To support building capacity and expertise at the municipal level for the implementation of nature-based climate solutions in this project, we are heavily focused on meaningful engagement with municipalities. This engagement is centered around two main stages of the project: the development of the cost-benefits framework for nature-based infrastructure, and training, education, and promotion of the cost-benefits tool. Throughout the entire project, we are working closely with the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick and L’Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick.
In the first stage of the project, we hosted five engagement sessions throughout New Brunswick to understand what challenges and barriers municipalities face in implementing nature-based climate solutions as well as their levels of interest in pursuing them.
These engagement sessions took place on:
February 22nd, 2023 – Dieppe
February 28th, 2023 – Fredericton
February 28th, 2023 – Edmundston
March 13th, 2023 - Online
March 21st, 2023 – Quispamsis/Saint John
Starting in the fall of 2023 we will be hosting training sessions in different areas of the province with municipal staff and elected officials on the cost-benefits tool to illustrate how it can be applied in a decision-making context and to encourage the use of it to support growth in the use of nature-based climate solutions.
