CAFES' Climate Resiliency Community Dialogue Report

Between May 12th and June 29th, 2023, the Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) in collaboration with the City of Ottawa hosted eleven Climate Resiliency Community Dialogue sessions with approximately 330 participants and 70 volunteers. The objective was to hear from communities across Ottawa to inform the City's Climate Resiliency Strategy and programming, recognizing that people will face different impacts based on many factors including geographic location, age, gender, race, and income.

Each session included introductions, climate briefing information, break-out table discussions on concerns and risk responses, report-backs and concluding remarks. For most of the workshops, climate risks were presented in a framework of four climate hazard areas : extreme heat, changing seasons, more rainfall and extreme weather events. The Climate Change Working Group was proud to co-host one of the sessions with the Dalhousie Community Association on June 13, 2023.

Please consult CAFES' final report and annexes on these community dialogues here.