December 2024
LC3 in 2024: Building a strong green economy that leaves no-one behind
As 2024 draws to a close, a few key themes have emerged from LC3’s work across the country— all aligning with the conditions needed for cities to successfully transition to a net-zero future by…
November 2024
Tackling the housing crisis through a climate-economy lens
November 2024 By Steve Winkelman, Executive Director, Ottawa Climate Action Fund The Ottawa Climate Action Fund (OCAF) convened about 80 business and community leaders October 9 for the Ottawa Climate-Economy Opportunities Summit, a day-long multi-solving…
June 2024
Alberta gains a new buildings knowledge exchange centre
June 2024 By Mike Mellross, VP, Alberta Ecotrust Foundation A new idea is spreading across the nation, finding fertile ground in the construction industry, government and LC3 Centres, reinforcing the idea that healthy networks help…
May 2024
Powerful online tool simplifies municipal EV purchase decisions
Learn how the Greater Montréal Climate Fund supported the development of an online simulator tool for municipal EV fleet conversions.
December 2023
Integrating equity and net-zero goals
December 2023 This year, LC3 launched an equity metric to evaluate how equity is being integrated into the Network’s new grants, programs and direct investments. This blog post highlights our guiding principles, information on the equity metric, examples of local equitable climate action, reflections on urgency and more.
October 2023
Making electric vehicle (EV) charging accessible to multi-family buildings
October 2023 EV home charging offers many benefits, but many multi-family building residents do not have access to it. LC3 Centre The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) is tackling the issue from various angles, including an EV Station Fund in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Read the full story today.
September 2023
LC3 achievements highlighted in the Green Municipal Fund’s (GMF) 2022-23 Annual Report
September 26, 2023 - GMF’s Annual Report highlights how we work together as a network, our total grants and investments in 2022-23, local climate and equity initiatives, a case study on an innovative initiative to reduce embodied carbon in building construction and and details on the impacts of LC3 projects and initiatives to date. Learn about our milestones today.
August 2023
Deep retrofit training and capacity building for African Nova Scotians
August 2023 HCi3 provided funding to a unique community partnership. This pilot project by O.N.E. Community Economic Development Society and The ReCover Initiative takes aim at two intersecting challenges: a systemic employment gap facing the African Nova Scotian community and the need to quickly scale up deep energy retrofits.
July 2023
Can we speed up urban climate action through better collaboration?
July 2023 At the Montreal Climate Summit, collaboration was on our minds. But what climate solutions might be best suited to the collaborative approach? Here are five.
May 2023
Harvesting home builder ingenuity to reduce embodied carbon emissions
June 2023 Metro Vancouver’s LC3 Centre, ZEIC, launched an innovative program that aims to reduce the embodied carbon in new home builds by 40%, coinciding with the City of Vancouver’s target to reduce embodied emissions by 40% by 2030. Learn how ZEIC and ZEBx are gathering expertese from collaborators and researchers to reduce embodied carbon emissions in BC.
May 2023
National Press Release: May 9, 2023
Montréal, May 9, 2023 - On the occasion of the Montréal 2023 Climate Summit, Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) is announcing major support from the McConnell Foundation and the Trottier Family Foundation, two leading Canadian philanthropic foundations, for a total amount of $12 million.
December 2022
LC3 in 2022: Celebrating our shift from start-up phase to full implementation
December 19, 2022 - This past year has been a critical one for LC3, as the network completed foundational work on multiple fronts and advanced activities on both the local and National levels. The LC3 Network is well and truly launched. Here are the highlights.
November 2022
Explainer: LC3 Theory of Change
November 2022 LC3’s Theory of Change (ToC) illustrates the impact that the LC3 Network aims to achieve, the process through which we intend to work towards that impact, and the underlying assumptions. The ToC clarifies LC3’s unique role within a broader ecosystem of stakeholders, change agents, and the communities it serves, and identifies how these stakeholders have a role to play to achieve LC3’s vision for Canadian communities.
November 2022
The Unique Role of Canadian Cities in Accelerating Zero-Emission Transportation
How can municipalities leverage their authority and community connections to accelerate ZEV uptake? And which programs and policies should they prioritize? Based on extensive modelling of municipal ZEV strategies coast-to-coast, LC3 and the Green Municipal Fund (GMF) co-created this guide with Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors to identify and prioritize the highest-impact municipal actions for electrifying how people, goods and services move around.
August 2022
Scaling up climate action through multi-solving
September 2022 Enter the Multi-Solving Challenge Game. The idea of a game was born out of collaboration among The Atmospheric Fund, Low Carbon Cities Canada, and the Centre For Social Innovation, all of whom were interested in new approaches that could make hard-hitting low-carbon action more relevant to more people.