The Community Sustainable Development Action and Knowledge Inventory

The Community Sustainable Development Action and Knowledge Inventory is a tool developed by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) for the Manitoba Climate Change Communities Challenge (C4). It is designed to help community-led organizations identify local strengths, knowledge assets, and priorities across various environmental sectors to inform future climate planning. The inventory focuses on non-governmental initiatives, complementing municipal government profiles. It includes a structured assessment framework covering water, waste, energy, buildings, transportation, and biodiversity, specifically examining how these issues intersect with climate change impacts and community capacity.

• The inventory is designed as a complementary tool to the Green Municipal Funds Community Profile, shifting the focus from municipal government programs to "community-led initiatives".
• The tool uses a structured assessment process across five sections to evaluate sustainability orientation, climate change impacts, community concern, historical evolution, knowledge assets, local programs, and implementation capacity.
• Climate projections for Manitoba indicate a potential average temperature increase of four to six degrees Celsius by 2100, with more severe winter increases of five to eight degrees Celsius.
• Climate change is expected to cause significant regional disruptions in Manitoba, including increased spring flooding due to a 5-20% rise in springtime precipitation and higher summer drought risks from a 10-20% decrease in precipitation.
• Northern Manitoba faces specific risks from the melting of the permafrost layer, which threatens infrastructure like roads and buildings and disrupts winter road transportation essential for supplies.
• Climate change is predicted to impact Manitoba's agricultural and forestry sectors through increased pest survival, higher wildfire susceptibility, and shifts in forest composition as the boreal forest moves northward.

APA

Willard, T., Garcia, E., & Cunningham, D. (2005). The Community Sustainable Development Action and Knowledge Inventory. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/communities_c4_inventory.pdf

Chicago

Willard, Terri, Eduardo Garcia, and Dennis Cunningham. The Community Sustainable Development Action and Knowledge Inventory. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2005. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/communities_c4_inventory.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{willard2005community, author = {Willard, Terri and Garcia, Eduardo and Cunningham, Dennis}, title = {{The Community Sustainable Development Action and Knowledge Inventory}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2005}, month = sep, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/communities_c4_inventory.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }