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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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  • After the Flood: The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health and Lost Time From Work (Opens in a new Window)

    The report profiles the results of 100 door-to-door interviews with households in flooded communities, identifying health impacts and financial costs such as lost time from work.
    Organization:
    Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo, Intact Financial Corporation, Standards Council of Canada, National Research Council of Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Case study

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    BC Agriculture and Climate Change Education Series (Opens in a new Window)

    This educational series includes four video modules design to facilitate an understanding of key climate change issues in the British Columbia agricultural sector. Module concepts include Using Future Climate Projections, Adaptation Concepts and Initiatives, Collaborative Research for Producer Adaptation and Extension for Climate-smart Agriculture.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia, Canadian Agricultural Partnership
    Resource formats:
    • Educational and awareness-raising material

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    Climate Change and the Preparedness of Canadian Provinces and Territories to Limit Flood Risk (Opens in a new Window)

    This report examines the preparedness of provincial and territorial governments to minimize the negative consequences of current and future floods. It is the intented to provide an informed perspective that will contribute to the alleviation of current and future flood and climate-related risks in Canada.
    Organization:
    Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation
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    Factoring Climate Risk into Financial Valuation (Opens in a new Window)

    This report presents a practical means to factor climate change and extreme weather risk into financial valuation consistent with direction of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and Canada’s Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance (EPSF). This report will help institutional managers to guide investments, securities commissions to assess disclosure, and credit rating agencies to measure risk by incorporating the impacts of climate change into business analysis.
    Organization:
    Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation
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    Municipal Flood Risk Check-Up (Opens in a new Window)

    The Municipal Flood Risk Check-Up has been developed to support Canadian municipalities in better preparing for heavy rainfall, river, and coastal flooding. It is a self-assessment questionnaire with 50 questions designed to assess potential flood hazards (flood exposure), and implementation of actions to reduce flood risks (flood preparedness). The Check-Up helps users navigate the variety of existing standards, guidance, and tools available, and focuses on the role of municipal action at multiple levels: from the localized protection of individual homes to the management of flooding processes at the watershed scale.
    Organization:
    University of Waterloo
    Resource formats:
    • Interactive
    • Adaptation planning
    • Educational and awareness-raising material

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    Oceans 3.0 Data Portal (Opens in a new Window)

    Users can search, preview, download and visualize archives and live ocean data from a vast array of oceanographic sensors, cabled observations, mobile platforms and autonomous instruments. Data are collected on ocean physics, chemistry, biology and geology. These ocean observatories generate ‘big data’ openly accessible through the Oceans 3.0 data management system.
    Organization:
    Ocean Networks Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Interactive
    • Graphical
    • Data management

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    Preventing Disaster Before It Strikes: Developing a Canadian Standard for New Flood-Resilient Residential Communities (Opens in a new Window)

    This report identifies twenty best practices to design and build new residential communities that are flood-resilient. It served as the foundational document for the standard CSA W204:19 Flood Resilient Design for New Residential Communities, developed by CSA Group with funding from the Standards Council of Canada.
    Organization:
    Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo, Intact Financial Corporation, Standards Council of Canada
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    Under One Umbrella: Practical Approaches for Reducing Flood Risk in Canada (Opens in a new Window)

    This report outlines practical approaches to limit flood risk in Canada, summarizing best practices from national guidelines and standards applicable to: Residents, governments, federal government and agencies, architects, developers, home builders, home renovation specialists, insurance brokers, mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, real estate agents, home inspectors, retailers, landscaping professionals, commercial real estate owners/managers, conservation and watershed authorities, environmental not-for-profit organizations, neighbourhood associations, local community groups, local utility companies, institutional investors, and professional regulatory bodies.
    Organization:
    Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation
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