In recent years, millions of people across Canada have directly experienced the impacts of climate change for the first time: devastating flooding, extreme heat waves that took hundreds of lives, and giga-fires and smoke that created the worst air quality in the world. At the same time communities are also dealing with housing, affordability, and inequity crises.

The challenges to fixing all these issues are real. But the most impactful solutions are also real and local. We are not talking about those solutions enough.

We asked leaders on the frontlines facing climate change: what are some of the solutions you see as most beneficial, realistic, and relevant to the communities that are hit hardest by the impacts of climate change?

This video series features their insights into how local solutions can benefit our urban communities.

Thank you

Thank you to Dr. Eileen de Villa (former Medical Officer of Health for the City of Toronto), Joyce Chau (Evergreen Canada), Aaron Barter (Waterfront Toronto), Amanda O’Rourke (8-80 Cities), and John Stille (Toronto and Region Conservation Authority) for generously sharing their time and experiences.