Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources was in Port Coquitlam this morning, November 14, to announce $7 million for a dozen projects in British Columbia aimed at combating climate change, including one in Burnaby.

Jonathan Wilkinson joined Coquitlam–Port Coquitlam Liberal MP Ron McKinnon and select recipients from the Port Coquitlam Community Center for funding news to support provincial work and national-scale projects under the of the Climate Change Adaptation Program (PACC) and the Climate Resilience Program. Coastal Communities Program (CRCC).

Highlighting recent atmospheric rivers, one of which last month killed two Coquitlam residentsWilkinson said the projects – along with 41 others across Canada – will aim to reduce the risks of climate change and “save lives.”

“Climate change affects our community, our health and our quality of life,” McKinnon said.

With the federal election next year, Wilkinson also used the break to comment on his party’s commitment to science issues, a commitment “that is not shared by all of Canada’s political leaders.” he declared.

Wilkinson told Tri-City News that part of the project funding has already been distributed to the 12 organizations in British Columbia

Representatives from ICLEI Canada, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the Emergency Planning Secretariat were at today’s press conference to discuss their work and thank the federal government for the subsidies.

Wilkinson looks at 2 of 12 BC-based projects that were approved for Ottawa’s latest funding to adapt to climate change | #PortCoquitlam #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/3GyiKLZ3cG

– Tri-City News (@TriCityNews) November 14, 2024

CCAP Money

Natural Resources Canada is funding seven projects under the CCCP:

• Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (Burnaby), “Developing a Climate Resilience Training Program for Building Sector Professionals”

  • $366,841
  • The project will build the capacity of building sector professionals to integrate climate change adaptation into their practice through the development and delivery of training courses and a guidance document on climate change resilience.

• SFU (Vancouver), “Wildfires and the Forest Industry Dialogue Series”

  • $500,001
  • The project will accelerate the implementation of adaptation measures in the forestry sector by removing barriers to forest fire risk reduction and addressing fire management strategies in landscapes.

• ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainable Development (Management) Inc., “Using economic tools to advance adaptation”

  • $400,000
  • The project will involve engaging a wide variety of professionals seeking to apply economic tools to advance community-wide resilience and working with them to implement and refine two existing practitioner-developed tools to support resilience. adaptation decision-making: the cost of doing nothing (CODN) Toolbox and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guide.

• Secwepemcúl’ecw Restoration and Stewardship Society, “Valuing and Restoring Cultural Heritage in a Changing Climate: An Indigenous Approach to Natural Capital Valuation to Support Indigenous-Led Climate Adaptation”

  • $292,800
  • The project will strengthen traditional cumulative effects approaches to develop and apply a new cultural ecosystem services valuation approach to conduct a holistic, Indigenous-centered cost-benefit analysis of priority climate change adaptation pathways.

• Fraser Basin Council Corporation, “Strengthening community capacity to integrate climate risk into renewable energy project planning”

  • $255,118
  • The project will improve the resilience of low-carbon energy systems in Canada.

• HeronBridge Consulting Inc., “Building Community Capacity for Climate Resilience”

  • $231,000
  • The project will build capacity to act on adaptation and improve resilience by developing and delivering a capacity building program, a series of learning and dialogue sessions and a resource guide that will target communities and organizations Indigenous people as well as small, medium, rural and remote businesses. communities in British Columbia

• ESSA Technologies Ltd., “Strengthening the business case: information and guidance for leveraging the co-benefits of nature-based adaptation”

  • $195,955
  • The project will develop a compendium of simple monetary values ​​and guidance for the range of co-benefits arising from different nature-based solutions to reduce climate risks and improve the climate resilience of Canadian communities, and apply these values ​​to conduct four research studies. Canadian cases.

Silver CRCC

In addition, the federal ministry funds five projects under the CRCC:

• Emergency Planning Secretariat, “Lifelines in the Fraser Estuary: Caring for each other for a climate resilient future”

  • $1,791,265
  • The project will develop priority adaptation actions and address climate risks from sea level rise, flooding and erosion to local essential services in the Fraser River Estuary.

• ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (Management) Inc., “South Coast British Columbia Regional Climate Adaptation Collaboration”

  • $1,557,900
  • The project will address regional climate risks related to flooding, extreme weather and sea level rise on British Columbia’s south coast by jointly developing a climate adaptation action plan and a implementation in the short term.

• Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, “Climate Adaptation Planning Project”

  • $1,427,125
  • The project will develop a climate adaptation plan for the Port of Vancouver that will build on significant regional and port authority efforts to respond to climate change risks to port infrastructure and operations.

• Regional District of Nanaimo, “Coastal Climate Adaptation Strategy”

  • $310,750
  • The project will leverage previous coastal flood risk modeling research and risk assessments to support coastal climate resilience planning in the Regional District of Nanaimo.

• Aspen Global Change Institute, “Global Leading Practices for Advancing Coastal Adaptation in Canadian Communities”

  • $99,253
  • The project will share leading global practices from the United States, New Zealand/Australia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia related to integrated and regional-scale adaptation actions to inform solutions sea ​​level rise and climate change challenges identified by Canadian practitioners.

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