How cities can promote affordable housing while limiting emissions
Canada needs 5.8 million more homes to make housing affordable. How can it reduce emissions associated with building them?
Author Archive for: Alia
Entries by Alia Dharssi
It’s time for more ambitious renewable energy targets
Wealthy countries must transition to 100% renewable energy generation in the power sector by 2030 and economy-wide by 2040. Municipalities and utilities are key.
Four climate action trends to watch in 2024
The climate crisis can be daunting, but progress is being made. Here are four positive climate action trends to pay attention to in 2024.
COP28 Takeaways for Cities
The international community finally acknowledged the cause of climate change while cities gained prominence in COP negotiations and looked at cutting methane.
Montreal Commits to Climate Budget
For the first time, Montreal’s municipal budget includes a carbon budget—a cumulative cap on Montreal’s emissions out to 2050. By requiring City Council and staff to consider climate change in all investment decisions, the budget has the potential to push climate action forward while reducing spending decisions that increase climate pollution.
​Q&A: Whitby Mayor’s On Kickstarting Climate Action
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.
SSG, Toronto, and Edmonton Win APA Awards For Climate Action Work
On May 2, SSG’s cutting-edge climate planning work was recognized with two awards from the American Planning Association Sustainable Communities Division! With the City of Toronto, we won the Environment, Climate, & Energy Award for the TransformTO Net-Zero Strategy, attaining a near-perfect score from the jurors. The strategy sets a target of net-zero community emissions […]
What We Can Learn About Climate Action from UK Cities
Experience of UK local governments shows deep community engagement is critical for rapid and ambitious action.
How One City De-Polarized Climate Action
Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson explains how the City engaged the public to build consensus on climate action and why it adopted a carbon budget.
UK Cities Lead on Global Climate Action Goals
LONDON, MONTREAL, NEW YORK, and VANCOUVER, Dec. 17, 2020 [Press Release] — Five years into the Paris Agreement—and in the lead-up to the 2021 UN climate negotiations in Glasgow—UK cities are taking bold climate action. Cities worldwide have much to learn from their UK peers’ successes and challenges, according to a new report released Thursday […]
