Climate Resilient Burlington: A Plan for Adapting to Our Warmer, Wetter and Wilder Weather - Draft Plan Available for Review

Climate Resilient Burlington (CRB): A Plan for Adapting to Our Warmer, Wetter and Wilder Weather identifies actions to manage the highest risks of warmer, wetter and wilder weather. While the CRB plan considers Burlington’s climate projections to the years 2051-2080 under a high emissions scenario, the plan outlines actions to focus on over the next 10 years to build resilience and prepare for a changing climate. It should be noted that many of the actions are building on work already underway and referred to in the plan under ‘related initiatives.’

The CRB plan was developed using a bottom-up approach with 49 City staff and community stakeholders representing 12 City departments and 17 community organizations through 15 workshops between September 2021 and January 2022 as well as additional follow-up. The community was also engaged through a dedicated CRB page on the Get Involved Burlington portal, a survey on the vision and principles of the CRB, and a public launch in October 2021.

The draft CRB plan is now available and will be presented to the Environment, Infrastructure and Community Services (EICS) Committee on May 5, 2022. If you would like to speak to City Council about the staff report and plan, you may register to delegate.

Please consider providing your feedback through the current surveys which are divided into two sections:

City of Burlington Actions: 32 actions listed within five themes (one survey per theme)
Citizen Action Checklists and proposed future Community Climate Resilience Education Program (one survey)

You can choose to respond to one or more surveys, which are open until May 8 at 11:59 p.m.

The final CRB plan will be presented to the EICS Committee in July 2022.