Municipal Assets: High-Level Climate Risk Screening

Facilitated by: Matt Delorme, P.Eng. and Emily Cowin, P.Eng.

Full workshop takes place over three sessions: a mix of online and in-person events.

Online Session 1: November 12, 2025, 9 am to 11 am (all participants)
Online Session 2: November 26, 2025, 9 am to 11 am (all participants)

Session 3
(Online - Newfoundland Only): January 23, 2026, 1 pm to 4:30 pm
(In Person - Halifax): January 22, 2026, 1 pm to 4:30 pm
(In Person - Moncton): January 29, 2026, 1 pm to 4:30 pm


Purpose:
Climate resilience is no longer optional. It is essential for funding, planning, and protecting your community. Municipalities are already feeling the effects of heavier rainfall, summer droughts, stronger winds, and rising storm surges. To secure funding and build long-term success, you need more than a one-time report: you need the skills to understand, track, and act on evolving climate risks.

This workshop does not require detailed technical knowledge to attend.
The content is based on the Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) Portfolio and High-Level Risk Screening guides, which were developed with small and medium sized communities in mind. It will show you how to:

• Use your own data to catalogue assets by climate risk.
• Access publicly available climate forecasts for your community.
• Understand social and economic drivers of risk.
• Complete a high-level risk screen for one asset class using your own data.
• Identify when to build and when to mitigate risk.

You’ll leave ready to identify priority projects, demonstrate climate action, and confidently guide decision-making and add demonstrated value to your municipality and your role within it.

Who Should Attend: Municipal asset managers, CAOs, department heads, public works managers, facility managers, council members, climate and sustainability staff.

Outcomes or Deliverables:
High-Level Climate Risk Screen of one asset class
High-Level Climate Risk Screen tool for other asset classes
Cost: $150 per participant

Coffee and snacks will be provided at the in-person sessions. One-on one support and work review is available after the workshop is complete.

This workshop is delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal
Fund and the Government of Canada.