Workshop: Moving Towards Adaptation
October 27 and 28, 2010 in Sudbury, Ontario
OCCIAR held a climate change adaptation workshop in Sudbury on October 27 and 28, 2010 and it was attended by city staff, conservation authorities, government ministries, agencies and consultants. The first day of this capacity building workshop focused on presentation on the science of climate change, climate data to aid community adaptation planning, agriculture, forests and forestry, Indigenous climate change adaptation, tools and frameworks and a special session highlighting climate change adaptation initiatives in the City of Greater Sudbury. The second day of the workshop consisted of an interactive Risk Management session. During this facilitated session, workshop participants were introduced to the Risk Management process and taken step by step through the process teaching them how it could be used to help identify and prioritize risks associated with climate change and help develop adaptation measure to minimize these risks.
Participants heard presentations from a series of experts:
- Dr. David Pearson, Co-chair of Ontario's Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation:
Science of Climate Change - Dr. Neil Comer, Adaptation and Impacts Research Section (AIRS), Environment Canada:
Canadian Climate Change Scenarios Network (CCCSN.CA): Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Studies - Tim Lynham, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada:
The Future of our Boreal Forests - Shaunna Morgan, Manager, Taking Action on Climate Change, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources:
Creating Strength and Resilience in First Nations: Climate Change Adaptation Tools - Bryan Gilvesy, Proprietor Y U Ranch, Norfolk County; Chair Norfolk ALUS:
Opportunities for Suitable Outcomes from Agricultural Climate Adaptation - Emily McMillan, Nickel District Conservation Authority
Tina McCaffrey, City of Greater Sudbury
Tim Beadman, Chief of Emergency Services, City of Greater Sudbury
Janet Gasparini, Executive Director of the Sudbury Planning Council
The Sudbury Story. Three Cases: Past, Present & Future Successes in this City - Al Douglas, Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources
Tools and Frameworks for Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk
The Risk Management Approach to Climate Change Adaptation
Workshop Report