Canadian Coastal Resilience Forum

Bracing for future climate risks: Implementing actionable adaptation strategies to protect critical infrastructure in New York City

Shaieree Cottar — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000

How do we protect New York City’s critical infrastructure systems from inundation? This question prompted New York City (NYC) authorities to consider flexible adaptation strategies, infrastructure investments and policy solutions to promote the benefits of ‘protect’ and ‘accommodate’ measures against future sea level rise (SLR), extreme precipitation, coastal flooding and storm surge events.

Tags: climate change, sea level rise, coastal, adaptation, infrastructure

Setting a new precedent: Dyke realignment and managed retreat facilitate coastal climate adaptation in Truro, Nova Scotia

Shaieree Cottar — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000

How should coastal communities in Nova Scotia cope with increased sea level rise and extreme flooding? This question motivated community members, property owners, Indigenous communities and governments to realign a section of Nova Scotia's North Onslow dyke in order to strengthen resilience to natural hazards and mitigate future flood risks.

Tags: Floods, coastal, adaptation, disaster risk reduction, climate change

Adapting to climate change and sea level rise in Surrey, British Columbia

Sarah Wilkinson — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:00:00 +0000

As the climate changes, coastal communities can expect more flooding due to storm surge and sea level rise. Managing this risk requires adaptation--actions that reduce the exposure and vulnerability of people and property to climate-related hazards and increase resilience to cope with their impacts. The City of Surrey's Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, initiated in 2016, is an example of a robust, participatory planning initiative that identified short, medium and long-term options to adapt to climate change risk.

Tags: climate change, adaptation, coastal change, community engagement

Climate change adaptation efforts abroad: What insights could we learn from Boston?

Sarah Wilkinson — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000

While municipalities in Canada work on adapting to a changing climate and rising tides, it is important to take into consideration lessons learned from international jurisdictions, where many urban centres have already put in place projects and initiatives to address their coastal risks.

Tags: Canada, Resilience, climate change, Urban Design, Flood, Rising Tide

Takeaways from CatIQ's Canadian Catastrophe Conference

Andrea Minano — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Earlier this month, Jason Thistlethwaite—Lead of the Canadian Coastal Resilience Forum—attended CatIQ’s Canadian Catastrophe Conference (C4) held in Gatineau, Quebec.

C4 gathers perspectives across the government, academia, for- and non-profit sectors to discuss strategies on how to prepare, respond and recover from natural and man-made disasters.

Tags: disaster risk reduction, climate change, risk management, Floods, Canada