Background Information: Videos, Documents and Fact Sheets

 

CBT Videos: Communities Adapting to Climate Change

 

9-minute YouTube Video, 2009: Communities Adapting to Climate Change: A Tale of Two Communities  This film documents the climate change adaptation planning process (2008-2009) of two communities in the Canadian Columbia Basin.

6-minute YouTube Video, November 2007: Communities Adapting to Climate Change  This film uses interview format to relay stories and views of climate change impacts from elected officials and residents of the Canadian Columbia Basin.

 

Helpful Background Documents

 

1. Starting the Dialogue (pdf 1.1MB)  This summary report is a starting point for discussions about climate change in the Columbia Basin. It is a key primer for local climate change impacts and adaptation. It is useful for background reading and workshop support material. (30 pages)

2. CBT Climate Change & Adaptation News Letter (pdf 1.13MB)  This easy-to-read CBT newsletter on climate change and adaption captures the informating in "Starting the Dialogue." This document is an excellent resource for understanding adaptation.

3. From Impact to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007 (pdf 20MB) This assesment by Natural Resources Canada discusses current and future risks and opportunities that climate change presents to Canada, with a focus on human and managed systems.

 

Fact Sheets

 

CBT fact sheets are informative and quick-to-read. They are great to have at public workshops to familiarize the public with climate change science and terminology.

  1. Planning for Climate Change: Six Steps to Successful Adaptation Planning (pdf 478KB)
  2. Communities Adapting to Climate Change Initiative: Background (pdf 117KB)
  3. FAQ for Local Government (pdf 142KB)
  4. Climate Change and Climate Variability (pdf 106KB)
  5. Impacts and Sensitivity (pdf 368KB)
  6. Adaptation and Mitigation (pdf 125KB)
  7. Adaptive Capacity and Resilience (pdf 145KB)