Practice Area Modules
Alberta's Adaptation Resilience Training (ART)
The second part of ART’s program explored how core climate change concepts applied to a specific practice area.
Watershed Management
This module provided an in-depth look at how watersheds are impacted by a changing climate and what can be done to adapt.
Divided into three sessions, the module explored:
- Watershed hazards in a changing climate.
- Understanding risk in relation to watersheds.
- managing risks through engineered infrastructure and non-structural, nature-based solutions
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Infrastructure
This module walked through a risk assessment of infrastructure vulnerability, with focus on buildings, roads and bridges, using the Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) Protocol.
The module provided background on the PIEVC Protocol and how the protocol can inform infrastructure planning, design, operation and management.
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Agriculture
This module discussed how climate change can impact agricultural production and business, including potential risk and adaptation strategies that can be implemented in the sector.
The module highlighted the importance of having meaningful conversations and identifying opportunities for adaptation through collaboration along the value chain, to focus on building resilience and sustaining the agricultural industry into the future.
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Community Planning
This module introduced how to plan and implement strategies for building climate change resilience within communities.
Key frameworks and standards that are commonly used in risk-informed discussions were presented, including:
- Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
- Climate Resilience Express.
Key factors for consideration when developing policy for increasing resilience over the long-term, such as stakeholder support, cost, and residual risks were also discussed.
Module Presentation:
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