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Climate Change Impacts on Forest Growth and What to do about It

In this webinar, learn how might climate change affect forest growth and what can we do about it?

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Government of British Columbia

The Government of British Columbia is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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University of Northern British Columbia

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Ducks Unlimited Canada

Ducks Unlimited Canada is a passionate community of people who believe that nature is the foundation of strong communities, a prosperous economy and a sustainable future that supports the hopes and

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FPInnovations

FPInnovations is a not-for-profit world leading R&D institute that specializes in the creation of scientific solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector’s global competitiveness and resp

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Food & Water Security

This course will encourage learners to build a new understanding of food security, water shortages and climate change challenges in agriculture. See videos for each module.

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Climate Policy for Climate Adaptation Professionals

Check out this ALN course with video lectures which covers the basics of environmental policy, climate mitigation and adaptation policy, overviews of key policy actors and tools, and policy gaps.

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Food & Water Security

May 13, 2021. A discussion with Joanne Taylor, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of British Columbia Okanagan and facilitator of the ALN food and water security course.

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Natural Assets Management course

March 6, 2020. We spoke with Roy Brooke about his own journey into this field and why municipalities should be thinking about their natural assets. 

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Climate Change Adaptation Governance in British Columbia

This article details key messages and recommendations from an ACT, SFU and Western University co-hosted workshop on climate change adaptation and governance in the context of British Columbia.

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Low Carbon Resilience and Transboundary Municipal Ecosystem Governance

This research project outlines the benefits, challenges, and successes associated with transboundary ecosystem management in Still Creek, a riparian ecosystem located in Metro Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Crescent Beach Community Meeting Series: Summary Report on Coastal Flooding and Climate Change

Crescent Beach Community Addresses Coastal Flooding

This report documents the outcomes of a series of meetings with the Crescent Beach community of British Columbia in the summer of 2016 to discuss reponses to sea level rise.

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Climate Change and Extreme Weather: Designing Adaptation Policy: Background Report

The report begins by examining climate change and extreme weather in Canada.  A policy framework identifies goals, principles and instruments associated with effective climate adaptation policy. Finally, the report analyzes two sectors that are particularly sensitive to extreme weather events—emergency management and infrastructure—and identifies specific adaptation actions in these areas.

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Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity: Background Report

This report synthesizes information compiled from input contributed by ACT’s Communities in Jeopardy: Plant, Animal and Human conference participants in April 2008, along with a review of publications from leading authorities researching climate change impacts on biodiversity, and adaptation responses.

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University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia (UBC), established in 1908, is one of Canada’s leading research universities and is consistently ranked among the top 40 in the world.

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ADM Definitions

One way which may help in determining which methods to use to support ADM is to consider the multiple possible dimensions of a method that can be used to provide a  classification of methods.

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ACT Extreme Weather Reports

This report aims to contribute to the development of Canadian climate adaptation policies targeted at extreme weather events.

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ACT Biodiversity Reports

This ACT Biodiversity Report provides background for BC's policy and planning towards ecosystem and community resiliency

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ACT Energy Reports

This report discusses sustainability challenges for British Columbia

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Climate changes in East Africa

Introduction

The average global surface temperature has warmed 0.8°C in the past century and 0.6°C in the past three decades (Hansen et al., 2006), in large part because of human activities (IPCC...

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