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Why this matters

Municipalities are at the forefront of change, continually responding to the evolving needs of the community.

Peel Region recognizes the need to enhance climate literacy, planning processes, and the depth of accountability to proactively adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

Outcome: Climate change is considered in all decision-making through organization wide climate literacy, planning, and accountability.

Action 1: Develop service area climate change operational plans

Output: Operational plans will be collaboratively developed to guide the implementation of the CCMP and provide clarity on responsibilities, timelines, and resource requirements.

Activities:

1.1) Develop and assign GHG emissions reduction targets at the service level.

1.2) Assess, and where feasible quantify, climate risks to services, establish resiliency objectives, and update operational plans.

1.3) Update operational plans with actions from the CCMP, including roles and responsibilities, timelines, and resource required to achieve outcomes.

Action 2: Provide tools that enable integration of climate change priorities into decision making

Output: A set of future scenarios will be developed to support decision-making. A guide will be prepared that incorporates the integration of climate change into business plans, and into standards and guidelines.

Activities:

2.1) Develop a set of climate change impact scenarios to support decision making.

2.2) Develop a guide to support the integration of climate change into business plans.

2.3) Incorporate climate change into relevant specifications and performance requirements and update every five years.

Action 3: Communicate the need for and benefits of climate action

Output: The Region will develop and implement an engagement strategy for key audiences, further informing discussions and actions on climate change.

Activities:

3.1) Develop the Climate Change Engagement Strategy.

3.2) Leverage existing surveys to incorporate climate change questions and education into organizational and community surveys.

3.3) Create platforms for information sharing and dialogue.

Action 4: Stimulate innovative approaches to address climate change

Output: The Region will communicate and incentivize evidence based best practices.

Activities:

4.1) Establish innovation incentive program, including selection criteria and monitoring and reporting. protocols

4.2) Prepare feasibility studies and research papers in anticipation of innovation.

4.3) Coordinate knowledge transfer events to share learnings from innovative CCMP projects.