As noted above the City of Windsor is committed to the Global Covenant of Mayors. In 2019, the City of Windsor received an overall score of A from the Carbon Disclosure Project recognizing climate change leadership, as well as an A for our Climate Change Adaptation actions. This score is higher than the average North American scores of a C and average global scores of D.
Municipal Comparisons
As with the municipal comparisons on mitigation, Appendix A provides a status of adaptation planning from the Showcase Cities. To summarize, significantly fewer municipalities have undertaken holistic climate change adaptation planning than mitigation planning and target setting.
As mentioned above, each of these Showcase Cities has committed to advancing climate action over the next year in at least one area (i.e. mitigation or adaptation).
City of Detroit
In 2019, the City of Detroit completed the Detroit Sustainability Action Agenda. Goal 9 outlines actions to enhance infrastructure and operations to improve resilience to climate impacts.
Some of the key recommendations for action are as follows:
Aim to double the acres managed through green stormwater infrastructure and related techniques citywide in 10 years, resulting in at least 1,800 acres managed by 2029;
Green streets guidelines will be incorporated into the City’s Transportation Master Plan of Policies to be completed in 2020;
As part of the 2020 Hazard Mitigation Plan update, Detroit will integrate information on climate change risks for residents and infrastructure and identify potential mitigation strategies;
Improve resident access to sustainability-related City services; and
Expand emergency preparedness and communication tools.
Province of Ontario
As described in the Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan, addressing the effects of climate change is a priority for the province. The following actions are listed:
Building resilience - Helping families and communities prepare
o Providing the right information, tools and resources to adapt and respond to climate change.
o Understanding where the province is vulnerable and knowing which regions and economic sectors are most likely to be impacted.