Developing a climate lens assessment framework for the City of Peterborough infrastructure projects

The purpose of this project is to assist the infrastructure management division of the City of Peterborough to develop a climate lens assessment framework tool, which has the potential to enable the city to assess the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions associated with its infrastructure projects while assessing the capacity of these projects to withstand climate change risks throughout their expected useful life. The objective is to prioritize climate considerations in city council’s infrastructure decisions. The approach is to understudy two cities in Ontario (London and Windsor) who have already integrated climate lenses in their operational decisions. Specifically, the project seeks to examine the key components of the climate lenses of these two cities; what specific areas of the cities’ operations are they applying the lens; how did they successfully integrate the requirements of the lens into their decision processes; what challenges are they confronted with; and what lessons exist to be learned from their experiences. This will be a collaborative research with members of the infrastructure division of the city of Peterborough. Individuals from the cities of London and Windsor who play a key role in climate change and infrastructure related decisions would be interviewed.

Faculty Supervisor:

Asaf Zohar

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Partner:

City of Peterborough

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Trent University

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