Climate Change


Leaders' Roundtable on Climate Change Adaptation in B.C., May 05-06, 2009

Climate Change Impact in B.C.

Historical Trends and Future Projections of Climate Change in British Columbia
(PDF/6.70 MB)

David Rodenhuis
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium

Provincial Government Panel:

Informing Climate Change Adaptation in B.C. (PDF/633 KB)
Ben Kangasniemi
Climate Science Specialist, Climate Change Branch
British Columbia Ministry of Environment

Future Forest Ecosystems Initiative (PDF/722 KB)
Tom Niemann
Manager, Climate Change and Forest Carbon
British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range

Local Government Panel:

Engineering Assessment of the Vulnerability of Infrastructure to Climate Change
(PDF/509 KB)
Brent Burton
Senior Engineer
Metro Vancouver

Climate Change Adaptation A Municipal Perspective (PDF/4.79 MB)
Hugh Fraser
Acting Director of Engineering
Corporation of Delta

Adapting to Climate Change Impacts in Prince George (PDF/7.08 MB)
Daniel Adamson
Environment Manager
City of Prince George

Industry Panel:

Climate Change Strategy: 7 Step Framework (PDF/2.40 MB)
Arthur DeLong
Mountain Planning and Environmental Resource Manager
Whistler-Blackcomb, Intrawest ULC

Impacts of Climate Change on the Planning, Operation and Asset Management of High Voltage Transmission Systems (PDF/1.02 MB)
Janos Toth
Project Manager, Strategic Research and Development
British Columbia Transmission Corporation

The Kamloops Future Forest Strategy for Climate Change (PDF/1.95 MB)
Ken Zielke
Principal
Symmetree Consulting Group Ltd.

Adaptation to Climate Change (PDF/4.80 MB)
Lindsay Olson
Vice-President, B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Insurance Bureau of Canada

Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change (PDF/1.93 MB)
Timothy Smith
Climate Change Task Force
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C.

Dinner Speaker:

Unprecedented Transformation is Underway (PDF/5.71 MB)
Richard Hebda
Curator, Botany and Earth History
Royal British Columbia Museum