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
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
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.
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.
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 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
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.
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.