ACT - Action on Climate Team

ACT is the first and only university-based think tank initiative in North America dedicated to low-carbon resilience (LCR) and nature-based solutions (NbS).

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The new Lower Mainland Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Best Practices report showcases local examples of nested planning approaches to advance NbS and community resilience in British Columbia. Read the report: https://t.co/Ub23iq811W

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🌎 Vancouver Climate Day is back! Join policymakers, researchers and climate innovators on September 26, 2025 for a day of bold ideas and collaboration.🎟️Get your tickets: https://t.co/DIDNwHsEIt #ClimateAction #VanClimateDay #SFU

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Help shape the future of the Saanich Peninsula! ACT - researchers and Saanich Peninsula Environmental Coalition (SPEC) are assessing how well communities in the bioregion are planning together for environmental sustainability and resilience. Survey: https://t.co/3AmGwE1WT9

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Low carbon resilience approaches are being advanced in communities and organizations in Canada and beyond. By investing in climate action and innovation research at @SFU, you are helping to accelerate solutions that are resilient, scalable and equitable: https://t.co/B51BYbadaN

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ACT's new Watershed Health and Resilience Indicators resource points to a strategic and timely opportunity to link place-based Indigenous Knowledge systems and practices with ecosystem-based monitoring and management at the watershed scale.💧Full report: https://t.co/E74bXSeLtL

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Do you live, work, play or commute in #Burnaby BC? We're inviting you to a series of in-person and online Community Workshops on Transportation Futures, Air Quality and Community Resilience in neighbourhoods across Burnaby this May and June: https://t.co/A4fcBRc3ya

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We are partnering with @SFU Climate Innovation Seed Funds to engage and exchange with grad student grantees on community-centred climate action and innovation research-for-impact.🌱Apply by May 26th: https://t.co/faC7uv1XO3 #ResearchGrants #CommunityResilience #ClimateResearch

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Next week, we're building on the ideas explored at the @renewablecities Multi-solving Design jam about integrating nature-based solutions as social connection infrastructure. This workshop is part of Hey Neighbour Collective’s symposium [sold out]: https://t.co/KglVejv279

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The Equitable Adaptation Workshops, led by @FCM_online's Green Municipal Fund, equip municipal staff with practical tools to embed equity into climate planning. Join us at SFU's Vancouver Campus on May 28! Find a workshop near you, May 12 to June 4, 2025: https://t.co/SvGRtSH5wi

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Developed by the Quebec Population Health Research Network (QPHRN), CLIMIGRANT is a free, self-paced course curated for interdisciplinary researchers and health professionals exploring climate change, migration, social justice, and global health issues: https://t.co/dUV7qiCDSn

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Bioswales help preserve sewer capacity, direct storm water, and stop pollutants from washing directly into waterways, protecting species such as salmon. Collaborative planning can help grow and maintain nature-based solutions like green infrastructure. https://t.co/fbmt1SNBrH

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Join us for an interactive webinar to explore the Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) approach—a proven strategic framework that seamlessly integrates climate considerations into core municipal processes. @GreenMuniFund @FCM_online📅May 8, 2025: https://t.co/2DZQA2fqbb #ClimateResilience

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Community Energy Association and Indigenous Clean Energy are helping rural communities overcome EV infrastructure challenges, explore resilient transportation options, and move toward energy sovereignty as innovative leaders in the energy transition. https://t.co/NEEDi57cXH

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Join @SFU_CERi on April 16, 2025 for a roundtable discussion on the role of media to connect election issues like housing, healthcare, and the economy with climate change and elevate the potential of Canada’s role in leading the energy transition. https://t.co/z7YNJ66yOb

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Learn more about the low carbon resilience (LCR) approach and explore resources: https://t.co/zhwIu61A3i

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Climate action presents an opportunity to build economic resilience. ACT's LCR Planning Handbook and online Tool connects climate action with co-benefits, advancing key community priorities relating to health, equity, biodiversity and economies. https://t.co/GJqxpwQ6oL

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Cool course alert! Part of SFU's Climate Action Certificate, the Climate Action in Smaller Communities course invites you to learn how find funding sources, and build a successful plan to reduce climate impacts and support community resilience. More info:
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Coming to @VIFFest, Incandescence is a story of ecological resilience. Gain insights to the cascading risks at the wildfire-urban interface, and the effects of climate-fueled hazards related to heat, drought, smoke, flood and landslide for BC communities🎟️https://t.co/k9lAh88iE9

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Interdisciplinary collaboration and community partnerships are key for high-impact climate action! We're thrilled to engage and exchange with grantees of the new SFU Climate Innovation Seed Funds. Apply by May 19, 2025: https://t.co/gtFq7MEmb9 #ResearchGrants #CommunityResilience