Shaping a resilient, low-carbon future through collaboration, insight, and action.
Communities and water-reliant sectors are facing growing risk and uncertainty as climate change accelerates. High-intensity rainfall, wildfires, flooding, and drought are disrupting water systems, straining infrastructure and reshaping how we plan for the future. At the same time, there is an urgent need to reduce carbon emissions.
Canadian Water Network (CWN) brings together decision-makers from municipalities, government, and the private sector to tackle these challenges collaboratively. Through initiatives like the net zero water roadmap and adaptive planning for water utilities, we accelerate solutions and drive meaningful progress through shared learning, better decisions, and collective problem-solving.
Together, we’re taking action on climate change.
Core Activities
This focus area supports targeted projects that respond to sector needs and emerging opportunities.
Core Projects
Adaptive planning for water utilities
Adaptive planning (AP) is a flexible approach to utility management and infrastructure planning that considers future uncertainty to generate multiple solution pathways. CWN is adapting international best practices for use by Canadian decision-makers to strengthen climate resilience.
Climate impacts on water in the Prairies
This project explores how shifting precipitation patterns are affecting water availability and crop yields across the Canadian Prairies. Large-scale data analysis will be integrated with insights from experts and end users in the agriculture sector to support more responsive, water-smart decisions.
Looking ahead
In the coming year, CWN will lead using a proactive approach — focusing on the climate-related challenges that matter most:
We empower communities to confront climate change through informed, risk-aware decisions.
