MaPP Region: Communities
News
Hmmm, this is kind of the left-over section. It’s the couldn’t-fit-in-the-other-sections section.
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Drying coconut with fire
Nicolas Haiti lives in the valley of Taipivai on the island of Nuku Hiva. We heard about him and his…
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Having a coach keeps you accountable
Being accountable to another person is sometimes easier than being accountable to ourselves. If you have to meet a group…
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Volunteer with us!
The Anti-Violence Project is looking for passionate volunteers! We are the on-campus sexual assault centre at the University of Victoria….
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Haida Gwaii – Summary table for climate impacts, projected changes and sectoral impacts
PCIC, Plan2Adapt: Summary of Climate Change for Skeena-Queen Charlotte 2050s & 2080s, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. https://pacificclimate.org/analysis-tools/plan2adapt (Accessed December 1,…
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Central Coast – Summary table for climate impacts, projected changes and sectoral impacts
α Unless indicated, all sectoral impacts are negative PCIC, Plan2Adapt: Summary of Climate Change for Central Coast 2050s & 2080s,…
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North Coast – Summary table for climate impacts, projected changes and sectoral impacts
α Unless indicated, all sectoral impacts are negative PCIC, Plan2Adapt: Summary of Climate Change for Kitimat-Stikine 2050s & 2080s, Pacific…
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North Vancouver Island – Summary table for climate impacts, projected changes and sectoral impacts
α Unless indicated, all sectoral impacts are negative PCIC, Plan2Adapt: Summary of Climate Change for Stratcona 2050s & 2080s, Pacific…
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What Does It Mean to “Hold Space for Someone?”
The statement to hold space for someone is becoming more popular. But what does this mean? I have thought about…
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MaPP Region – Summary table for climate impacts, projected changes and sectoral impacts
PCIC, Plan2Adapt: Summary of Climate Change for British Columbia 2050s & 2080s, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. https://pacificclimate.org/analysis-tools/plan2adapt (Accessed December 1,…
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References
[1] IPCC, Summary for Policymakers In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution…
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Conclusions
This report serves as a scoping exercise to provide a baseline of understanding of the expected climate changes and associated…
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Recommendations
Meaningful adaptation actions will need to consider the projected climate impacts and sectoral impacts, as well as the risk and…
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Sector level adaptation: Marine infrastructure
In BC, the provincial government has conducted vulnerability assessments for highway systems and continues to monitor and assess sea level…
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Sector level adaptation: Human communities
In order to build adaptive capacity at the scale of the region and sub-regions, it is important to build on…
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Sector level adaptation: Ecosystems, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Climate change impacts on ecosystems are diverse and cumulative. Managing for ecological resilience and adaptation to climate change will require…
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Current adaptation policies and recommendations for adaptation
The overall goal of climate change adaptation is to reduce vulnerability and risk associated with climate change and its impacts….
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Moving forward: Adaptation
Adaptation involves both proactively preparing for expected climate changes, as well as adjusting to climate change or its impacts after…
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Other uncertainties: Invasive species, disease pathways
Projected changes to climate variables are likely to interact to affect the likelihood of species invasions in BC waters, as…
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Extreme weather, storm surge, and sea level rise
Models and projections of extreme weather events are lacking for coastal BC [74]. There is little available data on future…
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Ongoing and/or recommended research
The Hakai Oceanography Program (HOP) has been maintaining year-round measurements of physical, chemical, and biological parameters on the Central Coast…
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Ocean acidification and ocean chemistry
The existing state of knowledge for ocean acidification is limited, and other than global datasets, there are currently no projections…
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Lack of regionally downscaled projections and vulnerability assessments
Statistical downscaling can be used to map coarse-scale global climate model outputs to finer scale (regional or local) detail, using…
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Uncertainty in climate change impacts, vulnerabilities, and risk
There is still a great deal of uncertainty in global climate change projections for coastal regions, and the associated vulnerabilities…
