Search Results for: Climate Change
IMFG Paper | 2024
Land Use Planning to Mitigate Climate Change in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Clara Turner, Jeff Allen, Karen Chapple, Sarah A. Smith
Report evaluates the extent to which different forms of new housing production will achieve greenhouse gas reduction targets and suggests best practices and policy approaches for housing and land use.
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IMFG Paper | 2023
Decarbonization of Buildings in Canadian Cities
Robert Stewart
New IMFG paper on reducing emissions from buildings through property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing examines how municipalities can attract private capital to PACE programs.
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Perspectives Paper | 2023
Using Green Investment Banks to Finance Low-Carbon Pathways
Robert Stewart
New IMFG report examines the potential for municipal Green Investment Banks in Canada to finance low-carbon investments.
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Presentation | 2023
Decarbonization of Buildings in Canadian Cities through PACE Financing
Robert Stewart
On June 20, 2023, Richard M. Bird post-doctoral fellow Robert Stewart outlined the methods used to encourage private capital to provide Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing in the US and discussed how similar arrangements can be adapted to Canada.
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IMFG Paper | 2023
How Can Municipalities in British Columbia and Quebec Contribute to Flood Risk Reduction?
Bernard Deschamps, Michael Bourdeau-Brien, and Mathieu Boudreault
IMFG paper on flood risk in British Columbia and Quebec argues that restructuring disaster financial assistance could incentivize municipalities to improve flood protection and suggests tools they can employ to achieve lower risk.
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Presentation | 2022
Using Green Investment Banks to Finance Low-Carbon Pathways
Robert Stewart
On November 29, 2022, IMFG postdoctoral fellow Robert Stewart outlined the GIB model, described how GIB entities are being used across several countries to finance low-carbon economic activity, and discussed the potential application of GIBs as tools for Canadian municipalities to bridge low-carbon financing gaps.
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Who Does What Report | 2022
The Municipal Role in Climate Policy
Elliott Cappell, Sadhu Johnston, Jennifer Winter, Gabriel Eidelman, Tomas Hachard, Ruth Rosalle
New report focuses on the role of Canadian municipalities play in the fight against climate change, and how that role can complement and be supported by other orders of government.
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Video | 2021
The Role of Airports in Thriving City-Regions
Jean-Paul Addie
In this webinar, Jean-Paul Addie examined what we can learn from city-regions from around the world and their relationship with the airports that act as economic hubs for their regions. His presentation was followed by a panel discussion including Lloyd A. McCoomb (former President and CEO of GTAA), Pamela Blais (Metropole Consultants) and Josh Neubauer (Urban Strategies). Moderated by Matti Siemiatycki, Interim Director of School of Cities.
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Search Research Archive
Globe and Mail: Sean Grisdale on the “Squandering” of Public Land Sales
June 7, 2024
CBC Online: Almos Tassonyi on Brampton’s Strategic Reserve Fund
June 4, 2024
Municipal World: Enid Slack on Municipal Finance
March 5, 2024