Don Iveson served as Edmonton’s 35th Mayor from 2013 to 2021 with a guiding leadership principle to make things better for the next generation. This long-term view is now embedded in: Edmonton’s smart-growth City Plan; City Council’s Energy Transition Strategy; and Edmonton’s nation-leading work on stormwater management and climate adaptation. Since retiring from City Hall, Don continues to live in Edmonton. He works part-time with Co-Operators as Executive Advisor for Climate Investment and Community Resilience. He is also ramping up Civic Good, a public policy advisory practice working on climate resilience, housing innovation, and civic innovation projects with like-minded clients ranging from startups to governments. He is a member of the Expert Panel on Adaptation at the Canadian Climate Institute, serves as Co-Chair of the Task Force on Housing and Climate, and volunteers as Board Co-Chair of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. In this session you will: Create New Linkages: Understand the role of density and urban form in climate outcomes and housing affordability, Identify Cross-Sectoral Considerations: Learn to anticipate the effects of physical climate risks on people, buildings, economies, finance, and community, Broaden Professional Impact: Recognize the opportunity for systems level regional planning to achieve sustainable outcomes through multisolving
