External Funding Sources

The costs of implementing many of the adaptation actions identified may be reduced by pursuing external funding sources. The City should pursue all available sources of funding to advance climate change resiliency as quickly as possible. This section outlines some funding strategies that the City has already benefited from:

• Federal Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund – In response to the wide variety of climate change impacts across the County, the Government of Canada has developed this fund to invest in public infrastructure needed to mitigate the potential economic, environmental and social impacts of climate change, and strengthen our resilience to disasters triggered by natural hazards and extreme weather event. The City of Windsor has received approval for over $32 million dollars under this fund.

• Municipal Climate Innovation Program (MCIP) – The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) created funding, resources and training to help municipalities respond to climate change (mitigation and adaptation). Through the MCIP program the City of Windsor received funding for a number of mitigation projects but also to complete the East Riverside Flood Risk Assessment. In addition, the City of Windsor also received support through the MCIP Climate Adaptation Partner grants to participate in ICLEI’s Adaptation Changemakers project and complete Degrees of Change.

• Green Municipal Fund – FCM’s Green Municipal Fund provided funding to 12 municipalities across Canada, including Windsor, to participate in the Leadership in Asset Management Program (LAMP). This program was developed as a peer-learning initiative allowing municipalities to collaborate on the development of asset management practices to overcome economic, social and environmental challenges and sustainably deliver services to residents today and in the future. The City of Windsor leveraged this program to include climate change considerations in our Asset Management Plan.