Posts by Jacqueline Richard
Low Carbon Training for Engineering Professionals
As part of Canada Green Building Council’s Building Skills for Climate Change: Low-Carbon Training Program, Climate Risk Institute (CRI), together with Engineers Canada, is developing a specialized low-carbon buildings training course for engineers and other practitioners in the building workforce. This specialized training aims to accelerate the adoption of low-carbon practices, reduce emissions, and contribute to Canada’s Climate Action Plan and Just Transition.
Read MoreSault Ste. Marie OP Review
This project with the City of Sault Ste. Marie involved review of the City’s draft Official Plan to identify potential gaps, possible issues with maladaptation, and opportunities for implementation of additional adaptation actions/direction. CRI completed the review and performed a high-level comparison of the proposed policy with applicable provincial planning policy and relevant examples from…
Read MoreUsing the PIEVC Protocol and Related Resources to Improve Risk-Informed Decision- Making Processes in the Kingdom of Lesotho
Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM) is implementing, in conjunction with the Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) project, a climate risk-assessment tool with Lesotho’s water sector as an entry point for risk-informed development (RID). The focus of the assessment is on the Metolong Dam and associated infrastructure system, including the reservoir and further upstream and…
Read MoreBuilding Technical Capacity for First Nations
To help communities address climate change, CRI led a project that was aimed at building capacity in First Nation communities to: i) participate in the economic opportunities associated with Ontario’s proposed cap and trade program; ii) develop a climate change impact study for the north; and iii) develop adaptation plans to address the risks associated…
Read MoreClimate Change Adaptation in Canada’s Energy Sector – Adaptation Resources Pathway
This work aimed to help close knowledge gaps in Canadian energy subsectors by expanding the understanding on the state of readiness of various actors in Canada’s energy sector, and actively helping to connect new actors to the existing community of adaptation practice. A large focus of this work included capacity building across the energy sector,…
Read MoreBuilding Awareness on Climate Resilient Infrastructure in Suriname
Together with Canada’s Technical Assistance Partnership (TAP) Expert Deployment Mechanism, CRI is working collaboratively with the Government of Suriname Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment to address climate change priorities of the National Development Plan and National Adaptation Plan (NAP). The initiative aims to improve data and information collection systems and integrate climate change considerations…
Read MoreAssessing Climate Change Risk and Resilience in the Yukon
Working with the Government of Yukon and the Northern Climate ExChange at Yukon College, CRI developed a risk assessment methodology that could be applied in the Yukon. The project included: a literature review of potential risk assessment methodologies that documented key features, benefits and lessons/constraints for application in the Yukon; development of a risk assessment framework/methodology; and, recommendations for how the framework could be scaled…
Read MoreGovernment of Nunavut’s Climate Change Risk and Resiliency Assessment
Throughout the development of a tailored climate change risk and resiliency assessment (CCRRA) methodology for the Government of Nunavut (GN), several phases of work were completed to inform the process. First a detailed work plan was developed to guide the two-year project to ensure clear timelines, roles and responsibilities across the project team, project authority team,…
Read MoreAdvancing Alberta’s Regional Risk Assessment
This project developed and tested a climate change risk assessment methodology that built on learnings from other Government of Alberta risk assessments and incorporated best practices and emerging trends in climate change adaptation. The methodology was tested by assessing a regional climate risk to demonstrate the benefits and drawbacks of the approach and its application.…
Read MoreMartine Couture
Martine is an Administrative Assistant at the Climate Risk Institute. Martine holds a BA (Environmental Studies) from the University of Northern BC. She comes from a diverse background working in the legal field as well as the arts world. Martine works closely with the Manager, Corporate Operations in helping run the day-to-day project and management…
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