Role Generic Lever What Specific Lever / Operationalized Lever Municipality Employed Partners Involved Notes on partnership Sector Target Supply Chain Target Links (Data Sources) Personal Notes Example
Regulate Building Code empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Supply Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Regulate Building Code empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Supply Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Regulate Building Code Advocate for more aggressive energy efficiency requirements in the Ontario Building Code Implement local improvement charges for residential energy projects empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Supply Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Regulate Building Code Revise and update municipal infrastructure guidelines Prioritize Low Impact Development (LID) as a preferred method of stormwater management empty cell City of Hamilton Public Works, Planning and Economic Development, Building Division, Hamilton Conservation Authority Work to examine and develop guidelines and tools to implement LID empty cell Demand Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Regulate Tax Reform Redirect carbon taxes Update Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Action Plan empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell
Regulate Tax Reform Increase local tax base Increase by $40.9 million as all levels of government will reap tax revenues empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Urban Development Land an Water Management Secure property that serves as source water storage or preserves wildlife corridors within the catchment empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Supply Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Urban Development Foster a culture of energy conservation Plan for energy generation, distribution, and consumption through a coordinated and regional approach empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Supply Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Urban Development Build weathered hardened stormwater management infrastructure Improve stormwater infrastructure to better manage rainfall and flooding empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Supply Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Urban Development Reduce impacts of buildings by building net zero/net positive buildings Plan for human scale with integrated land use patterns empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Urban Development Align climate change adaptation and mitigation with land use Build enviornment management structures, processes, and decision making empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Supply Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Urban Development empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Supply Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Urban Development empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Procurement and Service Delivery Create an accessible toolkit for businesses Assist with impact analysis and business continutity planning empty cell McMaster University DeGroote Business School and Center For Climate Research, Hamilton Community Energy Response Group, Sustainable Hamilton, Insurence Bureau of Canada, and the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce empty cell empty cell Supply Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Procurement and Service Delivery Encourage a shift to more efficient vehicles Prioritize vehicles that use cleaner sources of energy empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Procurement and Service Delivery Expand public transit services Include dedicated rapid transit lanes where possible empty cell Hamilton Street Railway and Metrolinx, Chamber of Commerce, Smart Commute Hamilton, Mohawk College, and McMaster University empty cell empty cell Supply Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Implement / Direct Provision Ownership empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell
Invest / Indirect Provision Cash Reserves Increase total number of fulltime jobs Of a total estimated 1,643 FTEs in Ontario, 1,123 FTEs will be in Hamilton empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Invest / Indirect Provision Cash Reserves empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell
Invest / Indirect Provision Development Charges Reflect the real cost of climate change Establish climate charges for the cost of buildings and maintaining infrastructure empty cell Province of Ontario, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Encourage more compact land use and push for LID empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Invest / Indirect Provision Access to capital Increase local income Increase by $97.2 million empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Facilitate Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity Establish ongoing education and awareness program/campaign for climate change empty cell empty cell Hamilton Climate Change Champions, Green Venture, Climate Change Hamilton, Bay Area Restoration Council, Clean Air Hamilton, McMaster Center for Climate Change, Mohawk College Raise awareness about climate change and provide educational information to the community empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Facilitate Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity Establish ongoing oversight and coordination body Guide implementation of the Hamilton Climate Change Action Plan and report back on community progress and success empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Facilitate Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity Establish a sustainable food and agriculture system Minimize GHG emissions, preserve local farmland, reduce the amount of food that is wasted, educate and raise awareness of GHG impact of the food system empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell
Facilitate Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell
Facilitate Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Facilitate Community Build community awareness about climate change Engage community members in climate change related learning oppurtunities to encourage behavioural change and establish climate friendly social norms empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Facilitate Community Conduct a local community assessment Vulnerability assessment of public health impacts from climate change empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Facilitate Community Adjusting social and ecological systems Reduce vulnerability to changing situations from climate change impacts empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Facilitate Mediate Support local food production/consumption Integrate existing climate change mitigation/adaptation strategies into existing farm and food plans and initiatives empty cell Federation of Agriculture, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Farming and Rural Affairs, City of Hamilton-Economic Development, Community Services and Public Heatlh Services 2015 going forward, establish a more integral and inclusive role. empty cell empty cell Hamilton's Community Climate Change Plan (2015) empty cell empty cell
Facilitate Mediate Moderate climate change disruption Reduce contributions to GHG emissions empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell empty cell