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Featured, Low Carbon Resilience (LCR), Publications

An ACT Hill Times Op-ed: LCR is Canada’s Safe Green Path

March 11, 2020

Featured, Publications

New ACT Report: Accounting for Natural Assets

February 3, 2020

Featured, Publications

Low Carbon Resilience Interventions: Case Study Report

October 27, 2019

Featured, News & Events

Adapt Now: A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience

September 10, 2019

ACT News, Featured

(July 22) – Release of Preliminary Strategic Climate Risk Assessment for British Columbia

July 31, 2019

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Featured

(July 23) Listen to ACT’s ED Deborah Harford in a live podcast

July 31, 2019

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(July 4) – CBC News Coverage of CCA Climate Risks for Canada Report

July 5, 2019

ACT News, Featured

(July 4) CBC News Coverage of CCA Climate Risks for Canada Report

July 5, 2019

ACT News, Featured

(June 14) Integrated Climate Action for BC Communities Initiative: Summary of Survey One Findings

June 27, 2019

ACT News, Featured

Biodiversity and Climate Change Resilience – Planning Green Infrastructure Policy Brief and Concept Note

June 25, 2019

Adaptation Stories, Extreme Weather, Featured, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

(Apr 30) Climate change and poor planning are fuelling more floods. Here’s what we can do about it (CBC News)

May 3, 2019

Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured

(Apr 11) Low Carbon Resilience: Landscape-level climate action for the 21st century

April 11, 2019

Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Featured

(Apr 8) Metro Vancouver 2050: A Mecca of Biodiversity-Led Green Infrastructure

April 8, 2019

Featured, Water Governance

Vancouver’s Water Narrative: Learning from Copenhagen and Rotterdam

March 15, 2019

ACT News, Climate Change, Featured

Low Carbon Resilience: Best Practices for Professionals – Final Report

December 17, 2018

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Featured

National Professional Associations Support Integrated Climate Action

December 17, 2018

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Featured

(Dec 13) ACT’s Executive Director, Deborah Harford on CBC’s The Current

December 14, 2018

Adaptation Stories, Featured

(Nov 29) ACT’s Executive Director Deborah Harford on CBC The Early Edition

November 28, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Featured

(Oct 8) 2018 IPCC Global Warming of 1.5°C Report

October 9, 2018

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Sea Level Rise

(Oct 4) ACT Receives Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia Fall 2018 Grant

October 5, 2018

Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, Water Governance

Measuring Progress on Adaptation and Climate Resilience: Recommendations to the Government of Canada

June 29, 2018

Adaptation Stories, Energy, Featured, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Water Governance

Professionals’ Best Practices for Low Carbon Resilience: Phase 1

June 28, 2018

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Extreme Weather, Featured, Water Governance

Climate Change Adaptation Governance in BC: Workshop Proceedings

May 4, 2018

Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Featured, Population Displacement

(Aug 22) ACT on CBC’s The National

May 3, 2018

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Featured, Water Governance

ACT on CBC: Adapting to weather events and climate change

May 1, 2018

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Climate Change, Featured, Water Governance

ACT on Global News for Earth Day

April 23, 2018

ACT News, Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Featured, New Technologies

ACT Webinar: Low Carbon Resilience – The Benefits of Integrated Climate Action

April 3, 2018

ACT News, Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Featured

Briefing Paper: Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation in Canada’s Energy Sector

April 3, 2018

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Economy, Featured

Taking Action on Green Resilience: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Synergies

April 3, 2018

ACT News, Energy, Featured, New Technologies, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

ACT Article in Public Sector Digest: Low Carbon Resilience

December 18, 2017

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Featured, Water Governance

ACT Article in Latest Issue of Streamtalk

October 23, 2017

ACT News, Climate Change, Featured

ACT Executive Director Appointed to Federal Adaptation Panel

October 3, 2017

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Featured, Sea Level Rise

Watch the Video: Coastal First Nations Flood Stories

October 3, 2017

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Climate Change, Featured

CBC Early Edition: How do we adapt for 2050?

June 19, 2017

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Featured, Programs

Biodiversity-Led Green Infrastructure: Phase 1 and Phase 2

June 13, 2017

ACT News, Featured

ACT moves to a new home in the SFU Faculty of Environment’s Pacific Water Research Centre

February 8, 2017

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Economy, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Programs, Sea Level Rise, Uncategorized, Water Governance

Climate Risk: Getting to Action | Professionals’ Perspectives on Climate Change Challenges

December 6, 2016

ACT News, Climate Change, Featured, Population Displacement, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

Read the Report: Crescent Beach Community Meetings on Sea Level Rise

November 10, 2016

ACT News, Featured, Sea Level Rise

Workshop Report Online: Vulnerability, Resilience, and Adaptation Concepts and Practice

October 31, 2016

ACT News, Climate Change, Energy, Featured

Carbon Talk with ACT’s Deborah Harford: Low Carbon Resilience

October 3, 2016

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Economy, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Programs, Sea Level Rise, Uncategorized, Water Governance

Low Carbon Resilience: Transformative Climate Change Planning for Canada

June 27, 2016

ACT News, Climate Change, Economy, Featured

ACT Submission to BC Climate Leadership Plan- Phase 2

April 12, 2016

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Featured, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

ACT ED Profiled in SFU Public Policy Magazine

December 15, 2015

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

Learn more about our new book, “The Climate Nexus: Water, Food, Energy, and Biodiversity in a Changing World”

November 27, 2015

ACT News, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks

Register Now: Workshop on Climate Change-Induced Hazards

October 9, 2015

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Programs, Sea Level Rise, Uncategorized, Water Governance

VALUING ECOSYSTEM GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN

September 11, 2015

ACT News, Climate Change, Featured

Lecture with Tim Flannery- October 14th

September 2, 2015

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Programs, Sea Level Rise, Uncategorized, Water Governance

Paying for Urban Infrastructure Adaptation in Canada: An Analysis of Existing and Potential Economic Instruments for Local Governments

June 17, 2015

ACT News, Featured

Climate change looms as major threat to key B.C. industries

February 16, 2015

Adaptation Community, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Featured, Water Governance

CFAX: Interview with Deborah Harford, ACT’s Executive Director, on the Columbia River Treaty

November 25, 2014

ACT News, Featured, Water Governance

ACT Releases First Book – The Columbia River Treaty: A Primer

November 21, 2014

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Extreme Weather, Featured, Population Displacement, Sea Level Rise

Innovative Tools and Planning Methodologies Showcase Announced for the 2014 Rising Seas Summit

July 11, 2014

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Featured

WEBINAR on key findings from the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report: now available online

June 19, 2014

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Featured

CBC News: Extreme weather is the new normal

April 24, 2014

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Featured

Interview with Dr. Stewart Cohen on the IPCC WGII results

April 7, 2014

Extreme Weather, Featured

CFAX Interview: ACT ED Deborah Harford on WA Mudslide and Extreme Weather

April 2, 2014

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Featured

ACT ED Spoke at National Symposium on Extreme Weather: Impacts, Challenges, Adaptations

March 12, 2014

ACT News, Featured

GLOBE 2014: International Forum on Business and the Environment, Vancouver Convention Centre March 26-28 2014

January 28, 2014

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Featured, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

NOT WAITING FOR NOAH: New Approaches to Assessing Flood Risk

January 28, 2014

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, Sea Level Rise

Webinar by Dr. Gordon McBean: Climate Change Adaptation & Natural Disaster Resilience

August 8, 2013

ACT News, Crops & Food Supply, Featured

ACT releases Report #5: Climate Change Adaptation and Canada’s Crops & Food Supply

July 2, 2013

ACT News, Featured, Water Governance

CFAX Interview: ACT ED Deborah Harford on BC’s Water ACT

May 3, 2013

Energy, Featured

New Stern report warns of “carbon bubble”; world economy at risk

May 3, 2013

ACT News, Extreme Weather, Featured, Water Governance

Bob Sandford Presentation on Loss of Stationarity: National Webinar April 16th

February 22, 2013

Adaptation Community, Extreme Weather, Featured

ACT, POLIS, CCACoP and Zurich Present The Climate Resilience Gap: A Global Insurer’s Perspective

February 22, 2013

ACT News, Featured

SFU’s Semester in Dialogue Publishes Alumna Profile of ACT ED Deborah Harford

February 22, 2013

ACT News, Featured, Sea Level Rise

ACT ED in Manila for Coastal Cities at Risk (CCaR) Team Meeting

February 5, 2013

Adaptation Community, Featured, Sea Level Rise

ACT ED Participates in First LiveSmartBC Twitterchat on Sea Level Rise

January 10, 2013

Adaptation Community, Featured, Uncategorized

World on Path to 4-degree Temperature Rise

November 21, 2012

Extreme Weather, Featured

Sandy Eyewitness Account: A New Jersey Resident Reports From Inside the Superstorm

November 2, 2012

Adaptation Stories, Extreme Weather, Featured, Sea Level Rise, Uncategorized

Jakarta to Complete Giant Sea Wall in 2020

October 23, 2012

ACT News, Featured

Deborah Harford to Speak at Academia Sinica in Taipei

October 21, 2012

ACT News, Featured, Uncategorized

Deborah Harford to Speak at Upcoming Events in Cranbrook and Kimberley

October 19, 2012

ACT News, Featured, Water Governance

Major World Interests at Stake in Canada’s Vast Mackenzie River Basin

September 4, 2012

ACT News, Featured, Sea Level Rise

Deborah Harford speaks to Vancouver Sun about rising sea levels throughout metro Vancouver

August 4, 2012

ACT News, Featured

Deborah Harford discusses the importance of research on CJSF Radio

August 1, 2012

ACT News, Featured, Sea Level Rise

Global News reports on Vancouver’s new adaptation plan

August 1, 2012

ACT News, Extreme Weather, Featured

Deborah Harford lends perspective to extreme weather events profiled on CTV News

July 6, 2012

Adaptation Community, Featured

“Telling the Weather Story” report from Insurance Bureau of Canada authored by Dr. Gordon McBean

June 7, 2012