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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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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Adaptation Library (Opens in a new Window)

A collection of publicly accessible and searchable climate adaptation documents, tools, and products relevant to Atlantic Canada.

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Advancing Adaptation Case Studies (Opens in a new Window)
The Advancing Adaptation Project aimed to increase climate change resilience in Ontario municipalities by supporting adaptation planning, building local adaptation capacity, and supporting the implementation of adaptation initiatives in the Great Lakes watershed. As part of this project, 11 Ontario municipalities designed and delivered community-engaged climate change adaptation actions within their communities between June 2021 and December 2022. 11 case studies were developed to showcase the process, experience, and learnings from each implementation action.

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Local Governments for Sustainability Canada
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Case study
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Canada's Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate (Opens in a new Window)
Canada's Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate assesses climate change sensitivity, risks and adaptation along Canada's marine coasts. The report includes overviews of regional climate change impacts, risks and opportunities along Canada's three marine coasts, case studies demonstrating action, and discussion of adaptation approaches. Led by Natural Resources Canada, the development of this report involved over 60 authors and 70 expert reviewers, and synthesized over 1300 recent publications.

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Natural Resources Canada
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Canadian Extreme Water Level Adaptation Tool (CAN-EWLAT) (Opens in a new Window)
Canadian Extreme Water Level Adaptation Tool (CAN-EWLAT) is a science-based planning tool for the adaptation of coastal infrastructure related to future water-level extremes and changes in wave climates. This tool allows users to locate tide gauges and small craft harbours across Canada. For each geographical location, data including vertical allowance, sea level rise, mean water level, and wave climate can be visualized and downloaded.

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Government of Canada: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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Canadian Station Inventory and Data Download (Opens in a new Window)
Canadian Station Tide and Water Level Inventory and Data Download contains observations of water level data from stations across Canada for the historical period of 1970 to present. Stations may be selected using an interactive map. Data are available for download in tabular format

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Government of Canada: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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Data files

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Cartographie des zones de contraintes relatives à l'érosion côtière et aux mouvements de terrain (in French only) (Opens in a new Window)
This map locates the parts of the territory where coastal erosion standards, prescribed by the Quebec government, must be applied. Coastal erosion constraint zones include protection strips where various interventions must be regulated. These zones are intended to be integrated into the RCM's land use and development plan for land use planning and control, in accordance with the requirements of the Act respecting land use planning and development (A-19.1, section 5).

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Government of Quebec
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Coastal Adaptation Toolkit (Opens in a new Window)
The Coastal Adaptation Toolkit was developed to help Atlantic rural coastal communities and property owners plan for the effects of climate change. It is appropriate for use by communities and property owners that are experiencing coastal issues related to erosion and/or short- and long-term flooding impacts. The intent of the toolkit is to help communities and decision-makers as well as coastal property owners be aware of their coastal environment, the different adaptation options available to them, and the applicability of the options under different scenarios.

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CLIMAtlantic
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Coastal Adaptation Toolkit Adapting to Climate Change in Coastal Communities of Atlantic Canada: Part 1 Guidance for Selecting Adaptation Options (Opens in a new Window)
Part 1 Guidance for Selecting Adaptation Options, introduces climate change adaptation for the coastal regions of the Atlantic Provinces. It describes the five main adaptation approaches, describes climate change impacts in the Atlantic Region, characterizes the coastal environments, presents criteria for adaptation decision-making, and links adaptation tools and strategies to the coastal settings of the Atlantic Provinces.

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CLIMAtlantic
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Coastal Adaptation Toolkit Adapting to Climate Change in Coastal Communities of Atlantic Canada: Part 2 Land Use Planning Tools & Adaptation Options (Opens in a new Window)
Part 2 Land Use Planning Tools Adaptation Options, presents over 50 land use planning tools for coastal climate change adaptation. The tools and examples in this guidance document are the land use planning options of the CLIMAtlantic web-based Coastal Adaptation Tool. The document also includes overviews of the land planning and management frameworks and legislation that could support coastal climate change adaptation in each of the four Atlantic Provinces and First Nations

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CLIMAtlantic
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Coastal Adaptation Toolkit Adapting to Climate Change in Coastal Communities of Atlantic Canada: Part 3 Coastal Intervention Options & Engineering Considerations (Opens in a new Window)
Part 3 Coastal Intervention Options and Engineering Considerations, presents over two dozen intervention options to manage coastal flooding and erosion, describes the suitability of the tools for different coastal conditions and climate change adaptation objectives (e.g., short to long-term, low, medium or high cost), and identifies the technical and permitting requirements for the adaptation approaches. The tools and examples in this volume are the engineering options of the CLIMAtlantic web-based Coastal Adaptation Tool

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CLIMAtlantic
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Educational and awareness-raising material
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