"Calgary has a number of policy indicators in place but it's missing a few too, like 100% #RenewableEnergy target by 2050, mandatory #GreenBuildings standard to maintain a level of #EnergyEfficiency & a green building standard or bylaw or other tool to prevent new buildings from using #FossilFuels"

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/362096/link/

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"Calgary made an #adaptation best practices white paper, a vulnerability risk assessment (a key input into adaptation planning), a natural asset valuation assessment as well as an economic analysis of the cost of inaction. Important steps as we start to see wildfire, intense heat & flooding impacts"

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/362096/link/

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https://www.podcastics.com/episode/362096/link/
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"Calgary did well on many of the policies that we looked at. I think one of the places where it really stood out was the city's work around #Adaptation. Most cities now have a #ClimatePlan & even an emissions reduction target but many are still a little behind on adaptation."

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/362096/link/

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"In terms of how we pick the cities to be included, it's really about where volunteers are based, because we want to train people to collect data for their own city, but we do try to to include a range of different size of city. It's not just about hitting the capitals or the largest cities, although we do include the capitals in the main cities across Canada."

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/362096/link/

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"Alberta needs to build more social housing but there's also a lot of red tape in home building in Alberta that comes from the provincial government that could be addressed.

It's also a lack of leadership from the provincial government when it comes to building code reform, when it comes to climate risk."

CBC Edmonton: Affordable housing report card gives Alberta 'D+' grade, lowest in Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/affordable-housing-report-card-gives-alberta-d-grade-lowest-in-canada-1.7546444

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