Request for Expression of Interest

Applied Climate Action Cohort: Operationalization of Climate Change Through Asset Management

The Canadian Network of Asset Managers (CNAM) is partnering with Urban Systems to deliver training in the Operationalization of Climate Change Through Asset Management (aka the ‘Applied Climate Action Cohort’). The Applied Climate Action Cohort is designed to support your municipality in advancing climate change and asset management objectives in an integrated and thoughtful way.

Asset management is a process for making more informed decisions as we plan for an uncertain future – making it an excellent candidate for preparing for the impacts of climate change and acting on adaptation and mitigation as part of broader service delivery goals.

As climate change introduces new risks to service delivery, finding solutions is going to require experimentation and iterative learning. Asset management provides a timely and cost-effective way of managing risks and teaches us to iterate on continuous improvements. Pairing climate change with asset management is a natural fit, especially when it comes to implementation.

The Applied Climate Action Cohort will be highly adaptive, collaborative, relevant, and equip municipalities with various backgrounds with tools to address diverse challenges. The cohort is designed to progress climate action and asset management in the context of your community; check-in support with subject matter experts will be provided after every workshop to help you identify challenges and get the highest value.

For this reason, participants will come out of the Applied Climate Action Cohort equipped with knowledge about best practice for operationalizing climate change, but will emerge with different deliverables that suit their municipal context.

If your organization sees the value in integrating climate change into infrastructure planning, you are highly encouraged to apply.

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* 1. Name of municipality:

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* 2. Number of participants:

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* 3. Roles represented (e.g., finance, engineering, planning):

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* 4. What attracts your municipality to participate in the CNAM Applied Climate Action Cohort?

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* 5. What can you contribute to the learning of other municipalities? How can you help your peers?

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* 6. What do you hope to learn or accomplish for your municipality?

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* 7. Why is the timing of the CNAM Applied Climate Action Cohort right for your municipality?

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* 8. What documents have you developed in service of asset management and/or climate change?

Asset Management Policy

Asset Management Strategy

Asset Management Plan

Maintenance Management Plan

Corporate frameworks to assess risk, condition, and/or level of service

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

Climate Action Plan

Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation Strategy

Other (please specify)

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* 9. How would you rate yourself on your asset management journey?

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We have not had any conversation about asset management.

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We have started to develop some basic components of our asset management program. Data provides a basic snapshot of assets and the organization is moving the asset management conversation forward.

2
We have an asset management team and information about our critical assets. We are working on Asset Management Plans for some asset classes that support decision-making.

3
We have information and Asset Management Plans for all of our assets that support decision-making.

4
Our formal asset management program integrates planning and supports decision- making throughout the asset lifecycle on all assets and systems.

5
Our formal asset management program integrates planning and supports decision- making on an ongoing basis throughout the asset lifecycle on all assets and throughout the asset management process. There are measures in place that support continuous improvement.

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* 10. How would you rate yourself on your climate change journey?

0 / Pre-level 1
We have not had any conversation about climate change.

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We have had some conversations about climate change and have reviewed climate data for our region. The organization is moving the conversation about climate action forward.

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We understand climate change projections for our region and we have done a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for our critical assets.

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We have done a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment on all of our assets and we have begun to integrate those findings into some planning processes.

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We understand how climate change will impact our infrastructure systems and have integrated climate risks into our asset management and O&M planning processes.

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Climate change is integrated at all stage of asset management decision-making and we have continuous improvement processes in place. We monitor climate response and risk over time.

A letter of support from your organizations Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) or Council is required to be submitted no later than August 22, 2022 as part of your EOI package. If the letter is ready, please use this link to submit it now. Otherwise, it can be submitted separately from this Expression of Interest before the deadline.