Webinars

May 2, 2019 Presented by: Jack Satzewich (Research Assistant, ACT – Adaptation to Climate Change Team, Simon Fraser University)Dan Straker (Research Assistant, ACT – Adaptation to Climate Change Team, Simon Fraser University) Green infrastructure and nature-based solutions are gaining traction as their benefits for climate change adaptation and mitigation become better understood. Meanwhile, biodiversity loss is emerging as a global crisis that carries a similar level of urgency to climate change. ACT, SFU researchers have been investigating ways that cities could take a more intentional, regional approach to planning green infrastructure in ways that benefit biodiversity in a changing climate,…

March 6, 2018 Presented by: Kevin Behan (Deputy Director, Clean Air Partnership) Ewa Jackson (Managing Director, ICLEI Canada) Adaptation indicators gauge the progress and effectiveness of independent adaptation actions as well as those measures being implemented as part of proposed or existing adaptation plans. When monitoring adaptation, it is important to consider the changes in actual impacts across similar weather events. This allows for differentiation between the effectiveness of adaptation actions and the actual climatic changes and weather events occurring that will affect how you are being impacted. The indicators examined as part of this webinar are not intended to…

January 30, 2018 Presented by: Darren Swanson (Associate of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Consultant to the United Nations Development Group, and Director of Novel Futures Corporation) Public policies that cannot perform effectively under today’s complex, dynamic and uncertain conditions run the risk of not achieving their intended purpose. Instead of helping, they may actually hinder the ability of individuals, communities and businesses to cope with and adapt to change. Creating Adaptive Policies: A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World was among the very first books to distill the principles of complex adaptive systems and adaptive management into…

October 12, 2017 Presented by: Don Lemmen (Research Manager, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Division, Natural Resources Canada) Dominique Auger (Policy Analyst, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Division, Natural Resources Canada) Monica Harvey (Policy Analyst, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Division, Natural Resources Canada) Fiona Warren (Senior Science Advisor, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Division, Natural Resources Canada) Canada’s climate change Adaptation Platform, chaired by Natural Resources Canada, facilitates collaboration among a wide range of members towards increasing the resilience of industry and communities to a changing climate. Members, who are producers and users of adaptation knowledge and tools, include…