On June 18, 2024, the Province announced the Disaster Resilience and Innovation Funding (DRIF) program. By supporting disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation projects in B.C., the DRIF program will help better protect people and communities from natural and climate-driven emergencies. The fund will provide approximately $15 million to First Nations and local governments in…
An exciting new feature has been developed on the BC Community Climate Funding Guide – notifications! We heard that communities want a way to receive email notifications about updates to the Funding Guide, so we created a service that does just that. By subscribing, you will receive a notification when new funding programs are added…
The BC Community Climate Funding Guide has officially been live for two years! Our analytics show that in the last 12 months our website has been visited almost 10,300 times, an increase of almost 50% over the same period last year, by 6,500 unique people from all over B.C. and even some places in Alberta…
Six instructional videos were recently added to the Funding Guide website to help explain the features of the site and offer tips to help you find relevant funding for your climate action projects. We hope these videos support you in using the Funding Guide!
In B.C., public utilities are regulated by BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) under the Utilities Commission Act. A public utility, as defined by the Utilities Commission Act, consists of any person or entity that owns or operates equipment or facilities for the production, generation, storage, transmission, sale, delivery or provision of electricity, natural gas, steam, or…
Recently, The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) announced a commitment to invest up to $50 million into Efficiency Capital’s Commercial Building Retrofit Initiative. Through this program, Efficiency Capital works with building owners to identify potential energy-saving upgrade projects, and provides upfront financing to implement them. Any energy cost savings from the upgrades are used to pay…
The CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 was released in Fall 2021 and builds on work already being done to accelerate climate action through the CleanBC strategy (released in 2018). The Roadmap explores new pathways to get the province on track to a net-zero economy: low-carbon energy, transportation, buildings, communities, industry, forest bioeconomy, agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries, and negative emissions technologies. Indigenous and…
The clean energy landscape in B.C. has shifted and evolved greatly since the inception of the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund (FNCEBF). As such, many of the capacity building projects and feasibility studies funded through the FNCEBF may no longer align effectively with the current clean energy landscape. Communities that have reached the $50,000…
We are pleased to announce the release of the new Community Climate Funding Guide. This guide is the culmination of months of work from a dedicated and passionate team. Through the course of engagement with communities we have been aware for a while that the funding landscape can be a challenge to navigate. Our hope…
