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City of Edmonton Carbon Budget

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City of Edmonton

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980,000

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2019-2020

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How Caledon’s Green Development Standards promote climate-friendly growth

Even as Caledon’s 76,500-strong population is set to triple in the next 30 years, the Town aspires to reduce the community’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero. How can it reduce greenhouse gas issues and tackle environmental and social problems while the community grows?

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Land-use planning is climate planning

Jeremy Murphy

May 1, 2023

Perspectives, Policy

Land-use bylaws are one of the easiest mechanisms for municipalities to achieve low-carbon outcomes.
Webinar: Advancing Climate Action with Federal Funding

SSG

April 26, 2023

Webinar

In this webinar, experts from C40 Cities and climate planning consultancy SSG provide guidance on applying for federal grants. They also explain how to design an effective climate action plan to make you competitive for a slice of the $4.6-billion set aside for implementing climate actions through the CPRG program and the many other federal…
Climate Action Planning Quickstart Guide for States & Metro Regions

SSG

April 14, 2023

Guidance

SSG has published a Climate Action Planning Quickstart Guide to demystify the CPRG and provide guidance to US communities on how to develop a climate action plan.
What Happens Now That Edmonton Didn’t Meet its Carbon Budget?

Emi Do

December 2, 2022

Perspectives, Policy, Uncategorized

On November 3, 2022, the City of Edmonton released the first municipal carbon budget report in Canada. The report indicated that Edmonton is set to blow past its carbon budget of 176 million tonnes by 2037 and fall short of its target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Though this news is alarming, it’s promisingContinue…
Q&A: Whitby Mayor’s On Kickstarting Climate Action

Alia Dharssi

November 17, 2022

Perspectives

Mayor Don Mitchell on Canada’s first data-driven municipal climate adaptation plan and how he went from debunking climate action to becoming a climate action champion.
Q&A: Toronto’s Net Zero Program Manager on Why Communication is Key

SSG

May 11, 2022

Perspectives

The City of Toronto is targeting net-zero community emissions by 2040—a decade sooner than most major North American cities with climate action plans. We caught up with Sophie Plottel, who leads the team responsible for TransformTO, to discuss how the City plans to reverse the general trend of rising emissions and what other communities can…
SSG, Toronto, and Edmonton Win APA Awards For Climate Action Work

Alia Dharssi

May 4, 2022

News

On May 2, SSG’s cutting-edge climate planning work was recognized with two awards from the American Planning Association Sustainable Communities Division!
Webinar: Carbon Accounting Frameworks with the City of Edmonton

SSG

October 27, 2020

Webinar

On October 22, Yuill Herbert and the City of Edmonton’s Abhishek Chakraborti teamed up to deliver a presentation on developing carbon accounting frameworks to manage GHG emissions at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Sustainable Communities Conference.
5 Reasons Every City Needs a Carbon Budget

Kyra Bell-Pasht

September 29, 2020

Perspectives, Policy, Uncategorized

Developed in Oslo in 2016, the carbon budget (a.k.a climate budget) responds to the climate crisis in a manner similar to a city budget—by setting an overall budget for how much greenhouse gas the city can emit. Ever. It is a critical tool for bold climate action.

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SSG’s work is carried out on unceded and unsurrendered Indigenous territories, ranging from the traditional lands of the Michif Piyii in the North to the Huilliche in the South; from Hul’qumi’num Peoples in the West to the Mi’kmaq in the East.

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