1. Environmental Risk Assessment: First Application – Climate Change Request for Proposal: Oct. 2009 Contract Start Date: Dec. 2009 Completion Anticipated: Aug. 2010 External Work Awarded to Deloitte By City of Toronto – Toronto Environment Office At Cost of $350,000 plus staff time

2. Drivers for Action Protect vulnerable persons. Promote protection of environment upon which we depend. Cost avoidance: ‒ damage from extreme weather; ‒ credit & insurance risk rating of City & taxpayers. Evidence of due diligence by City staff. Council directive.

3. Project Context Project addresses two key mandated initiatives: ‒ General Env. Risk Assessment (from Auditor General); ‒ Climate Change Risk Assessment (from Council). 2 Scope of this project Phase 1: Develop Environmental Risk Assessment process & tool Phase 4: Geographical Information System integration & web- enable tool Phase 2: Tool application within remaining divisions: climate change risks Phase 3: Tool application within remaining divisions: general environmental risks Step 1: Adaptation process initiation Step 2: Stakeholder engagement Step 3: Policy updates Step 4: Local climate change analysis Step 6: Toronto vulnerability assessment Step 5: Risk assessment & impact prioritization Step 7: Adaptation options assessment Step 8: Adaptation strategies execution Step 9: Monitoring & evaluation Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Environmental Risk Assessment Initiative

4. Project Overview Project Purpose: To develop organizational capacity towards a culture of environmental risk management. Primary Project Activities: Development of a “screening-level” environmental risk assessment process & associated electronic tool; Piloting of the process & tool by assisting with climate change risk assessment in two subject organizations: ‒ Transportation Services; and ‒ Shelter, Support & Housing Administration. Project Outcomes: 1.Provide consistent means for City to identify & assess env. risks; 2.Enable City staff to prioritize risks & prepare adaptive actions; and 3.Demonstrate climate change adaptation leadership for Toronto area organizations. 3

5. Project Scope 4 Enterprise Risk Environmental Risk Climate Change Risk Risks from Extreme Weather Events Residual Risks Adaptive Actions by City Operations Climate Change Risk Assessment Process & Tool (screening level) Developing a process for screening & prioritizing all environmental risks - first application will focus on climate change risks

6. Key Project Inputs Advice from staff in approx. 10 City organizations Advice from an External Advisory Panel of 10 experts Best available information on present & future extreme weather ‒ Climate Drivers Study ‒ Climate Change Science Advisory Committee* Knowledge of staff working in pilot organizations familiar with impacts of severe weather on their operations * An ad hoc group co chaired by TEO & Environment Canada. Members are from Environment Canada, TRCA, MOE and 3 universities.

7. Timeline & Outputs DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug 6 \ Benchmark leading jurisdictions CC Risk processes Risk workshops with City staff Env risk policy Process for env & CC risk assessment Tool development Staff training on tool Risk assessment pilots Project reporting

8. Next Steps Assuming decision by Council to share tool widely: STREAM A: 1)Legal agreement to eliminate liability of City 2)Hand over to Province via Municipal Affairs & Housing 3)Tool made generic for use by any municipality, with examples 4)Training on tool 5)Widespread application of tool 6)Possible national & international use of tool STREAM B: 1)Form Working Group on Climate Change Adaptation for infrastructure providers in Toronto 2)Apply tool within above group 7