| Titre | Building community resilience: key considerations and lessons learned from twelve Canadian communities |
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| Auteur | Oldfield, E; Nciri, A; Wicks, E (éd.) |
| Source | 2020, 43p.  Accès ouvert |
| Liens | Online - En ligne
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| Liens | Quest Canada
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| Année | 2020 |
| Éditeur | QUEST |
| Document | livre |
| Lang. | anglais |
| Media | numérique; en ligne |
| Référence reliée | Cette publication est reliée à les
publications suivantes |
| Formats | pdf |
| Province | Canada; Colombie-Britannique; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Québec; Nouveau-Brunswick; Nouvelle-Écosse; Île-du-Prince-Édouard; Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; Yukon;
Nunavut |
| SNRC | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Lat/Long OENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Sujets | énergie; Changement climatique; Adaptation aux changements climatiques; Renforcement des capacités; Secteur de l'énergie; effets cumulatifs; Nature et environnement; Sciences et technologie; Économie et
industrie |
| Illustrations | tableaux |
| Programme | Les impacts et l'adaptation liés
aux changements climatiques |
| Programme | Les impacts et l'adaptation liés aux changements climatiques Programme sur l'adaptation liés aux changements climatiques |
| Diffusé | 2020 01 01 |
| Résumé | (Sommaire disponible en anglais seulement)
Almost 90% of Canadian energy utilities have been significantly impacted by a weather event such as high winds, ice storms, floods, droughts, and
forest fires, in the last decade. Climate 1 change will continue to increase the frequency and intensity of these events2. Though reliable energy supply is needed to maintain the essential functions of everyday life, there are limited tools and
assessment processes to help local governments and utilities to collaborate and plan effectively for risk mitigation and climate adaptation.
The objectives of QUEST's Municipalities and Utilities Partnering for Community Resilience initiative were
1) to foster collaboration between municipalities, energy utilities, and other key community stakeholders, 2) to conduct climate risks and vulnerability assessments through innovative tools and endorsed methodologies, and 3) to inform climate
adaptation measures and emergency preparedness by identifying each community's areas of vulnerability and strength, and by making tailored recommendations with a focus on energy infrastructure and prolonged power outages.
This two-year initiative,
funded by FCM and NRCAN as two separate projects, involved twelve Canadian municipalities in the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, and Alberta. Beyond the unique characteristics of each community and province, QUEST
identified common strengths and vulnerabilities among participating municipalities and partnering energy utilities. Despite the diverse energy landscapes across provinces, and how this impacts energy utilities, QUEST noted similar trends in the way
they are coping with vulnerable assets, strengthening infrastructure, and improving emergency preparedness and restoration responses in a context of increased frequency and intensity of atmospheric and hydrological hazards.
This report presents
lessons learned from participating municipalities and energy utilities and leverages them into a guide for communities interested in starting or reviewing their climate adaptation and climate planning strategy and their emergency responses, with a
specific lens on energy infrastructure.
Section 2 highlights the relevance of the initiative and the benefits for participating communities. It confirms that municipal staff and energy utilities need and want to work together, and how the
methodology developed by QUEST facilitated more integration and collaboration. Section 3 presents lessons learned from municipalities and energy utilities. Firstly, it highlights municipalities' most common strengths and vulnerabilities, as well as
energy utilities' key emerging practices to cope with climate hazards, and the most common areas of improvement. Secondly, it presents the key recommendations selected by participating communities to advance climate adaptation, strengthen energy
systems, and augment emergency preparedness. Finally, it analyzes the key challenges to the development and implementation of climate adaptation measures. Section 4 builds on the lessons learned to develop a guide for municipalities interested in
resilience planning. It highlights eight key considerations and provides additional tips and resources to develop effective public communication and secure financial resources - two major barriers to climate adaptation and planning. |
| Sommaire | (Résumé en langage clair et simple, non publié)
Ce rapport présente les leçons apprises des municipalités et des services publics d'électricité participants, compilées en un guide pour les
collectivités qui souhaitent amorcer l'élaboration de leur stratégie d'adaptation et de planification face aux changements climatiques ainsi que de leurs méthodes d'intervention en cas d'urgence, ou de les réviser, en portant une attention
particulière aux infrastructures énergétiques. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 330281 |
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