Building 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…

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Assessing 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…

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Government 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,…

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Advancing 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.…

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Pablo Rodriguez, M.Env.Sc, M.W.S

Pablo is a Senior Climate Resiliency Specialist with the Climate Risk Institute. Pablo has gained academic and professional experience at the intersection of climate change, sustainable development, and water resources management in Latin America, Europe and Canada. He has worked with governments, non-profit organizations, the United Nations and other international cooperation agencies. In the Canadian…

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Vivian Forssman

Vivian Forssman works at the nexus of climate change capacity-building, applying her experience in learning design, digital knowledge management, web and learning management platforms, and social media to address skills gap challenges in the climate crisis. Her most recent accomplishment was program management of the Adaptation Learning Network, a project of the Resilience by Design…

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Dr. Robin Cox, PhD

Dr. Robin Cox advances leadership in climate and disaster resilience. Drawing on design thinking and open-learning approaches, Robin is cultivating climate action leadership through education, research, and advocacy. Her work includes the design and implementation of an innovative open-learning Graduate program – the M.A. in Climate Action Leadership (Royal Roads University- RRU) included modular components…

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Megan Symonds, BSc, MCC

Megan is a Climate Adaptation and Resilience Analyst with the Climate Risk Institute. She recently graduated from the Master of Climate Change program at the University of Waterloo; and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Wilfrid Laurier University. Megan is fascinated by the complex problem that is climate change and strives to…

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