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The National Climate League (NCL) is an annual volunteer-led data collection project developed by The Climate Reality Project Canada, first launched in Winter 2018. It is an exercise in participative democracy, highlighting solutions at the municipal level that help improve the lives of local residents and contribute to putting Canadian municipalities on a path to net-zero by 2050.
To quantify positive impacts and #MeasureWhatMatters, we track progress on fifteen primary and fifteen complementary indicators across our 23 Hub cities.
We chose these indicators based on five criteria. Accessibility, comparability across cities, the ability of municipal governments to act, their impact on GHG emissions, and whether the average citizen cares about that particular indicator improving. We’ve developed 15 primary and 15 complementary indicators that are representative of living a better and more sustainable life.
At citizens' request, municipalities submit data for each indicator based on a variety of methodologies that the team at The Climate Reality Project Canada has established.
HOW WE COLLECT DATA
Our annual data collection project, led by volunteers, tracks the performance of 57 municipalities based on 26 climate, sustainability and social justice indicators.
Here is an overview of how some municipalities performed in this year's Standing.
CITY PROFILES
AWARD-WINNING
The National Climate League was among the 2022 Clean50 Top Projects Honourees! Congratulations to all of our volunteers and our team for this accomplishment.
NCL: CAMPUS EDITION
We're excited to launch the National Climate League: Campus Edition (NCLC). Join us to participate in data collection as a student, staff member, or faculty at a post-secondary academic institution — or as a citizen of the world interested in climate action metrics, even if you’re not affiliated with a school. The information collection and resulting findings from the NCLC will create a comprehensive source of data on sustainability performance and climate action initiatives at post-secondary academic institutions across Canada.
Recognizing the disproportionate impact of climate change on younger generations, the NCLC empowers students to translate awareness into tangible climate action on their campuses. The NCLC was inspired by the success of the NCL: a volunteer-driven, annual data collection initiative introduced by The Climate Reality Project Canada in 2018.
