Thursday, April 24, 2025
On the route to net-zero emissions, Canadian municipalities and their citizens should know where they stand today. A new database that reveals crucial information about local efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across Canada — and allows policy makers and managers to plan accordingly.
The new database from the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership (N-ZAP) provides an important snapshot of the state of climate action in 178 communities across Canada. These survey findings can guide local governments in their decision making as they set ambitious targets for the reduction of GHG emissions.
N-ZAP was established to support Canadian municipalities in monitoring, measuring, and achieving their GHG mitigation goals. N-ZAP is a partnership between the University of Waterloo, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), ICLEI Canada, 11 other Canadian universities, nine other national organizations, and 15 municipal governments across Canada.
N-ZAP is composed of five working groups, bringing together academics, municipal practitioners, and national organizations. This dataset is an output of Working Group 1 whose objective is to determine the current state of climate action in Canadian municipalities, including the state of GHG emissions reduction target setting, climate action planning, intervention implementation, and systems for measuring and monitoring progress.
N-ZAP Dataset Explorer:
This map shows the locations of the 178 Canadian municipalities who participated in the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership survey, and consented to having their results be made public.
Click here to view the interactive map.
For further information on your community’s status in the cross-Canada effort against climate change, click here.
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