From Planning to Implementation: Overcoming Challenges in Local Climate Action

Part 4: Financial Barriers to Climate Action Implementation

January 13, 2025 | 1:00-2:00 PM ET

Financing is one of the most common challenges local governments face when looking to put their climate plans into action. Municipal governments are limited in the tools available to them to raise revenue, being largely dependent on property taxes, user fees, and funding from other levels of government. Though climate mitigation and adaptation will ultimately result in cost-savings for governments and residents alike, many projects require significant initial investment, which can be a deterrent for cash-strapped municipalities.

However, municipalities are also creating new and innovative solutions, creating taxation structures,  working with new partners, and tapping into new sources of revenue. This webinar will feature a discussion of the range of different climate financing options available to municipalities, as well as a case study of one community’s successful approach to financing climate action.

Speakers

James Byrne, City of Peterborough

James Byrne is the Climate Change Project Manager for the city of Peterborough, ON, and has been working toward implementing corporate and community mitigation actions in Peterborough since 2019. Key climate initiatives led by James for the City include a community-wide solar PV assessment of buildings, installation of corporate and public-facing EV charging stations, decarbonization feasibility studies for the top energy-intensive municipal facilities, and the development and soon-to-be-launched Better Homes Peterborough energy retrofit program. These programs have benefitted in part from funding from the City of Peterborough’s dedicated Climate Change Reserve.

Will Cole-Hamilton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Will Cole-Hamilton lives in the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation in Courtenay, BC.  He serves as a Councillor in the City of Courtenay, as Chair of the Comox Valley Regional District, and is also the Chair of the BC Caucus of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

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Jan 13 2025
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1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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  • Timezone: America/New_York
  • Date: Jan 13 2025
  • Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Tamarack Institute
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