Resources

CPA Canada Briefs on Climate Change and Accounting/Business 

• Brief 1: Climate Change and Canadian Business: The Good, the Bad, and the Realistic 

• Brief 2: Four Ways Climate Change is Affecting your Organisation... and what you can do 

• Brief 3: The Five Stages of Climate Change Adaptation and Roles for Accountants 

Other: 

• Accounting for Sustainability website and the A4S Guide: Valuations and Climate Change (2021)  

• C40 Knowledge Hub. Finance and Economics.  

• Canadian Climate Institute. Climate Costs Tracker  

• Climate Insight – platform for climate ready housing and infrastructure in Canada – section on costs here. 

• Kaarwan blog “Climate Analysis in Architecture” 

• American Institute of Architects (AIA): climate change adaptation design resources  

Canadian architects have a pledge for climate: https://ca.architectsdeclare.com/  

• The Royal Architecture Institute of Canada has done advocacy work and offers webinars: https://raic.org/continuingeducation 

• The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) guide to sustainable outcomes for architecture aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals  

• American Institute of Architects (AIA). Framework for Design Excellence 

• AIA. Design Tools to Stop Climate Change.  

• Carbon Leadership Forum. Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings: A Practice Guide 

• Pembina Institute. Buildings Focus Area. 

• The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (climate adaptation primers): https://www.csla-aapc.ca/mission-areas/primers  

Engineers Canada / Ingénieurs Canada: 

•  Principles of Climate Adaptation for Engineers. 

•  Preparing for the Impact of Climate Change: The Importance of Improving Infrastructure Climate Resiliency - The Engineering Perspective. 

• Principles of Climate Adaptation and Mitigation for Engineers. 

• Climate Change and Extreme Events 

• Engineering a sustainable future: role of engineers in helping Canada achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 

Others: 

• Infrastructure Canada’s Climate Lens / Optique des changements climatiques  

• Climate Framework: A cross-industry action group initiative - list of topics and skills to integrate into civil engineering 

• Envision V3 – Sustainable Infrastructure Framework (2018) or visit the Envision Canada site to download the Canadian version. Version francaise. 

• Climate Risk Institute courses for engineers 

• UNCCe-Learn: Free online module: Cities and Climate Change 

• World Bank. (2021). A catalogue of nature-based solutions for urban resilience. Available here. 

• Ordre des Ingenieurs du Quebec. PLAN: https://www.oiq.qc.ca/revue-plan/ete-2024/  

Canadian Institute of Planners: Resource Library (search for climate change). 

https://www.cip-icu.ca/fr/climate-change/  

Others: 

• Climate Risk Institute. Adaptation Resource Pathway for Planners. 

• C40 Knowledge Hub. Available at: https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/?language=en_US 

• Climate Atlas of Canada. Available at: https://climateatlas.ca/planning-climate-change  

• Climate Atlas of Canada & Canadian Institute of Planners (2019). Video: Planning for Climate Resilience (4min).   

• UNCCe-Learn: Free online module: Cities and Climate Change 

• World Bank. (2021). A catalogue of nature-based solutions for urban resilience. Available here. 

• Simon Fraser University – Action on Climate Team (ACT). (2021). Low Carbon Resilience Planning Handbook.  

• World Bank: City Climate Planner Certificate 

Climate Change Competencies 

• Resilience by Design Climate Action Competency Framework 

• Climate Framework Initiative 

Games & Simulators 

• Flood Resilience Challenge Game 

• WeAdapt: Serious Climate Games – An Introduction 

• Illuminate Climate Change Simulation Game - https://uwaterloo.ca/climate-institute/educational-programs/illuminate-climate-change-simulation-game 

• Climate Centre Games Database: https://www.climatecentre.org/priority_areas/innovation/climate-games/  

• EnROADS – Climate Solutions Simulator: https://www.climateinteractive.org/en-roads/ 

• Database of Climate change games:  

Websites with info, data, case studies from across Canada 

• Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Climate and Sustainability.  

• Climate Risk Institute: https://climateriskinstitute.ca/  

• Climate Disaster Project: https://climatedisasterproject.com/   

• Red Cross Inclusive Resilience: https://www.redcross.ca/inclusive-resilience 

• Partners for Action: https://uwaterloo.ca/partners-for-action/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/feb-2025-p4a-disaster-and-disparity-selected-insights.pdf 

• UWaterloo Transformative Adaptation Project: https://uwaterloo.ca/climate-institute/news/transformative-adaptation-managed-retreat-proactive-climate 

• Climate Resilient Retrofits: https://www.climateresilientretrofits.ca/ 

• Partners for Action: https://uwaterloo.ca/partners-for-action/current-projects/strategic-relocation 

• Flood Smart Canada: https://floodsmartcanada.ca/  

• Climate Insight: https://climateinsight.ca/ 

• Climate Data: https://climatedata.ca/ 

• Canada in a Changing Climate Reports 

• Canada’s Fourth Biennial Report on Climate Change to the UNFCC (2022) 

• Waterloo Climate Institute: https://uwaterloo.ca/climate-institute/  

Interactive Maps 

• Climate Atlas of Canada: https://climateatlas.ca/ 

• Health Plan City: https://healthyplan.city/en 

• Climate Insight: https://climateinsight.ca/map 

• Climate Central: https://coastal.climatecentral.org/ - sea level risk and coastal risks interactive map 

• NASA Sea Level Projection Tool: https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool 

International websites 

• BRIC - Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/centers_and_institutes/hvri/data_and_resources/bric/index.php 

• World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal: https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/  

• World Resources Institute Climate Watch Data: https://www.climatewatchdata.org/  

• Project Drawdown Climate Solutions: https://drawdown.org/ 

• Regeneration (and Nexus – repository of challenges and solutions on multiple scales): https://regeneration.org/  

• UNCCe-Learn: Free online modules: https://www.uncclearn.org/