canada Highway. The ways we get around can be…
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Advancing from climate adaptation planning to implementation
As the Climate Resilience Capacity Building Program moves into its final year, we share lessons learned from community climate adaptation plans and outline tips for next steps in your adaptation journey, including five funding programs to continue advancing your initiatives. The Climate Resilience Capacity Building Program was established with $4.5 million dollars provided by the…
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Partners in Indigenous climate resilience: The Resilience Institute
The recently released Indigenous Climate Resilience Resource Hub provides an overview of Indigenous climate resilience, bringing together an up-to-date listing of climate action initiatives, resources, and organizations (both adaptation and mitigation) from across Alberta and extending to include relevant national organizations. The resource hub puts a spotlight on organizations like The Resilience Institute (TRI). The Action…
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Connecting communities to resources for Indigenous-led climate adaptation and resilience
Indigenous peoples and communities uniquely experience the local impacts of climate change. Knowledge systems, economies, identities, and cultures closely connected to lands and waters are being impacted by the changing climate. Responding to these challenges requires context-specific and community-driven solutions. This is one reason that, today, the Action Centre is releasing a new Indigenous Climate…
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Let’s Talk Adaptation with Ronak Patel
It’s your chance to weigh in on the Government of Canada’s forthcoming National Adaptation Strategy. Learn why it matters to Albertans with the Action Centre’s Ronak Patel. The National Adaptation Strategy is the Government of Canada’s opportunity to establish a clear framework for action to achieve climate resilience. This spring and summer, all people across…
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