Climate Action Local Government Bootcamp

A comprehensive series of workshops that will give local BC governments a two day “bootcamp” on developing and leading a climate changei action strategy.

Topics: Technical

Module  1: Climate and energy introduction – obligations, climate and energy impacts, overcoming resistance
Module 2A: (Operations Option): BC Climate Action Charter, 
carbon neutral definition, inventory development and maintenance,
practical and economic actions to reduce emissions, financial case
considerations, offsets

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Module 2B (Community Option): Bill 27 OCP & RGS obligations,
target-setting, policy and regulatory tools, funding sources, examples
of actions, rules of thumb, economic development

Topics: Engagement

Module 3: Engaging Your Community on Climate Change – An Integrated Approach
Residents and community organizations have a critical role to play in achieving emissions reductions, and engagement needs to be an intentional and explicit component of a local government climate action strategy. This workshop will focus on:

• Community engagement approaches, best practices, social marketing and behaviour change
• Identifying starting points to build community engagement into your local climate initiatives

Who to attend

• Mayors, Councillors, and Directors
• CAO’s, CFO’s, city managers, First Nations administrators
• Local government staff who will have to implement carbon neutral operations, Climate Action Charter commitments, or Bill 27 OCP emissions reduction target obligations.
• Advisory committee members or other community stakeholders

Learning outcomes

• Understand new commitments
• Be able to develop practical plans
• Be able to sell plans to senior staff and council
• Understand approaches for addressing climate change through community engagement
• Be able to design and execute community engagement strategies