Municipalities face a critical challenge in meeting carbon reduction goals, as heating and cooling buildings can account for more than half of local emissions. By expanding low- and zero-carbon District Energy Systems, including innovative Wastewater Energy Transfer technology that recovers heat from sewage, communities have a powerful opportunity to cut building-sector emissions and transform a [...]
Adaptive planning is an approach to water management and infrastructure planning that considers future uncertainty to generate multiple solution pathways. Canadian Water Network is leading an adaptive planning project to adapt international best practices for use by Canadian water management professionals. This project is supported by Natural Resources Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Program.
The net zero water roadmap project, funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada through its Implementation Readiness Fund, is focused on accelerating progress towards greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and net zero emissions in municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater services. The first-ever Canadian net zero water roadmap will be created through the engagement of Canada’s largest municipal water [...]
The sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presents scientific evidence that climate change is expected to continue exacerbating drought and flood risks in the coming decades. At the same time, the report also states that adaptation actions are likely to reduce some of these climate risks while providing multiple co-benefits. To [...]
In June 2021, the Government of Canada committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. In November 2021, almost 200 countries at COP26 committed to the Glasgow Climate Pact that contained four main goals. Water plays a central role in achieving all of them alongside “near-global net-zero” mitigation efforts. Around the same time, Canadian Water Network convened [...]
