Summary Report: Climate change adaptation and biodiversity. Transitioning to an ecosystem based economy in British Columbia. (2008) Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT), Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

 

4.4. (2008) U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global

Change Research

 

Effects of Climate Change on Biodiversity in Quebec. (2007) Ouranos Consortium

 

 

 

 

Implications of Climate Change for Urban Water Utilities. (2007) Association of the Metropolitan Water Agencies, Washington, D.C

 

Opportunities to Anticipate and Adapt to the Effects of Climate Change on Water Quality. (2008). Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

 

Mainstreaming Climate Change in Drinking Water Source Protection Planning in Ontario. (2006) de Loë R., and Berg, A.. Prepared for Pollution Probe

In Hot Water: Water Management Strategies to Weather the Effects of Global Warming. (2007) Natural Resources Defense Council 

 

 

 

Climate Change and Water Quality in the Great Lakes Basin. (2003) Great Lakes Water Quality Board for the International Joint Commission

 

Coastal Zone and Climate Change on the Great Lakes. (2006) AMEC. Prepared for Natural Resources Canada

 

 

 

Participatory Integrated Assessment of Water Management and Climate Change in the Okanagan Basin, British Columbia. (2006) Cohen S., and Neale, T., Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada

 

Water Management & Climate Change in the Okanagan Basin. (2001) Cohen S., and Kulkarni, T. (Eds) prepared for Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada

 

 

 

 

Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change in Canada’s Cities and Communities: A Literature Review. (2006) Infrastructure Canada.

 

The Role of Standards in Adaptation Canada’s Infrastructure to Climate Change. (2006) Canadian Standards Association

 

Climate Change: Developer’s Risk Management Guide. (2007) Halifax Regional Municipality, Naturally Green, Government of Canada, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Government of Nova Scotia

 

Adapting to Climate Change - Canada's First National Engineering Vulnerability Assessment of Public Infrastructure. (2008). Engineers Canada
Appendix A - Case Study Summaries
Appendix B.1 - City of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (Water Resources Infrastructure Assessment)
Appendix B.2 - Town of Placentia, Newfoundland (Water Resources Public Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment)
Appendix B.3 - Metro Vancouver, British Columbia (Sewerage Area Infrastructure)
Appendix B.4 - City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario (Roads and Associated Infrastructure)
Appendix B.5 - City of Edmonton, Quesnell Bridge Refurbishment (Roads and Associated Infrastructure)
Appendix B.6 - Northwest Territories, Thermosyphon Foundations (Flat Loop Thermosyphon Foundations)
Appendix B.7 - Government of Canada Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario (Public Buildings)
Appendix C – Literature Reviews (C.1 Water Resources; C.2 Stormwater; C.3 Change Roads and Associated Structures; C.4 Public Buildings)

 

 

Infrastructure & Communities: The Path to Sustainable Communities. (2008). Robinson, J. (lead author), Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria, BC

 

Innovation and the City: Challenges for the Built Environment Industry. (2008). Pinnegar, S., et al., Issue Paper No. 7, City Future Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

 

Shifting Towards Sustainability: Education for climate change adaptation in the built environment sector. (2007). Lyth, A., et al., A report prepared by the Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability.

 

 

 

 

Climate Variability and Urban Stormwater Infrastructure in Canada: Context and Case Studies. (2003). Watt, W.E., et al., Toronto-Niagara Region Study Report and Working Paper Series, Report 2003-1. Meteorological Service of Canada, Waterloo, Ontario.

 

Conception et planification des interventions de renouvellement des infrastructures de drainage urbain dans un contexte d'adaptation aux changements climatiques.(2008) Mailhot A. et al. Prepared for Natural Resources Canada (French only)

 

 

 

 

Southern Canada. (2007) Mills, B., et al., Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada

 

Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation. (2008) Transportation Research Board Special Report 290

 

Climate Change Will Impact the Seattle Department of Transportation. (2005) Office of City Auditor, Seattle, WA

 

 

 

 

Climate Change Adaptation in the Canadian Energy Sector. (2009) Workshop Report, Policy Research Institute, Government of Canada

 

Adaptation of California’s Electricity Sector to Climate Change. (2008) Vine, E., Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), San Francisco, California

 

 

Your Home in a Changing Climate: Retrofitting Existing Homes for Climate Change Impacts: Report for Policy Makers. (2008) Three Regions Climate Change Group Greater London Authority

 

 

 

 

Communities Adapting to Climate Change: Emerging Public Health Strategies. (2009) Moffat, JH. Masters of Public Health Project. Simon Fraser University

 

Human Health in a Changing Climate: A Canadian Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacity. (2008) Health Canada

 

Climate Change and Human Health. (2004) Pollution Probe

 

Climate Change and Health in British Columbia. (2008) Ostry A. et al., Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria, BC 

 

Towards an Adaptation Action Plan: Climate change and health in the Toronto-Niagara Region. (2002) Pollution Probe

Climate Change in Southern Québec: Drinking water supply and public health: climate projections for precipitation and runoff in southern Québec. (English Summary) (2009) Chevalier P., and Gosselin P. prepared for Ouranos Consortium

Analyses and Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems. (2008) U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research

 

Climate Change and California's Public Health Institutions.(2008) Bedsworth, L., Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), San Francisco CA

Public Health Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. (2008) Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, California Department of Public Health

 

Climate Change Futures Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions. (2006). The Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School 

Climate Change in Australia: Risks to Human Wellbeing and Health . (2009) McMichael, A.J., Nautilus Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

 

Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK 2008. (2008). Department of Health and Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom

 

Methods of Assessing Human Health Vulnerability and Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change. (2003).World Health Organization, Health Canada, United Nations Environment Programme

 

 

 

Guide to Heat-Health Action Plans. (2008) World Health Organization

 

A Scan of Municipal Heat/Health Watch Warning Systems and Hot Weather Response Plans. (2007) Clean Air Partnership/ GTA Clean Air Council

 

Excessive Heat Events Guidebook. (2006).US-EPA

 

 

 

 

 

Impacts et adaptation pour les changements climatiques pour les activités de ski et de golf et l'industrie touristique: le cas du Québec. (2006) Singh B. et al. Prepared for Ouranos Consortium (French only) (English ppt)

Impacts and Adaptation to GHG Climate Change in the Ski and Golf Recreation Activities and the Tourism Industry: A Case Study in Quebec, Eastern Canada. (2006) Singe, B., and Byant, C. Prepared for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Directorate Earth Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada (Executive Summary in English)

 

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: Frameworks, Tools and Practices. (2008) United Nations Environment Program