Embracing partnerships for local equitable climate action
Learn how to build, strengthen, and maintain strong partnerships that enable collaborative governance towards a better community for all.
When it comes to climate action, it’s better to work together. Research shows that local governments that form partnerships with their broader community make better progress toward their climate targets, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Partnerships with organizations and entities from across the public, private, and civil society sectors play an instrumental role in advancing climate mitigation efforts, as they bring together skills and resources and enable collective action. These partnerships also present an opportunity to involve underserved and marginalized communities by integrating equity goals and actions into a climate partnership.
The Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership (N-ZAP) has created the Community Partnerships for Equitable Local Climate Action guide to provide Canadian municipalities with best practices for structuring partnerships. These evidence-based recommendations are based on data collected from 12 partnerships comprising 55 total partners across Canada.
Participate in this webinar to learn how to build, strengthen, and maintain strong partnerships that enable collaborative governance towards a better community for all.
Time Zones
- 01:00 pm - 02:15 pm Eastern
- 12:00 pm - 01:15 pm Central
- 11:00 pm - 12:15 pm Mountain
- 10:00 am - 11:15 am Pacific
About the presenters:
Dr. Amelia Clarke (she/they) has been working on environment and sustainability issues since 1989, including as President of Sierra Club Canada (2003-2006), the first Director of the University of Waterloo's Master of Environment and Business degree (2009-2018) and the Associate Dean Research for the Faculty of Environment (2018-2022). She is now a Full Professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) at the University of Waterloo, where she co-leads a $8.5M national team project called the municipal net-zero action research partnership (N-ZAP), and co-leads a second project on youth & innovation. Connect on LinkedIn.
Naima Samuel is a PhD candidate (ABD) in the Sustainability Management program at the School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development (SEED), University of Waterloo. Her PhD research is focused on understanding dynamics of cross-sector partnerships and how these partnerships can be effectively leveraged to local equitable local climate action in Canada.
Naima has served in several leadership roles including CEO of a not-for-profit corporation in Ontario. She has 10+ years of experience working in diverse areas ranging from strategic planning to international relations, stakeholder engagement and partnerships, EDI initiatives, project management, change management, process improvement, consulting, and software development.
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naimasamuel/
Glen Cheetham
As Climate and Sustainability Manager with the City of Kamloops, Glen Cheetham leads a team dedicated to advancing the City’s climate action goals and targets. With 30+ years of experience in local government, and equipped with IAP2 and Community Based Social Marketing training, Glen understands that ‘thinking globally and acting locally’ requires ongoing, meaningful community engagement with people of all ages, means, and abilities.
