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The Government of Canada is helping plan and build greener, more sustainable infrastructure for Canadians Français


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Jun 01, 2018, 13:00 ET

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HALIFAX, June 1, 2018 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that help build more sustainable communities, create well-paying jobs, better protect Canadians, and support the transition to a low-carbon, clean growth economy.   

Today, the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, announced a new and important step in ensuring that infrastructure investments take into account the impact of projects on the environment during the planning and design stages.  

As part of the Investing in Canada plan, applicants seeking federal funding for new major public infrastructure projects will now be asked to undertake an assessment of how their projects will contribute to or reduce carbon pollution, and to consider climate change risks in the location, design, and planned operation of a project.

This Climate Lens is a requirement of the Investing in Canada bilateral agreements being signed between Infrastructure Canada and the provinces and territories. The Lens also applies to the recently launched Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund and certain Smart Cities Challenge winning proposals.

The Climate Lens puts us on track to have climate change considered as a core part of Canada's infrastructure planning.

To increase economic growth while also protecting the environment, the Government of Canada, through the Climate Lens, is helping infrastructure owners design better projects by assessing their opportunities to reduce carbon pollution and identify when they should be adapting project design to better withstand severe weather, floods and other possible natural disasters. A General Guidance document has been prepared to explain the required approach, define the scope of the assessment, and identify the specific information that must be submitted to Infrastructure Canada.

Taking climate change into account and building public infrastructure in a manner that helps it withstand natural disasters and severe weather will help fight climate change, reduce energy costs and provide Canadians with safer, more resilient communities. Protecting against natural disasters and severe weather will also help avoid major repairs to damaged community infrastructure which takes months or years to recover from the economic and social impacts.

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"Our investments in infrastructure are making a difference in the lives of Canadians by addressing natural disasters and severe weather events. Addressing climate change goes hand in hand with growing a low-carbon, clean economy. That is why I am pleased to announce that going forward, the environmental and climate change impacts of a project will be assessed when making new public infrastructure investments."

The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities

"The environment and the economy go together. We know Canada's climate is changing, and the impacts of climate change and extreme weather are already costing Canadians billions of dollars each year. By considering how infrastructure projects can better contribute to fighting climate change and ensuring that infrastructure is built to last as our climate changes, we're investing in more resilient, sustainable communities and supporting clean growth and good, middle-class jobs."

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change

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  • The introduction of the Climate Lens responds directly to a Parliamentary motion from MP Fillmore that the Government of Canada consider climate change impacts when assessing its future infrastructure investments.
  • The Climate Lens also addresses recommendations from the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development.
  • The Government of Canada will invest more than $180 billion over 12 years in public transit projects, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, trade and transportation routes, and Canada's rural and northern communities.
  • Applying the new Climate Lens is a requirement for projects valued over $10 million or any greenhouse gas mitigation or climate change resilience projects that are submitted under the $33 billion Investing in Canada bilateral agreements that are currently being signed between Infrastructure Canada and the provinces and territories. It is also a requirement for projects under the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund and certain Smart Cities Challenge proposals.
  • The Climate Lens encourages improved choices by project planners consistent with shared federal, provincial and territorial objectives in the Pan-Canadian Framework for Clean Growth and Climate Change.
  • Once a project is approved for federal funding, Climate Lens assessment expenses are retroactively eligible for cost-sharing.

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Applying a Climate Lens to Infrastructure Projects

As part of the Investing in Canada plan, applicants seeking federal funding for new major public infrastructure projects will now be asked to undertake an assessment of how their projects will contribute to or reduce carbon pollution, and to consider climate change risks in the location, design, and planned operation of projects.

The Climate Lens will help infrastructure owners design better projects by assessing their opportunities to reduce carbon pollution and identify when they should be adapting project design to better withstand impacts of climate change (e.g. severe weather, floods, sea-level rise, etc.). A General Guidance document has been prepared to explain the required approach, define the scope of the assessment, and identify the specific information that must be submitted to Infrastructure Canada.  

At the planning and design stage, project applicants will now need to assess whether their projects will increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions. As a second component, they will need to consider ways to incorporate structural or system changes that will help their new infrastructure withstand the potential impacts of climate change and continue to perform reliably. Over time, the goal is to have climate change considerations become a core part of Canada's infrastructure planning.

The Climate Lens assessment is a requirement of the Investing in Canada plan bilateral agreements being signed between Infrastructure Canada and the provinces and territories. It will apply to projects with a total estimated cost of over $10 million, as well as any project that deals with climate change resilience or greenhouse gas mitigation. The Lens also applies to all projects under the recently launched Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund and certain Smart Cities Challenge winning proposals.

The Climate Lens encourages improved choices by project planners consistent with shared federal, provincial and territorial objectives in the Pan-Canadian Framework for Clean Growth and Climate Change. 

The table below identifies the various programs, and streams to which the Climate Lens applies, and lists the project value thresholds at which each assessment will be required.

Thresholds for Climate Lens requirements

Programs and Streams

GHG Mitigation Assessment

Climate Change Resilience

Assessment

Investing in Canada plan (Infrastructure Canada Bilateral Agreements)

Green Infrastructure – Climate Change Mitigation sub-stream

All projects

(Demonstrates alignment with sub-stream outcome)

If total eligible project costs are $10M or greater

Green Infrastructure – Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Mitigation sub-stream

If total eligible project costs are $10M or greater

All projects

(Demonstrates alignment with sub-stream outcome)

Other streams and Sub-streams (Environmental Quality, Public Transit, Community Culture and Recreation, Rural and Northern Communities)

If total eligible project costs are $10M or greater

If total eligible project costs are $10M or greater

National Programs

Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund

All projects

All projects

Smart Cities Challenge

(Winning Proposals)

If total eligible project costs are $10M or greater and project is a climate change mitigation project

If total eligible project costs are $10M or greater and project is a climate change adaptation, resilience or disaster mitigation project

Associated links

Publication: Climate Lens: General guidance (PDF version): http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/alt-format/pdf/guidelines-lignes-directrices/climate-lens-general-guidance-2018-05-28.pdf

Investing in Canada plan project map: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/gmap-gcarte/index-eng.html

Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/dmaf-faac/index-eng.html

Smart Cities Challenge: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/cities-villes/index-eng.html  

Twitter: @INFC_eng

Web: Infrastructure Canada

SOURCE Infrastructure Canada

Kate Monfette, Director of Communications, Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, 613-301-0894, [email protected]; Infrastructure Canada, 613-960-9251, Toll free: 1-877-250-7154, Email: [email protected]

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