Climate Resiliency Strategy

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Ottawa’s climate is changing. Overall Ottawa will become much warmer and wetter over the coming decades, with more extreme heat days, intense rainfall and extreme weather events like severe winds, floods or winter storms. The City is developing a Climate Resiliency Strategy to guide how Ottawa can prepare for and respond to the anticipated impacts of changing climate conditions.

The Climate Resiliency Strategy is one of eight priorities of the Climate Change Master Plan.

Taking action on climate change requires reducing greenhouse gas emissions while also ensuring Ottawa is prepared for the impacts of a changing climate. Energy Evolution is the City’s strategy to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The Climate Resiliency Strategy focuses on getting Ottawa ready for a changing climate. Learn more about Energy Evolution and what you can do to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions.

What will Ottawa’s climate look like in the future and what are the risks?

Overall Ottawa will become much warmer over the coming decades, with more intense rainfall and more extreme weather events. Find out more about how we expect Ottawa’s climate to change and the impacts this will have:

Get involved and have your say

To develop a strategy that values the perspectives and unique circumstances residents of Ottawa have, we need your input. You can get involved in the following ways:

  • Attend the Climate Resiliency Strategy information session to find out more about the risks facing Ottawa
  • Share your ideas for how we can all prepare for the impacts of climate change (coming soon)
  • Check out the Resource Hub (coming soon) for more information that supports individual and community preparedness for climate change

Subscribe to the climate change e-newsletter to receive updates on the Climate Resiliency Strategy and other climate change initiatives.

Ottawa’s climate is changing. Overall Ottawa will become much warmer and wetter over the coming decades, with more extreme heat days, intense rainfall and extreme weather events like severe winds, floods or winter storms. The City is developing a Climate Resiliency Strategy to guide how Ottawa can prepare for and respond to the anticipated impacts of changing climate conditions.

The Climate Resiliency Strategy is one of eight priorities of the Climate Change Master Plan.

Taking action on climate change requires reducing greenhouse gas emissions while also ensuring Ottawa is prepared for the impacts of a changing climate. Energy Evolution is the City’s strategy to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The Climate Resiliency Strategy focuses on getting Ottawa ready for a changing climate. Learn more about Energy Evolution and what you can do to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions.

What will Ottawa’s climate look like in the future and what are the risks?

Overall Ottawa will become much warmer over the coming decades, with more intense rainfall and more extreme weather events. Find out more about how we expect Ottawa’s climate to change and the impacts this will have:

Get involved and have your say

To develop a strategy that values the perspectives and unique circumstances residents of Ottawa have, we need your input. You can get involved in the following ways:

  • Attend the Climate Resiliency Strategy information session to find out more about the risks facing Ottawa
  • Share your ideas for how we can all prepare for the impacts of climate change (coming soon)
  • Check out the Resource Hub (coming soon) for more information that supports individual and community preparedness for climate change

Subscribe to the climate change e-newsletter to receive updates on the Climate Resiliency Strategy and other climate change initiatives.

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    Climate Impact Survey for Ottawa Residents

    Are you an Ottawa resident? We want to hear from you! Complete the survey to let us know what climate impacts you are most concerned about, how climate change is affecting you and how we can help you prepare for the future.

    Your input will help us assess how Ottawa is vulnerable to climate change and will be used to develop a strategy that meets the needs of everyone in Ottawa.

    We encourage you to read the content on the Climate Resiliency Strategy webpages before completing this survey. 

    This survey is for Ottawa residents. If you are a business, organization or institution in Ottawa, please complete the business, organization and institution survey.

    We will be providing summaries of the feedback from the surveys so that other organizations can use it to inform their work. A summary of the responses to date can be found in the Interim What We Heard Report.


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    Climate Impacts Survey for Businesses, Organizations and Institutions in Ottawa

    Are you a business, organization or institution in Ottawa? We want to hear from you! Complete the survey to let us know what climate impacts you are most concerned about, how climate change is affecting your business, organization or institution, and how we can help you prepare for the future.

    Your input will help us assess how Ottawa is vulnerable to climate change and will be used to develop a strategy that meets the needs of everyone in Ottawa. 

    We encourage you to read the content on the Climate Resiliency Strategy webpages before completing this survey.  More detailed information on how Ottawa’s climate is expected to change in the coming decades is provided in the study Climate Projections for the National Capital Region (2020).

    This survey is for representatives of businesses, organizations or institutions in Ottawa. If you are a resident and would like to participate in surveys related to the Climate Resiliency Strategy, please complete the resident survey.

    We will be providing summaries of the feedback from the surveys so that other organizations can use it to inform their work. A summary of the responses to date can be found in the Interim What We Heard Report.

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