Adaptation Community, Extreme Weather, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance
New! Sea Level Rise and Extreme Precipitation Webinars
February 27, 2015
Adaptation Community, Extreme Weather, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance
February 27, 2015
The Fraser Basin Council is pleased to offer two free educational and informative sessions to prepare you for the upcoming impacts of climate change in BC. These webinars provide training and learning opportunities for climate change adaptation planning in your community. Register today!
New Sea Level Rise Projections in British Columbia
When: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am PST
Register here.
Extreme Precipitation on the West Coast
When: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm PST
With the recent flood events in Courtenay, Delta, Surrey, White Rock and other communities this past year, communities in BC are keenly aware of the risks of flooding and damage to infrastructure during extreme precipitation events. This webinar will discuss the results of a study that looked trends in Atmospheric River (aka Pineapple Express) events in BC, as well as potential actions to assist in reducing the damage and harm caused by these events. The study was carried out by the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium in partnership with the BC Climate Action Secretariat.
You will also hear about the City of Chilliwack’s experience in managing an extreme precipitation event in 2009 that led to significant flooding and damage to infrastructure in the Greendale area. Although the area was protected by river dikes, a heavy snowfall followed by a high-rainfall event led to flooding and landslides behind the dikes that damaged over 50 homes and washed out roads. Since 2009, Chilliwack has done engineering analysis to look at options to reduce the risk of such an event, and has begun to implement some of the recommendations coming out of that report.