Resources

Foundational climate adaptation modules and case studies 

The Waterloo Climate Institute is working on a series of open access teaching/learning resources to help instructors integrate climate adaptation into foundation courses in engineering, accounting, architecture, landscape architecture and planning.  Coming in 2026/27! 

Waterloo Climate Institute’s climate change education curriculum briefs: each contains a list of suggested competencies, a reading list and teaching/learning resources. 

Download the climate change curriculum briefs here: 

• Planning Curriculum Brief 

• Engineering Curriculum Brief 

• Architecture Curriculum Brief 

• Accounting Curriculum Brief 

The French versions of these briefs are still being developed, and will be available soon. | Les versions françaises de ces mémoires sont en cours d'élaboration et seront disponibles prochainement.

This series of briefs provide current, evidence-based information on climate science topics, highlighting policy recommendations for decision makers, but they are also an excellent source of information that can be used in the classroom. Access the policy briefs here.

Climate Change Competencies 

• Resilience by Design Climate Action Competency Framework 

• Climate Framework Initiative 

Games & Simulators 

• Flood Resilience Challenge Game 

• WeAdapt: Serious Climate Games – An Introduction 

• Illuminate Climate Change Simulation Game - https://uwaterloo.ca/climate-institute/educational-programs/illuminate-climate-change-simulation-game 

• Climate Centre Games Database: https://www.climatecentre.org/priority_areas/innovation/climate-games/  

• EnROADS – Climate Solutions Simulator: https://www.climateinteractive.org/en-roads/ 

• Database of Climate change games:  

Websites with info, data, case studies from across Canada 

• Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Climate and Sustainability.  

• Climate Risk Institute: https://climateriskinstitute.ca/  

• Climate Disaster Project: https://climatedisasterproject.com/   

• Red Cross Inclusive Resilience: https://www.redcross.ca/inclusive-resilience 

• Partners for Action: https://uwaterloo.ca/partners-for-action/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/feb-2025-p4a-disaster-and-disparity-selected-insights.pdf 

• UWaterloo Transformative Adaptation Project: https://uwaterloo.ca/climate-institute/news/transformative-adaptation-managed-retreat-proactive-climate 

• Climate Resilient Retrofits: https://www.climateresilientretrofits.ca/ 

• Partners for Action: https://uwaterloo.ca/partners-for-action/current-projects/strategic-relocation 

• Flood Smart Canada: https://floodsmartcanada.ca/  

• Climate Insight: https://climateinsight.ca/ 

• Climate Data: https://climatedata.ca/ 

• Canada in a Changing Climate Reports 

• Canada’s Fourth Biennial Report on Climate Change to the UNFCC (2022) 

• Waterloo Climate Institute: https://uwaterloo.ca/climate-institute/  

Interactive Maps 

• Climate Atlas of Canada: https://climateatlas.ca/ 

• Health Plan City: https://healthyplan.city/en 

• Climate Insight: https://climateinsight.ca/map 

• Climate Central: https://coastal.climatecentral.org/ - sea level risk and coastal risks interactive map 

• NASA Sea Level Projection Tool: https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool 

International websites 

• BRIC - Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/centers_and_institutes/hvri/data_and_resources/bric/index.php 

• World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal: https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/  

• World Resources Institute Climate Watch Data: https://www.climatewatchdata.org/  

• Project Drawdown Climate Solutions: https://drawdown.org/ 

• Regeneration (and Nexus – repository of challenges and solutions on multiple scales): https://regeneration.org/  

• UNCCe-Learn: Free online modules: https://www.uncclearn.org/