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Sustainable Cities

Cities lead the way to climate solutions. Find your city. Find your solutions. Produced in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainability, Education and Action (I-SEA).

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19 Articles

As Canada's cities race against climate change, the urgency of finding solutions intensifies

Sustainable Cities

The little Canadian city that became an inadvertent climate leader

Summerside

Funding and red tape take the wind out of St. John's climate plans

St. John's

In Sackville, N.B., students demanded climate change solutions, and they got what they asked for

Sackville

Designing its way to a cleaner future, Halifax reaches for net zero

Halifax

Protecting biodiversity in Montreal with Canada's largest city park

Montreal

Toronto's booming urban farms aid food security and reduce carbon emissions

Toronto

The long, costly road ahead for Winnipeg's transit improvement plans

Winnipeg

Saskatoon sees bright future in solar energy

Living the green dream in Edmonton

Edmonton

Vancouver considers doing what no North American city has done so far — charging vehicles to use the road

Vancouver

Yellowknife banks on a controversial climate solution

Yellowknife

Solar power in the Arctic? Iqaluit is giving it a go

Whitehorse looks to battery storage to unplug from diesel

Hey Vancouver, Birmingham passed a fee on pollution-belching vehicles

Canadian town first to pledge net-zero emissions by 2030

Canadian climate expert ‘foolishly optimistic’ about the future of sustainable cities

Canada’s cities lack the authority they need to quit natural gas, but it’s an important step in lowering urban carbon footprints

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