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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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  • Managing Infrastructure Assets for Sustainable Development: A Handbook for Local and National Governments (Opens in a new Window)

    The Handbook calls national and local governments to action and provides them with concrete guidance on how to ensure the resilience, sustainability and accessibility of existing and planned infrastructure investments. It contains practical tools to improve infrastructure asset management, plus recommendations on how to adapt them to socio-economic and environmental challenges of our time, including climate change and public health emergencies.
    Organization:
    United Nations
    Resource formats:
    • Adaptation planning
    • Educational and awareness-raising material

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    Municipal Climate Action Initiative Resource Package (Opens in a new Window)

    This resource aims to familiarize local government staff with projected climate changes in Nova Scotia (notably sea level rise) and provide context for regional adaptation principles. This package explores possible adaptation approaches and includes planning tools such as a cost benefit analysis template, project management template, and list of resources for funding.
    Organization:
    Federation of Canadian Municipalities
    Resource formats:
    • Adaptation planning
    • Educational and awareness-raising material

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    NISI Standards and Climate Change in Canada's North (Opens in a new Window)

    This no-charge course serves as an introduction to the most important considerations regarding the effects of extreme weather, climate change and changing environmental conditions have on northern infrastructure.T he course presents the requirements featured in the National Standards as part of the Northern Infrastructure Standardization Initiative (NISI) that were developed to address the impact of climate change on infrastructure in Canada's North. Course participants will learn how climate change can be considered in infrastructure planning, design, development and management and participants will also gain a general understanding of which infrastructure and hazard types NISI standards currently address.
    Organization:
    Canadian Standards Association
    Resource formats:
    • Adaptation planning
    • Educational and awareness-raising material

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    Prioritizing Climate Change Risks and Actions on Adaptation: a review of Selected Institutions, Tools, and Approaches Discussion Paper (Opens in a new Window)

    This report reviews select tools and institutional approaches used in other jurisdictions to help prioritize climate change risks and adaptation options, and provides suggestions for implementation and improvement in Canada.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Scientific synthesis
    • Adaptation planning
    • Educational and awareness-raising material

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    Projet Résilience côtière (in French only) (Opens in a new Window)

    This project aims to reduce the vulnerability of communities and coastal ecosystems to coastal erosion, develop tools for improving improving the planning and commitment to coastal protection, and ease the choice of adaptation solutions for coastal erosion in the context of short, medium, and long-term climate changes.
    Organization:
    Université du Québec à Rimouski
    Resource formats:
    • Vulnerability or risk assessment
    • Adaptation planning
    • Educational and awareness-raising material

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    Resources (Opens in a new Window)

    ICLEI develops tools and resources that are uniquely tailored to urban sustainability professionals. From national and international GHG protocols to case studies highlighting community innovation, local government staff and elected officials working with ICLEI enter a gateway to innovative solutions.
    Organization:
    ICLEI Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Interactive
    • Tool
    • Adaptation planning
    • Educational and awareness-raising material
    • Case study

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    Scientific recommendation guide to facilitate the use of climate projections (in French only) (Opens in a new Window)

    The climate information available and needed can be difficult to interpret and use, as climate science is complex and rapidly evolving. To use the data properly, a good knowledge of the main links in the climate modeling chain is therefore desirable. This document sets out recommendations for the use of climate projections. Based on the current state of scientific knowledge, these recommendations aim to provide a better understanding of certain climate modeling concepts, and to help in the choice of climate models, emission scenarios (greenhouse gases, particulate aerosols, land use), time horizons and reference periods, and percentiles.
    Organization:
    Ouranos
    Resource formats:
    • Scientific synthesis
    • Educational and awareness-raising material

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    Webinar on Climate Tools (Opens in a new Window)

    This webinar is designed to help identify climate tools available to practitioners in British Columbia and how they can be used.
    Organization:
    Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, Government of British Columbia
    Resource formats:
    • Tool
    • Educational and awareness-raising material
    • Training

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