Climate action resources for local governments

Local governments are important partners in reaching our shared climate goals.  Through their management of buildings, transportation, water, waste and land use planning, local governments control or influence over 50 percent of Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Local governments are also uniquely positioned to engage citizens about information that is relevant to their community on both reducing emissions and adapting to a changing climate.

With CleanBC and the Roadmap to 2030, B.C. is taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create a low-carbon economy and support technological innovation. Together with a wide range of partners, we are also making investments that will help us adapt to and prepare for a changing climate through the Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy.  

In this section 

Here you will find information, resources and tools to support communities in both reducing emissions and preparing for climate change. While information is categorized into emissions reduction and climate adaptation, you are encouraged read both sections and use all available information for integrated climate action planning.

Sometimes called low carbon resilience, integrated climate action planning connects the dots between actions that reduce emissions and prepare communities for climate impacts. This approach embeds climate into core local government operations and financial decision-making.

 

Updates and quick links

B.C. government updates

• Local Government Climate Action Program (LGCAP)
• BC Community Climate Funding Guide
• BC Budget 2022 and Backgrounder (PDF, 89KB)

Related pages

• B.C. Municipal Affairs Local Government Climate Action
• CleanBC for Local Governments
• CleanBC for Buildings and Communities
• CleanBC for Climate Preparedness and Adaptation
• CleanBC for Transportation
• BC Climate Action Toolkit

Join our email lists

• Email ClimateReadyBC@gov.bc.ca for updates on the Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy
• Get CleanBC announcements in your inbox

B.C. government strategies

• B.C.’s Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy
• CleanBC Roadmap to 2030: B.C.’s plan to speed up the transition to a cleaner economy and get on the path to net zero emissions
• CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 - brochure (PDF, 854KB)
• CleanBC for Communities (PDF, 755KB)
• CleanBC highlights - 2018 (PDF, 1.5MB)
• 2-page primer on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) (PDF, 186KB)
• Minister mandate letters
• Province of B.C. Strategic Plan 2018/19 to 2021/22 (PDF, 1.6MB)

Other partners

• UBCM Special Committee on Climate Recommendations
• Community Energy Association's Peer Network
• Join the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Partners for Climate Protection Program
• Learn more at the First Nation’s Adapt Climate Hub
• Fraser Basin Council’s Retooling for Climate Change website
• Canadian Centre for Climate Services
• Natural Resources Canada's Changing Climate