CAFES wants to empower you to speak up in the face of climate misinformation - whether in everyday conversations with friends, family or coworkers, or in public dialogue with the municipality, our Climate Misinformation Volunteer Team has been working on a set of new briefs so you can address misinformation when you hear it. Check […]
CAFES marks the end of our four-year engagement with the City on the development of its Solid Waste Master Plan. On June 18th, CAFES made a public delegation to the Environment and Climate Change Committee on the final draft of Ottawa’s Solid Waste Master Plan. The Plan, which will guide how the City manages waste […]
Ottawa's tree canopy is facing devastating loss: mature trees are being lost to urban development and sprawl, spaces for trees are under severe pressure from growing intensification, young trees are not surviving due to poor growing conditions and poor planting practices, and thousands of trees have been knocked down in the last two years from […]
On Thursday June 20th, CAFES gave a public delegation to the City of Ottawa's Joint Committee for their review of the Infrastructure Master Plan (IMP), which covers clean water, sewage and storm water infrastructure. The review of the IMP concerned the Tewin projected expansion in the South East of Ottawa. The controversial decision of adding […]
On Saturday June 8th from 9:30 - 11:30 am, we had an excellent final session of the Coffee Houses on Sustainability series, where the topic was on Climate Risks: Basement Flooding. The June 8th session on Basement Flooding was a wonderful gathering of industry partners, the insurance sector, community members, City of Ottawa staff and […]
On Saturday June 22nd, CAFES and the Dalhousie Community Association, with support from Mechanicsville Community Association, planted 6 new Chokecherry trees in the planter boxes along the Somerset Street Bridge. This event was part of a Community Tree Planting Initiative led by CAFES to increase tree canopy in neighbourhoods, like Dalhousie, that need it most. A […]
On Wednesday June 12th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm, People's Official Plan hosted an excellent virtual community dialogue to give resources and support for residents to SPEAK UP for accelerated climate action in the City. Research shows that 71% of Canadians are concerned about climate change, but only about 20% are actually speaking up. This […]
CAFES has published version 1.0 of a position paper on Trees and the new Zoning By-law. The paper demonstrates how zoning can regulate and protect space for trees and what specific zoning by-law regulations and metrics can create spaces for canopy trees to thrive to maturity. Some of our recommendations include minimum soil volume requirements, larger front yard setbacks, […]
We're excited to share CAFES' Climate Risk Keynote presentation delivered by Craig Stewart, VP Climate Change and Federal Issues at the Insurance Bureau of Canada. Craig spoke about the the 'dollars and sense of climate risk', the estimated cost and damages, and municipal financial sustainability. Watch the full presentation below! Special thanks to Craig for […]
CAFES held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 27, 2024. The meeting was well attended and a great chance for all our members to be involved. Some of the key outputs of AGM included: Directly preceding the the AGM, we hosted a Climate Risk Keynote event open to the public. It was our great […]
