Exploring LCR Implementation and Communications: Workshop 3
May 2020
This report highlights the key lessons learned from ICABCCI Workshop 3 about implementing and communicating LCR within local government contexts.
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Accounting for Natural Assets: A Low Carbon Resilience Approach
February 2020
An analysis of best practices and proxy data for accounting for natural assets, such as wetlands, forests, and coastlines.
Explore ReportLow Carbon Resilience Interventions: Case Studies
October 2019
Examples of LCR interventions illustrating benefits for adaptation and mitigation as well as co-benefits, funding and financing mechanisms, and key considerations.
Explore ReportAdaptation Community ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) New Technologies Report
Update: Paying for Urban Infrastructure in Canada
This 2019 report updates and supplements ACT’s 2015 report Paying for Urban Infrastructure Adaptation in Canada.
Explore ReportClimate Change Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) New Technologies Report
Building LCR Planning to Implementation Pathways: Workshop 2
August 2019
This report summarizes ACT's second ICABCCI partner community workshop on approaches to developing low carbon resilience.
Explore ReportAdaptation Community ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report
ICABCCI Partner Community Criteria
Criteria used to co-select ACT's ICABCCI case study partner communities.
Explore ReportLCR Opportunities and Challenges in BC Communities: Survey Results
June 2019
This report highlights key results from a survey of 12 local BC governments on the potential for low carbon resilience and summarizes conclusions and next steps.
Explore ReportAdaptation Stories ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report
Identifying LCR Integration Opportunities: Workshop 1
January 2019
This report summarizes key learnings from ICABCCI's inaugural workshop, which brought together 12 diverse BC communities.
Explore ReportJoint Statement: Canada’s National Professional Associations
December 2018
This joint statement from four of Canada’s leading National Professional Associations commits to providing national leadership on advancement of LCR.
Explore ReportLow Carbon Resilience: Best Practices for Professionals – Final Report
December 2018
This report focuses on the key role professionals play as change agents in climate action, and illustrates best practices for planning and implementation of LCR.
Explore ReportAdaptation Community Featured Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report
Professionals’ Best Practices for Low Carbon Resilience: Phase 1
August 2018
In the spring of 2018, ACT (the Adaptation to Climate Change Team) at SFU consulted with practitioners on emerging climate action needs in their professions.
Explore ReportMeasuring Progress on Adaptation and Climate Resilience: Recommendations to the Government of Canada
January 2018
The mandate of the Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Results was to propose indicators to measure progress on adaptation reflective of the fiv
Explore ReportAdaptation Stories Climate Change Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report
Taking Action on Green Resilience
November 2017
This report presents conclusions from a national workshop with local governments on integrating adaptation and mitigation at the 2017 Livable Cities Forum.
Explore ReportStill Creek: A Case Study of Transboundary Municipal Ecosystem Governance
June 2017
Climate change impacts such as flooding and extreme heat will increase and be costly for cities to manage. Supporting ecosystem health will be key.
Explore ReportBiodiversity Climate Change Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Nature Based Solutions Report
Low Carbon Resilience: Transformative Climate Change Planning for Canada
June 2016
This paper explores the importance of integrating adaptation and mitigation to achieve low carbon resilience (LCR).
Explore ReportThe Columbia River Treaty: A Primer
October 2014
This ACT-authored book clearly explains the nature of this complex water agreement between Canada and the US and key considerations for its impending update.
Explore ReportACT News Adaptation Stories Biodiversity Climate Change Community News Economy Energy Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Nature Based Solutions News & Events Publications
Climate Adaptation and BC’s Low Carbon Economy
March 2009
It is imperative that we significantly reduce our ecological footprint and move to a low carbon, resilient economy.
Explore ReportClimate Adaptation: Planning for BC
November 2008
This paper summarizes key principles of adaptation, explores climate challenges for nine top-of-mind issues, and makes recommendations to help advance action.
Explore ReportACT News Adaptation Community Adaptation Stories Climate Change Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report