A combination of continuing growth in communities (particularly the central role of economic development and development permitting), an endemic lack of staff and financial capacity, and the need to coordinate climate action amidst other pri- orities and with other organizations and jurisdictions, present critical challenges for effective climate action. [...] Both mitigation and adaptation seek to avoid the potential damages of global climate change and support the devel- opment of present and future communities in a sustainable manner; however, these two streams of climate action are largely pursued separately. [...] Over the next three years (2019-2021), ICABCCI will work with a diversity of local government and First Nation partners and key provincial, national, and international influencers and resource providers in the climate arena to co-create, test, and refine a decision-making framework for integrated climate action, and develop critical resources and tools needed to accelerate LCR in diverse local gov. [...] For each area of planning, participants discussed questions relating to: i) the rationale for integrated climate action, i.e., why and how it could streamline planning, ii) key departments and external bodies or individuals that should be involved in knowledge generation and mobilization, and iii) the opportunities and challenges for action, including anticipating strengths, opportunities, threats. [...] Incorporating understanding of cli- mate change impacts on vulnerable populations and ways to advance adaptive and mitigative capacity in the short- and long-term in this context was identified as another advantage of a more holistic and integrated approach to climate action.
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