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Climate Risk: Getting to Action

7 Dec 2016

ACT (the Adaptation to Climate Change Team), based at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Environment, is dedicated to developing and delivering a unique combination of research, outreach and policy innovation designed to benefit Canadian decision-makers, sectors and communities as they work to respond to the challenges posed by climate change. [...] It is clear from the results of this process that many professionals are already embarking on new approaches to climate change challenges; however, if they are to respond effectively to the substantive changes anticipated in a world that seems increasingly likely to experience over 2°C of warming by the end of the century, continuous improvement in training, communication, codes and standards, sus [...] These changes, along with societal impacts leading to biodiversity loss and other systemic challenges, are combining to cause what is called the ‘loss of stationarity’; in other words, extreme events, and the conditions that affect land and water use and the activities of associated sectors, are increasingly occurring outside the normal range of variation on which most professional practices are b [...] As the climate changes, the variation in the parameters of extreme weather is projected to increase in severity, magnitude and duration,2 necessitating development of new policies and regulatory mechanisms such as updated building standards and zoning. [...] Examples of these issues, as identified by the ACTPAC and by attendees of the Climate Risk: Getting to Action workshop, are described in brief below: 1. RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS AN URGENT ISSUE There is an urgent need to respond to and act on climate change.
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Pages
44
Published in
Vancouver, BC, CA

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