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Sea level rise can’t be stopped
Reuters reports that new research on the thermal expansion of sea water suggests sea level rise is unavoidable: “Even with aggressive mitigation measures that limit global warming to less than 2...
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Victoria completes climate change risk assessment
British Columbia’s coastal capital city, Victoria, has completed a climate change risk assessment, joining most other major Canadian cities who’ve already done so. The report is part of ICLEI’s Local...
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“We are all from New Orleans now”
“We are all from New Orleans now,” writes Mike Tidwell at the Nation: Retreat, of course, is no one’s first choice. But adapting means committing fully to the New Orleans model. It means potentially...
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Vancouver is Canadian city most at risk from climate disruption threats
Coastal Cities at Risk project says Metro Vancouver is “the coastal city in Canada most at risk from sea-level rise combined with other climate change-related threats”: “In an OECD (Organization for...
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$9.5 billion to defend Metro Vancouver from rising sea level, finds report
Global warming-induced sea level rise means major upgrades are needed to Metro Vancouver’s flood defence network over the next several decades. A new report from the BC government, Cost of Adaptation —...
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Richmond not worried about sea level rise response
Tracy Sherlock interviews the director of engineering for Richmond, British Columbia: “When you look at the value of the community and the built environment in a place like Richmond, the expenditure...
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High tide and storm surge close seawall
From CBC: A storm surge and a high tide have forced officials to close parts of the seawall in Vancouver’s Stanley Park and the seawalk in West Vancouver… “Gates have been closed between these sections...
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“Strategic retreat” in BC’s sea level rise toolkit
BC’s Ministry of the Environment released a report on sea level rise adaptation over the weekend. It is inevitable that Metro Vancouver municipalities will come to restrict new development and abandon...
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