Atlantic Canada is often exposed to storm events that are accompanied by hurricane-force winds and heavy precipitation, leading to associated storm surges and flooding of coastal areas. Extreme...
Project Benefits
This methodology will be part of the wider set of guidelines/tools developed under the ACAS project to help municipalities throughout Atlantic Canada develop more strategic and effective climate...
A major challenge from a changing climate in Atlantic Canada is anticipated to be an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as storms and associated precipitation....
Project Benefits
There will be improved capability to quantify the extent of urban forest in all of the HRM watersheds, as well as assess the potential impacts of forest management options on hydrology and flooding...
As a requirement for the 2010 – 2015 Gas Tax Agreement, municipalities will be required to prepare and submit to Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations (SNSMR) a Municipal Climate Change...
Project Benefits
This project is envisaged to have numerous benefits including amongst others: Identification of gaps and challenges to be faced by Nova Scotian municipalities in the preparation of MCCAPs; Improved...
The commercial fishery combined with the aquaculture industry is worth approximately a billion dollars to Nova Scotia’s economy. Perhaps the most obvious symbols of the importance of these...
Project Benefits
Improved knowledge and information on the potential impacts of climate change on infrastructure relevant to the fishery and aquaculture industries. Advances in methodology for assessing the...
As the provincial agency responsible for emergency preparedness and response, the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office (EMO) has an important role to play in climate change adaptation. As...
Project Benefits
The project will assist in the identification of issues that are important for emergency planning by coastal communities in Nova Scotia The work will help us reach our goals and targets as outlined...
Adaptation to climate change is an effort that requires action at multiple levels (international, national, regional, provincial and local). The Nova Scotia ACAS project recognized that stimulating...
Project Benefits
Each of the participating municipalities will benefit by being exposed to the information and knowledge generated by ACAS activities. In turn the experiences gained from the municipalities would be...
