Library of climate resources

This is a collection of links to climate datasets, tools, guidance and related resources. The sources include the federal government, provincial and territorial governments, national professional organizations, climate consortia and established international organizations. It can be useful for impact, vulnerability and risk assessments, and for adaptation planning.

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Explanation of the different resource types

data product - downloadable climate dataset
tool - builds on a dataset with further analyses and/or visualization
guidance - provides direction on the use of climate information or on conducting climate-related assessments
codes and standards - guidance and best practice documents for climate resilient design
additional resources include educational and awareness-raising material, impact assessments and scientific syntheses

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Climate Change Adaption Guidelines for Sea Dikes and Coastal Flood Hazard Land Use: Guidelines for Management of Coastal Flood Hazard Land Use (Opens in a new Window)
These guidelines address land management options in areas at risk of coastal flooding due to sea level rise. The focus is on British Columbia.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
Adaptation planning
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Climate Change Adaption Guidelines for SeaDikes and Coastal Flood Hazard Land Use (Opens in a new Window)
These guidelines support the design of sea dikes to protect low lying areas exposed to coastal flood hazards from sea level rise due to climate change in British Columbia.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
Impact assessment

Adaptation planning
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Climate Impacts (Opens in a new Window)
This webpage provides an overview of the impacts of climate change on different sectors in Nova Scotia. Sectors include health, agriculture, tourism and more.

Organization:

Government of Nova Scotia
Resource formats:
Educational and awareness-raising material
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Climate Impacts and Outlook (Opens in a new Window)
The Climate Impacts and Outlook resource offers a snapshot of recent weather events and anomalies, regional weather impacts on ecosystems and economic sectors, and a forecast for the coming three months displayed through static maps. Historical and future data are available as point, grid and polygon data. Regional impacts and outlooks are available from 2014 to 2017. Current conditions and forecasts of temperature, precipitation, drought, stream flow, winter weather, and ocean conditions are available.

Organization:

Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
Resource formats:
Data files

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Mapped

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Coastal Change in Newfoundland and Labrador (Opens in a new Window)
An examination of the processes contributing to coastal change in Newfoundland and Labrador, how scientists study and interpret this change, as well as an outline of the various resources available to planners and decision makers to ensure successful adaptation to coastal change.

Organization:

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Resource formats:
Adaptation planning

Educational and awareness-raising material
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Coastal Erosion Data (Opens in a new Window)
Coastal Erosion Data displays trends of coastal erosion and shoreline displacement based on specific measurement sites. Users can search for a location along the shoreline of New Brunswick using an interactive map. This will allow government, academic institutions, and consultants to have access to coastal erosion data, and raise awareness on risks of erosion.

Organization:

Government of New Brunswick
Resource formats:
Mapped
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DNR Coastal Flood Risk Maps (Opens in a new Window)
DNR Coastal Flood Maps contain static coastal flood risk maps for different regions in Nova Scotia at a scale of (1: 10 000) scale. Flooding risk is derived from sea level rise and storm surge. These maps are available for download as PDFs. These maps were taken at different points of the different regions along the coastline during 2012.

Organization:

Government of Nova Scotia
Resource formats:
Mapped
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Five-day Forecast (Opens in a new Window)
5 day forecasts provides 5 day flood forecasts to the public to view and use. Various data are collected and analyzed to be used in models that create forecasts for the public. Historical Water Levels at various locations in New Brunswick from 1962 to 2012 are also available.

Organization:

Government of New Brunswick
Resource formats:
Data files
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Geoscience Atlas (Opens in a new Window)
The Geoscience Atlas is an interactive map that allows users to select and view layers that include general map layers (e.g. Forest access roads and Contours), coastal monitoring variables (e.g. Coastal Erosion Index and Coastal Sensitivity Index), areas of geochemistry, and geology. Users can toggle and zoom into specific regions in Newfoundland and Labrador. Coastal erosion indices are viewable on map at point resolution.

Organization:

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Resource formats:
Interactive

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Tool
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Indicator Summary Data: Change in Sea Level in BC (1910-2014) (Opens in a new Window)
The Change in Sea Level in BC dataset contains summary trends of sea level observations and estimates of statistical significance from four monitoring stations across BC for the time period of 1910 to 2014. Data are available for download in tabular format.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
Data files
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