Resources for public sector organizations

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• Funding information
• Emissions reduction initiatives
• Climate risk management for the health sector
• Climate resilient design guidelines
• Offsetting
• Annual Public Sector Climate Leadership Symposium

Funding information

• Municipal Asset Management Program - This program offers training and funding, and enables knowledge sharing to help communities across Canada make informed infrastructure investment decisions based on sound asset management practices.
• Federal Funding, Grants and Incentives - The Federal Government of Canada manages several funding, grants and incentive programs to encourage research, development and demonstration of energy and related solutions in Canada.

Emission reduction initiatives in the public sector

• Guidelines for Environmentally Responsible Procurement - These procurement guidelines are designed to encourage ministries to consider environmentally responsible products and services as part of their purchasing decisions
• Low Carbon Building Materials - Learn about the use of low carbon building materials in public sector buildings and the opportunity to earn LEED v4 credits
• Electric Vehicle Charging Station Corporate Supply Arrangement - Information on a corporate supply arrangement that allows the provincial public sector, First Nations, and local governments to purchase vehicle charging stations directly from suppliers, often with favourable pricing
• Alternatives to Business Travel - Information on how videoconferencing and other workstation tools can significantly cut travel and overtime costs, transit time and emissions
• NRCan Dollars to Sense Energy Management Workshops - Information on how improved energy management and good up-front planning and design of new buildings can reduce infrastructure-related greenhouse gases–which make up three-quarters of the public sector’s overall emissions

Climate risk management for the health sector

Climate impacts on health fact sheets

A series of fact sheets examining climate impacts and adaptation opportunities in the health sector:

• Overview (PDF, 1MB)
• Facilities (PDF, 803KB)
• Communities (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Public Health (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Front-Line Health Care (PDF, 967KB)

Reports and tools

• Moving towards Climate Resilient Health Facilities for Vancouver Coastal Health (PDF, 8.9MB) - This report seeks to understand how climate change will pose a risk to health facility operations in order to ensure high levels of care, minimize cascading impacts on health services, and control operational over-runs
• Canadian Coalition of Green Healthcare - The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care enables the health care sector to lead the integration of environmentally responsible practices into the delivery of health care
• Government of Canada: Climate Change and Public Health Fact Sheets - The Public Health Agency aims to help Canadians understand how the environment can impact health, and how we can all work together to protect ourselves, our families and our communities
• Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Health Care Facilities Toolkit - This web-based toolkit includes a Best Practices document, vulnerability assessment framework for medical facilities and additional resources that encourage practical steps for building resilience
• Green Infrastructure and Health Guide - The Willamette Partnership and Oregon Public Health Institute built the Green Infrastructure and Health Guide to help local government, communities, and health care organizations connect green infrastructure and public health in new ways

Climate resilient design guidelines

• Infrastructure Canada’s Climate Lens - The Climate Lens has two components: the greenhouse gas mitigation assessment, which will measure the anticipated emissions impact of an infrastructure project, and the climate change resilience assessment, which will employ a risk management approach to anticipate, prevent, withstand, respond to, and recover from a climate change related disruption or impact
• B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Technical Circular T04/19 (PDF, 407KB) - This Technical Circular provides direction to the transportation community to consider future climate in highway infrastructure

Offsetting

Offsetting is a key component of B.C.’s Carbon Neutral Government program.

By investing in B.C.-based offset projects, public sector organizations offset their remaining greenhouse gas emissions and become carbon neutral. 

At the same time, offsetting advances green technologies, supports clean job growth and stimulates the economy. For example, offset projects improve forest management and sequester carbon, which provide a new mechanism to protect biodiversity and contribute to a conservation economy in B.C. communities.

Find out more about B.C.’s offset portfolio.

Annual Public Sector Climate Leadership Symposium

A wide range of information and real-world experience in reducing emissions and adapting to climate change.