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Climate resilience guides

Explore our archive of practical climate resilience resources provided by the University of Waterloo’s Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation.

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Home Flood Protection

Discover tips and techniques to prepare your home for potential flood events, from purchasing simple upgrades to maintaining existing features. 

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Flood Resilience for Commercial 
Real Estate

Prepare your business for flood events to minimize property damage, reduce business disruption and protect staff, customers, and the public.

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Real Estate PDF
Flood-Ready Communities

Learn the three levels of a flood-ready community to ensure critical infrastructure is prepared and property owners informed ahead of potential flood events. 

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Three Steps to a Firesmart™ Home

Learn how to create a cost-effective FiresmartTM home by maintaining your property and making affordable upgrades.

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Wildfire-Ready Community

Discover the three features of a wildfire-ready community, and help prepare first responders, homes, and critical infrastructure for potential wildfire events. 

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Condo Heat Protection

Learn how to keep your condo cool and protect people and pets from extreme heat events using simple upgrades and forward planning. 

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Home Heat Protection

Follow the three steps to cost-effective home heat protection and prepare your home for extreme heat events with affordable upgrades and forward planning.

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Additional resources

Climate Disclosure

Read our climate disclosure to see the progress we've made in measuring and understanding the impacts of climate change on our organization, and our impacts on the climate.

Read our Climate Disclosure
Social Purpose

Discover Coast Capital’s commitment to building better futures together through our social purpose business model.

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Working with Nature at Home

Learn how working with nature can help to protect your home from flood and heat events while creating spaces for plants and wildlife.

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Watch our Climate-Ready Homes Webinar

Explore ways to improve comfort, safety, and energy efficiency in your home, discover practical steps to stay cool and maintain healthy indoor air quality during heatwaves and wildfires, and learn why it’s increasingly important to prepare your home for a changing climate.

This webinar is presented in partnership with the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre BC Retrofit Accelerator, City Green Solutions and Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation.

Watch our webinar on purchasing an electric vehicle

If you’re looking to buy an electric vehicle, the financial and practical implications can feel daunting — but they don’t have to be.

Coast Capital’s Climate Action Team, Plug In BC, and guests present this informative webinar on the costs, Coast Capital’s auto financing, incentives, range considerations and other factors involved in purchasing your first EV.

The content on this page is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not legal, financial, technical, or other professional advice.

Every situation is different, and the information here may not apply to your specific circumstances so you may want to consult a qualified professional who can provide advice based on your needs.

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