Climate Summit 2023

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Program

May 9, 2023

Block 1

▴ Conference

Opening Session

Launch Event for the 2nd annual Montréal Climate Summit.

General

9:15 a.m. -
10:15 a.m.

(650 seats)

▴ Conférence

Montréal in Action: New Climate Commitments

General

10:15 a.m. -
12:00 p.m.

(650 seats)
Montréal is accelerating its transition to a low carbon, resilient and inclusive city. All actors are mobilized and continue working closely together. For this roundtable, City of Montréal and major Montréal players will review and discuss the city’s progress, challenges and opportunities in the climate emergency. It will also be the occasion to announce strong new commitments to improve climate resilience and set more ambitious targets for Montréal.

Block 2

Montréal est en action pour le climat. Les acteurs se mobilisent et les projets se multiplient. Cette table ronde sera l’occasion pour la mairesse Valérie Plante et les panélistes d’offrir un tour d’horizon et d’échanger sur les avancées, les défis et les opportunités de la métropole devant l’urgence climatique. Elle laissera aussi place à quelques grandes annonces qui traceront la voie pour un avenir plus vert et plus sain à Montréal.

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Karel Mayrand, président-directeur général de la Fondation du Grand Montréal et co-président du Partenariat Climat Montréal
Panélistes
Dre Mylène Drouin, directrice régionale de santé publique de Montréal
Geneviève Fournier, Vice-présidente Marketing et Expérience client, Hydro-Québec
Marie-Andrée Mauger, mairesse de l'arrondissement de Verdun, Membre du comité exécutif, responsable de la transition écologique et de l'environnement, Ville de Montréal
Geneviève Morin , présidente-directrice générale de Fondaction
Stéphane Paquet, président-directeur général de Montréal International
Valérie Plante, mairesse de Montréal
Élise Proulx, Cheffe, Développement économique, Québec, Ivanhoé Cambridge

Animation
Karel Mayrand, président-directeur général de la Fondation du Grand Montréal et co-président du Partenariat Climat Montréal
Panélistes
Dre Mylène Drouin, directrice régionale de santé publique de Montréal
Geneviève Fournier, Vice-présidente Marketing et Expérience client, Hydro-Québec
Marie-Andrée Mauger, mairesse de l'arrondissement de Verdun, Membre du comité exécutif, responsable de la transition écologique et de l'environnement, Ville de Montréal
Geneviève Morin , présidente-directrice générale de Fondaction
Stéphane Paquet, président-directeur général de Montréal International
Valérie Plante, mairesse de Montréal
Élise Proulx, Cheffe, Développement économique, Québec, Ivanhoé Cambridge

Animation
Karel Mayrand, président-directeur général de la Fondation du Grand Montréal et co-président du Partenariat Climat Montréal
Panélistes
Dre Mylène Drouin, directrice régionale de santé publique de Montréal
Geneviève Fournier, Vice-présidente Marketing et Expérience client, Hydro-Québec
Marie-Andrée Mauger, mairesse de l'arrondissement de Verdun, Membre du comité exécutif, responsable de la transition écologique et de l'environnement, Ville de Montréal
Geneviève Morin , présidente-directrice générale de Fondaction
Stéphane Paquet, président-directeur général de Montréal International
Valérie Plante, mairesse de Montréal
Élise Proulx, Cheffe, Développement économique, Québec, Ivanhoé Cambridge

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Guiding Montréal: Adopting Low-Carbon Mobility for an Accessible City

Organized by Vivre en Ville

Transportation

1:30 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.

(400 seats)
Electrifying transportation is key to Montréal achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. But it’s not enough. To achieve low-carbon mobility, it is equally important to align the transition to sustainable transportation with a new land-use vision for Montréal. In the context of drafting the Land Use and Mobility Plan, this kind of planning synergy requires the participation of companies and institutions, particularly when it comes to job location and developing new infrastructure to transform mobility.

The goal of this panel is to engage and mobilize economic players – and the ecosystem as a whole – behind City of Montréal’s actions and targets for decarbonizing the transportation sector.

▴ Conference

Speeding up the Business Transition: Bold and Innovative Practices

Organized by HEC Montréal

Support

1:30 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.

(200 seats)
Organizations and companies are under increasing pressure to produce ambitious and genuine responses to the climate emergency. This has pushed more businesses to integrate ESG criteria and inspired some organizations to deploy even bolder and more innovative solutions, such as integrating GHG reduction criteria up and down their value chains or into their performance evaluations.

In this session, managers from the worlds of finance, retail and natural resources will come together to share meaningful and decisive actions that can be taken immediately to speed the business transition. On the menu: powerful and innovative tools to move towards transparent low-carbon business models.

11h45 - 12h15

Entrevue conjointe
Titre à confirmer

Présentation en anglais

Description à venir

Panélistes
Sadiq Khan, maire de Londres et président mondial des villes du C40
Valérie Plante, mairesse de Montréal

▴ Workshop

Decarbonizing Your Building Portfolio and Where to Start

Organised by ECONOLER

Building

1:30 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.

(50 seats)
Canada has committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. In 2022, in response to the climate emergency, City of Montréal set out its road map for zero-emission buildings by 2040, ahead of its GHG emission reduction targets for the building sector. Strategies and measures to decarbonize Montréal’s buildings will be needed to achieve its medium- and long-term objectives.

This workshop is for anyone interested in learning about zero-emission buildings and improving their decision-making. It will cover current initiatives and commitments, and demystify the different approaches to achieving carbon neutrality or, at the very least, significantly reducing GHG emissions.

▴ Workshop

Climate Colab: Mobilizing Research for Climate Action in Montréal

Organized by UNIVER/CITY 2030, Concordia University

Community

1:30 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.

(50 seats)
Climate Colab, part of Concordia University’s UNIVER/CITY 2030 initiative, is a collaborative platform intended to support the objectives of Montréal’s Climate Plan 2020-2030. Its goal is to implement and support climate action research projects that will significantly reduce socio-ecological impacts in the built environment and mobility sectors. Basing its policy framework on sustainable development objectives, the project will draw on the expertise of researchers from Montréal universities.

In this workshop, participants will learn more about Climate Colab and the potential synergies between research and climate action. It will also provide an opportunity to connect research interests with support projects; specify commonalities, differences and blind spots; and secure commitments with a view to undertaking a collaborative climate action research program.

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Enhancing and Managing Natural Assets to Increase Resilience

Organized by Conseil régional de l’environnement de Montréal and Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo

Adaptation

1:30 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.

(50 seats)
As natural sponges and air conditioners, natural assets (e.g. wetlands and forests) are key to the adaptation and climate resilience of living environments. While projects increasingly include and integrate natural assets, too often their value remains overlooked. Furthermore, accounting records and planning documents rarely classify them as municipal assets.

Primarily intended for municipal employees and elected officials, this workshop will provide a forum to look at the current situation, share tools and inspiring examples, and discuss the hurdles and drivers for municipalities to take an infrastructure approach to managing natural assets.

Block 3

▴ Conference

From Ambition to Climate Action: Strengthening Trust, Transparency and Accountability Through Data

Organized by UNIVER/CITY 2030, Concordia University

Support

3:30 p.m. -
5:00 p.m.

(400 seats)
With more businesses, institutions and municipalities announcing climate commitments and action plans, transparency and accountability have become essential to monitoring their credibility and fighting greenwashing. This cannot occur without access to reliable data. And to be truly useful and impactful, this monitoring and evaluation data must be accompanied by tools (e.g. dashboards and portals) and inclusive community engagement practices.

Organized by Data Studio, part of Concordia University’s UNIVER/CITY 2030 initiative, this panel discussion will review data gaps and the incentives and disincentives to data disclosure. It will also highlight opportunities for collaborative intersectoral data sharing to help implement the Climate Plan 2020-2030.

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Climate and Environmental Criteria in Finance: Challenges and Opportunities for Your Business

Organized by Finance Montréal

Support

3:30 p.m. -
5:00 p.m.

(200 seats)
In the world of finance, ESG criteria were introduced hand in hand with new standards that require organizations to take greater account of climate change in their practices. For businesses, these new and inescapable standards can be a challenge, particularly because they continue to evolve rapidly. They nonetheless offer significant opportunities to companies that can anticipate and implement them to reduce negative externalities.

Through a discussion of best practices, this conference will give attendees a better understanding of these issues. It will also equip them to address the challenges and anticipate investor expectations on climate.

▴ Workshop

Real Estate Strategies and Best Practices for Sustainable Communities

Organized by Vivre en Ville et Fondaction

Building

3:30 p.m. -
5:00 p.m.

(50 seats)
Today, many stakeholders in real estate are working to make communities more sustainable.

In this interactive panel, players from the real estate and financial sectors will share strategies, tools and real-world learnings that speed the implementation of adaptative solutions to the socio-economic and environmental issues affecting communities. Attendees will be invited to interact with the panellists and share their experiences to enrich sustainability efforts.

▴ Workshop

Climate Hub Discussions: Innovative Solutions to Help You Decarbonize

Organized by Junior Chamber of commerce of Montréal and The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitain Montreal

General

3:30 p.m. -
5:00 p.m.

(70 seats)
With business trends focused on climate action, this workshop will address the topics of sustainable transport, waste management, buildings, water resources and energy efficiency for organizations looking to decarbonize.

It will provide the opportunity to discuss the themes and review their associated business needs. It will also allow participants to contribute their ideas and innovative solutions and find inspiration. Attendees will have the opportunity to introduce themselves and network over five rounds of discussion.

▴ Workshop

Solutions for a Just Transition to Sustainable Transportation

Organized by Coop Carbone

Transportation

3:30 pm -
5:00 pm

(50 seats)
Sustainable transportation initiatives are popping up all over the city. However, for geographical, technological and financial reasons, some segments of the population – including society’s most vulnerable – are being excluded. This raises a number of issues that are holding back a just transition to truly sustainable transportation in Montréal.

This panel of actors involved in mobility deployment in Montréal will discuss the city’s main systemic barriers to sustainable and equitable mobility and propose solutions and opportunities for engagement. Public opinion and realities on the ground will be used to inform a discussion of potential blind spots and overlooked solutions.

Block 4

▴ Networking cocktail

Montréal, Let’s Raise Our Glasses to Bold Climate Action!

Organized by Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montréal and The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitain Montréal

General

5:15 p.m. -
8:00 p.m.

(600 tickets)
This highly anticipated networking cocktail will bring together the entire ecosystem of Montrealers concerned about the city’s climate future. Join the young professionals and Summit community to raise a glass to bold climate action.

It will be an excellent opportunity to network, build new relationships and ensure you keep in touch during and after the event.

Entertainment for the evening will include a top DJ, a slideshow looking back at the day’s events, and activities to reflect on climate action. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and a bar will be pouring drinks, including a signature cocktail/mocktail inspired by the Summit (1 complimentary drink included).

May 10, 2023

Block 5

▴ Conference

Keynote Guest Speaker

General

9:00 a.m. -
9:30 a.m.

(650 seats)

Block 6

▴ Conference

Climate Justice: A Broader, More Just and Equitable Framework for Climate Action

Organized by Transition en Commun, David Suzuki Foundation and Foundation of Greater Montréal

Community

9:00 a.m. -
9:30 a.m.

(400 seats)
The people most impacted by climate change are those who contributed least to the problem. Beyond this social inequality, the climate crisis could be another indicator that some of our societal choices are dead ends. In contrast, reflecting on its links to other crises and how we view the living world could help us devise more just and equitable actions plans.

The aim of this session is to build bridges between the various sectors and actors to address social justice and environmental issues and explore areas for reflection and avenues for collaboration.

▴ Conference

Update on the 2022 Climate Summit’s Major Commitments: Progress, Challenges and Next Steps

Community

10:00 a.m. -
11:30 a.m.

(200 seats)
At the 2022 Montréal Climate Summit, many of the city’s leaders made ambitious climate change commitments.

This panel will provide an update on their progress in implementing those commitments. It will also provide a platform for those leaders to identify their next steps to take their commitments even further. Lastly, by sharing their challenges and experiences, they will give participants insights on how to achieve their climate change ambitions.

▴ Workshop

Accelerating the Transition to Vehicle Electrification: Do You Know Your Needs?

Organized by Propulsion Québec

Transportation

10:00 a.m. -
11:30 a.m.

(50 seats)
Many preconceived notions in traditional vehicle fleet management can impede and discourage an organization’s electrification efforts.

Indeed, many considerations must be taken into account, including vehicle type and use, planning, charging station deployments and change management to ensure user buy-in. To be successful, implementation processes must be customized for each operational context.

This workshop is intended to help actors considering vehicle fleet electrification by demystifying the process and demonstrating how to assess their needs. By sharing their experiences, tools and best practices, the panellists will help participants identify the steps and analyses that will make for a successful transition.

▴ Workshop

Climate Takes Centre Stage: Provoking Change Through Art

Organized by Conseil régional de l’environnement de Montréal and Culture Montréal

Community

10:00 a.m. -
11:30 a.m.

(50 seats)
Arts and culture play leading roles in raising awareness about the climate emergency and developing a new model of society that is more respectful of the human and natural environments.

Guided by an artist’s creative practice, workshop participants will create posters to experience the potential of art as a vector of personal and collective change. Their posters will be displayed during the Climate Summit. No artistic talent required!

Block 7

▴ Conference

The Next Generation: How to Transform Your Business From Within

Organized by Junior Chamber of commerce of Montréal

Support

1:00 p.m. -
2:30 p.m.

(400 seats)
In 2022, Fondaction and the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montréal launched Génération d’impact. This new program was designed to amplify the positive impact of intrapreneurs working to improve environmental and social inclusion practices. In collaboration with a number of business, environmental and social inclusion trailblazers, Génération d’impact is a training space for emerging leaders to incorporate positive impact into their employers’ practices.

Up-and-coming business people use their motivation and leadership to address current issues and drive deep transformation in their respective organizations. This session will therefore highlight their role in organizational transformation, their impact on environmental and social practices, and how we can help sustain their momentum and amplify their actions.

▴ Conference

How to Increase the Health Sector’s Contribution to Montréal’s Climate Objectives?

Organized by Trottier Family Foundation

Community

1:00 p.m. -
2:30 p.m.

(200 seats)
The health sector plays a crucial role in helping communities, particularly the most vulnerable, cope with the negative impacts of climate change. It is also responsible for nearly 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Montréal’s healthcare institutions therefore have substantial levers at their disposal to help the city achieve its climate objectives.

This panel will bring together thought leaders from public health, hospitals, communities of practice and philanthropic circles to identify best practices and available levers to rapidly decarbonize the city’s healthcare institutions and improve their climate resilience and that of their communities.

▴ Workshop

What Role Can Low-Carbon Materials Play in the Decarbonization of City Buildings? The Importance of Taking Into Account Their Intrinsic Carbon.

Organized by Center for Intersectoral Studies and Research on the Circular Economy (CERIEC)

Building

1:00 p.m. -
2:30 p.m.

(50 seats)
City of Montréal’s road map for zero-emission buildings by 2040 is a good start to reducing the carbon emissions of city buildings.

The goal of this workshop is to expand the range of actions to implement by showing the importance of quantifying the carbon intrinsic in construction materials.

The first half of the session will present solutions available in Montréal and analyze local contexts and market challenges to implementing them. In the second half, an interactive workshop will allow attendees to work together to identify gaps and the concrete strategies to resolve them that will mobilize the entire construction value chain in Montréal.

▴ Workshop

Transforming Large Parking Lots Through Repurposing, Optimization and Development Plans

Organized by Conseil régional de l’environnement de Montréal, with the support of Institut de développement urbain

Transportation

1:00 p.m. -
2:30 p.m.

(50 seats)
The Island of Montréal is home to nearly 500 surface parking lots with over 100 spaces. These asphalted surfaces are ripe for climate actions such as densifying the city, installing sustainable transportation hubs and charging stations, greening the city and improving water management.

Intended primarily for real estate promoters and the managers and owners of large parking lots, this interactive workshop will present success stories and identify roadblocks and success factors at every stage of the parking lot transformation process.

The questions covered will include: What are the financial, regulatory, technical and political considerations that can facilitate or impede the transformation of these lots? How do you coordinate the interests and expertise of promoters, clients and tenants, neighbours, elected officials and civil servants to maximize returns?

▴ Workshop

Collective Action in Montréal’s Neighbourhoods: Toward a Just and Equitable Transition. The Role of Business and Institutions

Organized bye Collective Impact Projet - Centraide of Greater Montreal, Neighbourhood Round Tables Coalition and Transition en Commun

Community

1:00 p.m. -
2:30 p.m.

(50 seats)
Many neighbourhoods are mobilizing to create a more just, equitable and environmentally sustainable city. Whether through the collective action model of neighbourhood roundtables, as part of the Transition en Commun alliance, or through the initiatives of the Collective Impact Project, collaboration between all actors is essential for a successful socio-ecological transition.

This workshop will highlight the consultation and collective action processes being used to drive social development in Montréal neighbourhoods. Socio-ecological transformation will be considered from a broad perspective that includes the issue of social inequity. Workshop participants will be invited to propose new directions for collaboration for neighbourhood actors, businesses and institutions.

A number of issues will be discussed, such as: How do these organizations and initiatives ensure the participation and inclusion of the entire community? What challenges and opportunities have they encountered? What role can business play in these local initiatives?

Block 8

▴ Conference

Greater Montréal United in Ambition : Different Perspectives Toward a Citywide Adaptation Approach

Organized by Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal

Adaptation

3:00 p.m. -
5:00 p.m.

(650 seats)
In recent years, some Greater Montréal municipalities have adopted plans and strategies to adapt to climate change. In parallel, a number of business sectors have adapted their operations to take into account the significant environmental changes we are facing and improve their resilience. Given the importance of the Greater Montréal region and the strong interdependencies between the different sectors that operate here, the wide proliferation of adaptation strategies with a metropolitan perspective is fast becoming essential.

This session will cover different perspectives to guide the deployment of a metropolitan adaptation approach. It will present specific cases, including not only municipal and territorial adaptation strategies, but also business sectors that must adapt their operations to improve their resilience.

▴ Conference

Closing Remarks

Closing of the 2nd annual Montreal Climate Summit.

General

5:00 p.m. -
5:30 p.m.

(650 seats)

Invitational workshops

▴ Workshop

Philanthropic Foundations: Committing to the Climate Transition

Organized by Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC)

Philanthropy

(50 seats)
Climate change is on the rise, and its effects are especially felt by the most vulnerable, including those who live in poverty, Indigenous communities, racialized immigrant communities and climate refugees—all groups that the philanthropic community strives to support. These groups have increasingly been calling on philanthropic foundations for help as more and more resources are needed to face the climate crisis. The situation calls for urgent action.

In this context, how can philanthropic foundations engage in climate action? This panel will bring together new and well-established climate and environmental foundations to share their experience in order to take their actions further. Participants will also get to talk about actions and projects other foundations can support and share their experience collaborating with partners on the ground.

▴ Workshop

Philanthropic Foundations: Decarbonizing Financial Investments and Investing in the Climate Transition

Organized by Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC)

Philanthropy

(25 seats)
More and more philanthropic foundations are aligning their investments with their mission and values in order to speed up the transition to a fairer, greener and more sustainable world. This activity will allow participants to learn from the best practices of well-established foundations that now use such impact investment strategies. It will help participants answer questions such as: How do you decarbonize your investments? How do you create an impact investment strategy and what should be considered? How do you broach this topic with your board of directors? After this activity, participants will know how to turn philanthropic foundations’ investment strategies into true drivers of the transition.

▴ Atelier

Philanthropic Foundations: How to Connect Organizational Missions to the Environment

Organized by Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC)

Philanthropy

(25 seats) The environmental and climate crisis is systemic and thus affects the entire philanthropic community in areas like social development, living environment transformation, socioecological transition and investment. This situation calls for profound change at all levels of society. This change can only come about if the philanthropic community alters its approach and breaks down the barrier between its social and environmental actions. In other words, environmental and climate action must be integrated into all philanthropic strategies and programs. Naturally, this poses a sizeable challenge in terms of capacity and expertise, one that is best tackled through collaboration.

This activity will open a discussion between philanthropic foundations based on their main areas of intervention. It will help participants answer questions such as: How can the community, art, education and health sectors help protect the environment and fight climate change? How can one identify these connections and find systemic ways to support these causes and adapt donation practices?

This private activity will provide a space to discuss these issues and find ideas and solutions together.

▴ Workshop

Organized by Greater Montréal Climate Fund

Promote climate action outside Montreal

Community

(50 seats)

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Finance Montréal

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Program

May 9, 2023

Block 1

Opening Session

Montréal in Action: New Climate Commitments

Block 2

Guiding Montréal: Adopting Low-Carbon Mobility for an Accessible City

Speeding up the Business Transition: Bold and Innovative Practices

Entrevue conjointeTitre à confirmer

Decarbonizing Your Building Portfolio and Where to Start

Climate Colab: Mobilizing Research for Climate Action in Montréal

Enhancing and Managing Natural Assets to Increase Resilience

Block 3

From Ambition to Climate Action: Strengthening Trust, Transparency and Accountability Through Data

Climate and Environmental Criteria in Finance: Challenges and Opportunities for Your Business

Real Estate Strategies and Best Practices for Sustainable Communities

Climate Hub Discussions: Innovative Solutions to Help You Decarbonize

Solutions for a Just Transition to Sustainable Transportation

Block 4

Montréal, Let’s Raise Our Glasses to Bold Climate Action!

May 10, 2023

Block 5

Keynote Guest Speaker

Block 6

Climate Justice: A Broader, More Just and Equitable Framework for Climate Action

Update on the 2022 Climate Summit’s Major Commitments: Progress, Challenges and Next Steps

Accelerating the Transition to Vehicle Electrification: Do You Know Your Needs?

Climate Takes Centre Stage: Provoking Change Through Art

Block 7

The Next Generation: How to Transform Your Business From Within

How to Increase the Health Sector’s Contribution to Montréal’s Climate Objectives?

What Role Can Low-Carbon Materials Play in the Decarbonization of City Buildings? The Importance of Taking Into Account Their Intrinsic Carbon.

Transforming Large Parking Lots Through Repurposing, Optimization and Development Plans

Collective Action in Montréal’s Neighbourhoods: Toward a Just and Equitable Transition. The Role of Business and Institutions

Block 8

Greater Montréal United in Ambition : Different Perspectives Toward a Citywide Adaptation Approach

Closing Remarks

Invitational workshops

Philanthropic Foundations: Committing to the Climate Transition

Philanthropic Foundations: Decarbonizing Financial Investments and Investing in the Climate Transition

Philanthropic Foundations: How to Connect Organizational Missions to the Environment

Promote climate action outside Montreal

Co-organizers

Finance Montréal

Contact

Partage

Relations médias

Entrevue conjointe
Titre à confirmer