Tag: climate change
ONEIA outlines practical measures of building climate resilient infrastructure
Ontario’s rapidly changing climate will increase the likelihood of flooding, extreme heat and weather events, and power outages in coming decades and the province...
Data-driven green infrastructure for the future
Schneider Electric has introduced Infrastructure of the Future, an integrated solutions suite tailored to creating smart, green infrastructure.
According to the company, Infrastructure of the...
Canada faces important choices to confront mounting disaster risks in a...
As the human and economic costs of climate disasters continue to mount, Canada faces a choice. It can continue to respond to disasters as...
Climate change is significantly impacting infrastructure budgets in Ontario: FAO
The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) released its Costing Climate Change Impacts to Public Infrastructure (CIPI): Buildings report - one of three reports...
Investment needed to ready Canada’s infrastructure for climate change
A new report from the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, Canada’s independent climate policy research institute, finds that climate change impacts could leave Canadians...
Innovative affordable housing pilot project in Vancouver
An affordable rental housing pilot project is underway in Vancouver that will help BC Housing evaluate innovative building materials and designs aimed at tackling...
Canada’s first national infrastructure assessment calls for public feedback
Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, has launched an engagement paper on Canada’s first national infrastructure assessment: Building the Canada We Want in...
Research on climate change impacts to northern transportation infrastructure
Today the Government of Canada announced investment for an important new climate change adaptation research project under the Northern Transportation Adaptation Initiative.
Northern infrastructure is...
Climate change mitigation funds for infrastructure in B.C.
Several communities in British Columbia will be benefiting from more reliable roadways and local jobs as a result of funding from StrongerBC: BC's Economic...
Turning down the heat
By Justin Crewson, Dan Gent, and Shahrzad Simab
If you ask an electric utility professional about what is top of mind for them day-to-day, you...