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Adaptation Training Program
August 17, 2012
As part of the Ontario Regional Adaptation Collaborative (ORAC), the Clean Air Partnership delivered an Intensive Municipal Adaptation Training Program in climate change adaptation planning for municipal officials in Ontario.
Accelerating Adaptation
July 12, 2012
Accelerating Adaptation in Canadian Communities Case Studies, July 2012. This project has received funding support from Natural Resources Canada.
Complete Streets by Design
June 26, 2012
Complete Streets by Design: Toronto streets redesigned for all ages and abilities, June 2012

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Clean Air Partnership 2013 Annual General Meeting

Clean Air Partnership will be having its Annual General Meeting on July 9th from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm at Toronto City Hall 100 Queen Street West in Commitee Room # 4. If you would like to attend this meeting just send us an email at cap@cleanairpartnership.org.

Smaller cities in Ontario innovate when adapting to climate change

Radio Canada International | August 22, 2012

A recent study by the Clean Air Partnership shows that smaller communities in Ontario have been doing their share in coming up with innovative ways to adapt to climate change.

Gilda Salomone from Radio Canada International speaks with Kevin Behan, director of research at the Clean Air Partnership and with Thomas MacPherson, road infrastructure program manager of the York region.

Extreme-heat website offers advice on staying cool

New site targets those most likely to suffer adverse health effects during heat wave

The Canadian Press | Aug 10, 2012

Canadians now have a website aimed at better preparing them to deal with heat waves.

The site, available in both English and French, provides advice for the public and an accredited training program for health-care workers on how to help people manage in blistering hot weather.

Cool advice offered for hot times

For Immediate Release
August 9, 2012

Extremeheat.ca website to help Canadians and health care providers deal with heat waves

HAMILTON, ON (August 9, 2012) – Climate change appears to be warming up Canada and now Canadians can better prepare to deal with heat waves.

A website at extremeheat.ca has been launched with advice for the public and an accredited training program for Canadian health care workers on how to help people deal with hot weather.

TCAT launches Complete Streets for Canada Policy and Design Hub

For Immediate Release
July 5, 2012

TCAT launches Complete Streets for Canada Policy and Design Hub

CAP’s Social Media Marketing

Clean Air Partnership (CAP) will be launching our first blog on March 23rd, 2012. The blog will provide a one stop shop highlighting municipal clean air and climate change actions happening across the GTHA providing a picture of what a greener, more livable and resilient region would look like.

Visit us at: http://cleanairpartnership.wordpress.com or follow us on Twitter: @CleanAirGTA and/or tell us that you like us on Facebook.

CAP's Mission Statement

At CAP, we believe we can make cities greener, healthier places.

To do that, we work with Canadians, decision-makers and businesses to make the environment a top priority. We focus on strategies that will get results, which for CAP means influencing decision-making in the interests of liveable cities.

How we do this:

We tackle the most critical environmental and health issues of the day: clean air and climate change.

Complete Streets Forum: Accelerating the implementation of Complete Streets across Canada

For immediate release (April 20, 2012) - On April 23, 2012, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT), a project of the Clean Air Partnership, is hosting its annual active transportation policy conference. The conference will be held at Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue.

This is TCAT’s fifth and largest active transportation conference, with 225 registrants. Due to overwhelming demand, the Forum sold out three weeks before the event with a broader spectrum of participants than ever before.

Community Adaptation Initiative Case Studies & Videos

The Community Adaptation Initiative (CAI) is now available! CAP has developed 5 case studies and 5 short videos on climate change adaptation actions in Ontario communities. These resources, along with workshop proceedings from our technical workshops can be found on the CAI website.

Obtaining a Clean Air Partnership Report

To request a Clean Air Partnership publication (whether electronic or hard copy), please email cap@cleanairpartnership.org.

If you or your organization would like to obtain a hard copy (or several copies) of a Clean Air Partnership report there is a $35.00 charge for each printed report, which includes the following:

Colour printing and binding the report; and
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