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IMFG Paper | 2025
Eco-Fiscal Tools and Municipal Finance: Current Practices and Opportunities
Jean-Philippe Meloche, Fanny Tremblay-Racicot
Report details how municipalities can use innovative eco-fiscal tools (taxes, fees, and charges) to influence behaviour and combat climate change.
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Video | 2025
Eco-fiscal Tools and Municipal Finance: New Practices and Opportunities
Jean-Philippe Meloche, Fanny Tremblay-Racicot, Ben Dachis
Seminar on how eco-fiscal tools are used in Canadian cities, their impact, and some potential municipal eco-fiscal strategies on May 22, 2025.
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Presentation | 2025
Eco-fiscal Tools and Municipal Finance: New Practices and Opportunities
Jean-Philippe Meloche, Fanny Tremblay-Racicot
Presentation on how eco-fiscal tools are used in Canadian cities, their impact, and some potential municipal eco-fiscal strategies held on May 22, 2025.
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IMFG Paper | 2024
Flooding: Toward a Municipal Contribution to Economic Risk Sharing
Bernard Deschamps, Philippe Gachon, Michel Leclerc, Mathieu Boudreault
Report proposes an economic contribution mechanism for municipalities facing floods to reduce inequity and encourage mitigation and risk reduction.
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Video | 2024
Flooding: Toward a Municipal Contribution to Economic Risk Sharing
Bernard Deschamps, Sonali Chakraborti
One of the authors of the report, Flooding: Toward a Municipal Contribution to Economic Risk Sharing, Bernard Deschamps sat down with IMFG to discuss why it is important that municipalities implement a cost-sharing mechanism to reduce flooding risks.
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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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November 25, 2025
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