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Climate Change, Equity, and COVID-19: Considerations in a Changing World

October 2020

Following the onset of COVID-19, ICABCCI hosted two webinars to learn about the impacts of COVID-19 on our partner communities and how to build back better.

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ACT News Climate Change Community News Crops & Food Supply Featured Health Risks ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Publications Report

Low Carbon Resilience: A Briefing for Mayors and Elected Officials

September 2020

This report offers an introduction to the concept of Low Carbon Resilience specifically tailored to Mayors and elected officials.

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ACT News Climate Change Featured ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

Advancing a Regional Green Infrastructure Network in Metro Vancouver: Summary Report

September 2020

This report is a continuation of ongoing ACT research into the value of establishing a regional green infrastructure (GI) network in Metro Vancouver.

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ACT News Climate Change Featured Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Nature Based Solutions Report

Clean, Resilient Flood Technology Options in Canada

July 2020

An analysis of innovative, clean technology solutions that can play a key role in mitigating flood risks for Canadian communities.

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Climate Change Featured Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) New Technologies News & Events Publications Sea Level Rise

Advancing Nature-based Solutions: Panel and Breakout Sessions Outcomes Report

June 2020

This report highlights the opportunities and challenges of advancing Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Canada.

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ACT News Climate Change Nature Based Solutions

Exploring LCR Implementation and Communications: Workshop 3

May 2020

This report highlights the key lessons learned from ICABCCI Workshop 3 about implementing and communicating LCR within local government contexts.

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Adaptation Community ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR)

Accounting for Natural Assets in Local Government: A Low Carbon Resilience Approach

February 2020

An analysis of best practices and proxy data for accounting for natural assets, such as wetlands, forests, and coastlines.

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ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

Update: Paying for Urban Infrastructure in Canada

October 2019

This 2019 report updates and supplements ACT’s 2015 report Paying for Urban Infrastructure Adaptation in Canada.

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Climate Change Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) New Technologies Report

Low Carbon Resilience Interventions: Case Studies

October 2019

Examples of LCR interventions illustrating benefits for adaptation and mitigation as well as co-benefits, funding and financing mechanisms, and key considerations.

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Adaptation Community ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) New Technologies Report

Vancouver’s Water Narrative: Learning from Copenhagen and Rotterdam

October 2019

This report investigates how far Vancouver has come in its efforts to update its water management methods, using indicators defining a “Water Sensitive City.”

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Climate Change Report

Building LCR Planning to Implementation Pathways: Workshop 2

August 2019

This report summarizes ACT's second ICABCCI partner community workshop on approaches to developing low carbon resilience.

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Adaptation Community ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

ICABCCI Partner Community Criteria

August 2019

Criteria used to co-select ACT's ICABCCI case study partner communities.

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ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

ICABCCI Partner Community Profiles

August 2019

This set of thirteen ICABCCI partner community profiles outlines each community’s progress and aspirations on adaptation and mitigation.

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Adaptation Community ICABCCI Programs Report

Climate Change Adaptation Governance in BC

July 2019

Climate change adaptation is the process of preparing for actual or projected changes in climate averages and extremes. It relies on interpretations and values...

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Policy Brief: Biodiversity and Climate Resilience

June 2019

This policy brief outlines climate and other threats to biodiversity and explores the benefits of a regional green infrastructure approach.

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Biodiversity Report

LCR Opportunities and Challenges in BC Communities: Survey Results

June 2019

This report highlights key results from a survey of 12 local BC governments on the potential for low carbon resilience and summarizes conclusions and next steps.

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Adaptation Stories ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

Concept Note: Biodiversity-Led Green Infrastructure

May 2019

This concept note lays out three key steps local governments can take on regional collaboration to achieve benefits for biodiversity and low carbon resilience.

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Metro Vancouver 2050: A Mecca of Biodiversity-Led Green Infrastructure

April 2019

This workshop report presents a vision of Metro Vancouver as a mecca of biodiversity-focused green infrastructure in 2050.

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Biodiversity Report

Identifying LCR Integration Opportunities: Workshop 1

January 2019

This report summarizes key learnings from ICABCCI's inaugural workshop, which brought together 12 diverse BC communities.

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Climate Change ICABCCI Low Carbon Resilience (LCR)

Joint Statement: Canada’s National Professional Associations

December 2018

This joint statement from four of Canada’s leading National Professional Associations commits to providing national leadership on advancement of LCR.

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Adaptation Community Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

Green Waterfront Design Charrette Report

December 2018

The Green Waterfront Design Charrette brought together design experts and staff from five British Columbia municipalities

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Adaptation Stories Report

Low Carbon Resilience: Best Practices for Professionals – Final Report

December 2018

This report focuses on the key role professionals play as change agents in climate action, and illustrates best practices for planning and implementation of LCR.

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Adaptation Community Featured Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

Professionals’ Best Practices for Low Carbon Resilience: Phase 1

August 2018

In the spring of 2018, ACT (the Adaptation to Climate Change Team) at SFU consulted with practitioners on emerging climate action needs in their professions.

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ACT News Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Publications Report

Canada’s Top Climate Change Risks

July 2018

This Expert Panel assessment responds to important questions from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

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Climate Change Report

Briefing Paper: Low Carbon Resilience in Canada’s Energy Sector

May 2018

This paper explores the co-benefits of integrating adaptation and mitigation in the Canadian energy sector

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

January 2018

The mandate of the Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Results was to propose indicators to measure progress on adaptation

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Adaptation Stories Climate Change Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

Taking Action on Green Resilience

November 2017

This report presents conclusions from a national workshop with local governments on integrating adaptation and mitigation at the 2017 Livable Cities Forum.

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Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) New Technologies Report

Still Creek: A Case Study of Transboundary Municipal Ecosystem Governance

June 2017

Climate change impacts such as flooding and extreme heat will increase and be costly for cities to manage. Supporting ecosystem health will be key.

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Biodiversity Climate Change Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Nature Based Solutions Report

Greening the Fight against Sea Level Rise: Grey vs Green Approaches

March 2017

Masters thesis exploring relative merits and trade-offs between soft (green), hard (grey), and hybrid (mixed green and grey) approaches to coastal flood resilience.

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A Snapshot of Community Based Water Monitoring in Canada

February 2017

This report presents survey results from hundreds of organizations across Canada.

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Professionals’ Perspectives on Climate Change Challenges

December 2016

Designed to be a conversation starter, this report summarizes key examples of climate change challenges and solutions for selected professions.

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Crescent Beach Meeting Series: Coastal Flooding and Climate Change

November 2016

This report summarizes the results of a series of three workshops with Crescent Beach, Surrey community members investigating responses to sea level rise.

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Low Carbon Resilience: Transformative Climate Change Planning for Canada

June 2016

This paper explores the importance of integrating adaptation and mitigation to achieve low carbon resilience (LCR).

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Adaptation Community Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

Masters Thesis: Valuing Ecosystem Services in the Columbia River Treaty

April 2016

Masters thesis recommending a mechanism through which the parties could price ecosystem services in a modern Columbia River Treaty

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Vulnerability, Resilience, and Adaptation Concepts and Practice

January 2016

Report on Coastal Cities at Risk workshop exploring vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation concepts and practice in the context of risks posed by climate change,

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Adaptation Stories Climate Change Report Sea Level Rise

The Climate Nexus: Water, Food, Energy, and Biodiversity in a Changing World

November 2015

This ACT publication addresses the "perfect storm" gathering at the nexus of water, food, energy and biodiversity and proposes pathways to solutions.

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Biodiversity Climate Change Crops & Food Supply Energy Publications Water Governance

Paying for Urban Infrastructure Adaptation in Canada

October 2015

Local governments in Canada are on the front lines of climate change but the cost of adapting is a barrier to implementation.

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Adaptation Community Report

The Columbia River Treaty: Past, Present and Future

October 2015

Report from workshop reviewing the history, purpose and scope of the Columbia River Treaty, evaluating where it stands today and options for improvement.

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Ecosystem Goods and Services in the Columbia Basin

September 2015

Long-term sustainability of the Columbia River and its communities depends on ecosystem function. This study reports best estimates of current and future values.

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Adaptation Community Biodiversity New Technologies Report

The Columbia River Treaty: A Primer

October 2014

This ACT-authored book clearly explains the nature of this complex water agreement between Canada and the US and key considerations for its impending update.

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ACT News Adaptation Stories Biodiversity Climate Change Community News Economy Energy Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Nature Based Solutions News & Events Publications

Transboundary Support for Ecosystem Function in the Columbia Basin

March 2014

Study on the role of institutional cooperation between the US and Canada under the Columbia River Treaty in support of flow regimes that sustain ecosystem health.

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Climate Change and Canada’s Crops & Food Supply

July 2013

This report lays out key climate change challenges facing crops and food supply and summarizes policy recommendations for adaptation.

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Climate Change Crops & Food Supply

Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance

March 2012

Climate change is increasingly affecting the way water moves through the hydrologic cycle and Canada must act on adaptation.

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Climate Change Adaptation: Linkages with Social Policy

November 2010

This report for the federal Policy Research Initiative outlines threats and opportunities posed by climate change for social policy and outlines pathways forward.

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Climate Change Adaptation and Extreme Weather

September 2009

Climate change is driving increasingly extreme weather events, threatening severe damage to the infrastructure and systems that support life in Canadian communities.

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Extreme Weather Programs Report

Climate Adaptation and BC’s Low Carbon Economy

March 2009

It is imperative that we significantly reduce our ecological footprint and move to a low carbon, resilient economy.

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Energy Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity

January 2009

This report lays out key climate change challenges to BC’s biodiversity and policy recommendations for action.

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Biodiversity Programs Report

Climate Adaptation: Planning for BC

November 2008

This paper summarizes key principles of adaptation, explores climate challenges for nine top-of-mind issues, and makes recommendations to help advance action.

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ACT News Adaptation Community Adaptation Stories Climate Change Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Report

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