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Community Events, Health Risks, Low Carbon Resilience (LCR), News & Events

FBC Webinar: How can we use a health crisis to create healthier, more resilient communities?

September 15, 2020

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

(June 28) – In Our Backyard: What Climate Change in Canada Looks Like

June 28, 2019

Adaptation Community, Health Risks

Job posting: Project Lead, Climate Change and Health Adaptation Planning, Public Health

April 30, 2019

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Energy, Health Risks

(June 17-18) BC Active Transportation Summit- Call for Presentations

April 5, 2019

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement

(Feb 20) We need a fresh approach to climate change migration. This is why

February 26, 2019

Adaptation Community, Health Risks

(Mar 6) The Impacts of Climate Change on Mental Health on the Canadian Prairies

February 19, 2019

Adaptation Community, Extreme Weather, Health Risks

(Feb 21) Ecosystem Restoration with Wildfire: Webinar

February 8, 2019

Adaptation Community, Health Risks

(Jan 16) Job Posting: Specialist, Climate Change and Health

January 14, 2019

Adaptation Community, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Sea Level Rise

(Oct 29) Canada’s Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction

November 22, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, New Technologies

(Nov 7) The Intersection of Financial Risk and Climate Resilience

November 2, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Extreme Weather, Health Risks

(Nov 16) Emergency Management in Indigenous Communities Webinar

October 30, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Health Risks, Water Governance

(Sept 6) High Resolution Regional Climate Modelling in Support of Adaptation in Ontario

September 5, 2018

Adaptation Community, Energy, Health Risks, New Technologies

(Sept 17) Carbon Pricing 2.0: lessons from California and BC

August 28, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Health Risks, Water Governance

(Aug 29) Perspectives from Climate Services in Europe

August 27, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Health Risks, Population Displacement

(Aug 1st) AGU Climate Solutions Conferences Proposals

July 31, 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 Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Energy, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement, Water Governance

(June 26) Measuring Progress on Adaptation and Climate Resilience: Recommendations to the Government of Canada

June 26, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply, Health Risks, Water Governance

(Aug 9-10) Place-Based Food Systems 2018: Making the Case, Making It Happen

June 8, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Health Risks, Population Displacement

(June 13) Movement & Field Building- Climate Justice and Adaptation Webinar

June 8, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Crops & Food Supply, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement, Water Governance

(June 4) Canada announces $79.21 million in development assistance for Americas

June 5, 2018

Adaptation Community, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

ICLR and MEOPAR Call for Proposals- 2018 Spring Flooding

May 22, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Energy, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, New Technologies, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

New Report: Climate Change and Cities

February 9, 2018

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

Sea Level Rise – The Big Picture

October 3, 2017

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Health Risks, New Technologies

Call for Funding Requests – Infectious Diseases and Climate Change Fund

September 4, 2017

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Health Risks, Water Governance

New Paper: Ocean Acidification in Canada’s Coastal Waters

April 30, 2017

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Health Risks

Seminar: Health Impacts of Extreme Heat and Adaptation

April 9, 2017

ACT News, Climate Change, Economy, Health Risks, Water Governance

ACT’s Edward Nichol on Roundhouse Radio

March 30, 2017

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

ACT Publication in ‘Natural Hazards’ Journal

March 16, 2017

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Health Risks

Climate Justice: Local, Tribal, Global, and Generational

February 16, 2017

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement

Upcoming Conference: Resilience 2017

January 24, 2017

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Energy, Health Risks, New Technologies

Events: Health Risks and Future Development in a Changing Climate

January 10, 2017

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Health Risks

New Book: ‘Cities Adapt to Extreme Heat: Celebrating Local Leadership’

December 20, 2016

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

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Health Risks

Webinar: Lancet Countdown on Public Health and Climate Change

December 5, 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

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Health Risks

California’s gas leak should spur Canadian action on methane emissions

January 18, 2016

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Health Risks

Gender equity crucial in aftermath of disasters

January 6, 2016

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

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Health Risks

How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain

November 23, 2015

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Energy, Health Risks, Population Displacement

Paris 2015: Climate Change and Peace

November 18, 2015

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Health Risks

Webinar: Climate Change Health Risks in Rural and Small Canadian Communities

November 18, 2015

ACT News, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Health Risks

Heatwaves – A Global Threat to Human Health and Habitation From Climate Change

November 2, 2015

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

Register Now: Workshop on Climate Change-Induced Hazards

October 9, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Health Risks, Population Displacement

Mining and oil threatens one in three natural world heritage sites — report

October 1, 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

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Energy, Health Risks

Exciting news: the CMA divests from fossil fuels

August 28, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement, Water Governance

The hungry dystopia of climate change

August 28, 2015

ACT News, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Health Risks

Excerpt from Tim Flannery’s new book, “Atmosphere of Hope”

August 26, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Health Risks

13 Mind-Blowing Images of Landfills Around the World Show the True Cost of Our Waste

August 25, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Energy, Health Risks, Population Displacement, Water Governance

Revealed: Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacy

August 20, 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

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Health Risks

Conference: Human Health in the Face of Climate Change: Science, Medicine, and Adaptation

February 17, 2015

Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

ACT ED Spoke at Rising Seas Summit

September 25, 2014

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement

Naomi Klein says this changes everything: CBC Feature

September 24, 2014

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Water Governance

PICS CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH SFU UBC LECTURE SERIES – Adapting to Climate Change: Global Knowledge, Local Action

September 18, 2014

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

Climate change: Implications for employment

July 15, 2014

Climate Change, Health Risks

Ticking Time Bomb? Climate Change and Ixodes scapularis

June 5, 2014

Adaptation Community, Extreme Weather, Health Risks

A risk management framework improves health systems’ resilience to high-impact weather

June 2, 2014

Adaptation Stories, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement, Sea Level Rise

UNEP Two Minute Videos on Oceans: Adaptation to Sea Level Rise

February 12, 2014

Adaptation Community, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Health Risks

Extreme Weather: Impacts, Challenges and Adaptations

January 15, 2014

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Health Risks

Webinar: A Modernized Water Act & B.C.’s Expanding Natural Gas Sector

December 3, 2013

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

North Vancouver City plans for climate change floods: Flood risk for SeaBus, transit hubs

October 23, 2013

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

Health Risks, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

Rising Ocean Temps Raise Health Questions

September 19, 2011

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Health Risks

Videos from Columbia Basin Trust

September 1, 2011

Crops & Food Supply, Health Risks

Crop nutrition levels fall as carbon levels rise, study finds

June 20, 2011

Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Water Governance

Yangtze river drought in China points to the need for climate change adaptation planning

May 28, 2011

Adaptation Community, Crops & Food Supply, Health Risks, Water Governance

New SSHRC report: The Security of Canada and Canadians – Implication of Climate Change

May 27, 2011

Adaptation Community, Health Risks, Water Governance

Random Hacks of Kindness ingeniously tasks international computer hackers with solving real world problems

May 26, 2011

Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Water Governance

Sewage Named #1 Urban Centre Contaminant by Canadian Press

July 6, 2010

Health Risks, New Technologies

Plan B for the Gulf: The metal dome hasn’t worked. What do we do now?

May 12, 2010

Biodiversity, Health Risks

Potentially Deadly Fungus Spreads Across Canada & US

May 7, 2010

Energy, Health Risks, New Technologies

Massive Oil Slick Reaches Louisiana Coast

April 30, 2010

Extreme Weather, Health Risks

Deep and Prolonged Freeze in Mongolia Leaves Millions of Livestock Dead

March 29, 2010

Health Risks

Climate change #1 health risk of 21st century

May 22, 2009

Extreme Weather, Health Risks

Canada’s security and climate change: Harper government missing the mark?

April 9, 2009

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Health Risks, Water Governance

SFU study highlights importance of adaptive capacity for fishery-dependent nations

February 23, 2009

Extreme Weather, Health Risks, New Technologies, Water Governance

Australia Turns to the Sea for Drinking Water

November 9, 2008

Biodiversity, Health Risks, Population Displacement

Report Focuses on Human Rights Concerns Resulting from Climate Change

August 4, 2008

Health Risks

Health Canada Report to be Released with Little Fanfare

July 24, 2008

Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement

Report Highlights the Effects of Climate Change on the BC Real Estate Industry

May 10, 2008

Biodiversity, Health Risks

New Report Makes Recommendations Dealing with Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

April 28, 2008

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement

AIACC Program Aims to Help Developing Countries with Adaptation

April 18, 2008

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, New Technologies

Adaptation and Mitigation Must Join Forces

April 5, 2008