Environmental Financial Incentives
A list of financial incentives for various sectors in the Edmonton area
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We are transitioning to a low-carbon future in the city of Edmonton. Generating and expanding renewable energy and reducing and mitigating climate change are crucial to improving Edmonton's environment for today and future generations.
Climate Change, Older Adults and Immigrants: Exploring Community Vulnerability and Resilience
The research goal was to explore community-level impacts of weather and air pollution in Edmonton, with a focus on the older adults and immigrant population.
The goal of this research project was to provide scientific support for the city's Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Strategy with projections for the region. Findings could assist planners, engineers, managers and policymakers in decision making.
High-Resolution Climate Change Projections for the City of Edmonton
The purpose of this report is to describe Edmonton’s urban freight situation and identify ways that the City can achieve its long-term strategic goods movement and climate change objectives by decarbonizing urban freight activity.
Diverting Risk: Supporting Climate Resilience Through Fire Risk Modeling within Edmonton
This research is to set the foundation for greater fire mitigation as well as the prevention of losses.
Advancing Neighbourhood Climate Action: Opportunities, Challenges and The Way Ahead
The purpose of this research is to advance the literature on the opportunities and challenges of neighbourhood-scale climate action by analyzing three neighbourhood-scale initiatives in Canada and Australia.
This research aimed to assess the positive and negative impacts of instituting work-from-home policies through an environmental, social and economic lens to support the City's climate commitments.
The goal of this workshop was to identify available climate data and information sources, and which level of climate data is suitable; describe potential applications of climate data in their work; and communicate climate data within and outside their area.
Assessment of Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Risks and Hazards for City Buildings/Infrastructure (Crowd-sensing Framework)
This research employed street-level crowd-sensing videos to extract up-to-date fuel information for the fire behaviour prediction system, demonstrating the potential of crowd-sensing-based methods to extract detailed and up-to-the-minute fuel information.
Resilience Hubs and Evacuations: Preparing Edmonton for Extreme Events and Climate Change
This research aims to provide an early exploration in the areas of transportation to/from resilience hubs and urban evacuation choice-making.