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Climate Change Adaptation in Kimberley, British Columbia

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Development (socioeconomic)

Forestry

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Summary:

In 2008, the City of Kimberley, British Columbia, was selected as a pilot project for the Columbia Basin Trust’s initiative called Communities Adapting to Climate Change. The project identified climate change impacts of local concern, prioritized areas of vulnerability, and developed recommendations for adaptation strategies that the city of Kimberley can implement.

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Climate Justice

Policy

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Summary:

Tsiigehtchic is a small, traditional community located in the Northwest Territories (NWT) of Canada. Due to its northern location, climate change impacts such as melting permafrost and increased erosion are already being felt in Tsiigehtchic.

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Land Use Planning

Policy

Tourism / Recreation

Summary:

In 2006, the Climate Change Section of the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Environment provided funding to help Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park incorporate the impacts of climate change into the update of its Master Management Plan. Climate scenarios were created for the park using downscaled global climate models.

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Policy

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Summary:

Atlin is a primarily native community located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. In 2007, the Northern Climate ExChange (NCE) hosted a week-long climate change community awareness and preparation workshop. The goal of the workshop was to discuss ways that climate change may impact the livelihoods of Atlin residents and to identify community vulnerabilities and opportunities.

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Sector Addressed:

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Summary:

The effects of climate change (e.g., warming trends) are already being experienced by communities in the Northwest Territories (NWT).

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Policy

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

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Whitehorse is the largest community in Canada’s Yukon Territory. It was selected by the Northern Climate ExChange (NCE) to be one of three communities in the Yukon Territory given funding to develop a climate change adaptation plan. The first version of the Whitehorse Community Climate Change Adaptation Plan (WhiteCAP) was completed in September 2010.

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Land Use Planning

Policy

Tourism / Recreation

Wildlife

Summary:

Climate change is expected to negatively impact the parks and protected lands in Ontario. To better prepare for these adverse impacts, 45 experts were convened and surveyed in order to identify the most feasible and desirable adaptation recommendations in a systematic fashion. In sum, over 1,000 recommendations were generated and later condensed down to nearly 160.

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Grizzly bears, moose, mountain goats, deer, elk—all call Elkford, British Columbia home. Wild at Heart is the community slogan and the area is known as the wilderness capitol of British Columbia. As a Rocky Mountain town, the local economy is dependent on the surrounding natural resources—coal mining, logging and increasingly, tourism.

Sector Addressed:

Culture/communities

Development (socioeconomic)

Policy

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Agriculture

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Disaster Risk Management

Research

Sector Addressed:

Agriculture

Conservation / Restoration

Development (socioeconomic)

Fisheries

Forestry

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Tourism / Recreation

Water Resources

Wildlife

Summary:

According to ClimateBC projections, the Xeni Gwet’in Caretaker Area (XGCA) can expect to see increased warming (~+2.5°C) and precipitation (~+104 mm) by 2050. Seasonally, most of the temperature increase will occur in the winter and spring and most of the precipitation increase will occur during the fall and winter, with summers becoming drier overall.