Crafting A Regional Message to evoke action Gillian Aubie Vines - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Crafting A Regional Message to evoke action Gillian Aubie Vines Principal, Pinna Sustainability

Purpose • Craft local story • Big picture • Simple, accurate • Support interpretation • Host a conversation • Engineers & Planners what they need

Three Approaches • Internally driven  Water and sanitation department • Internal, cross departmental process  CRD Board & broad community • Community driven process  Regional, municipal & community leaders

General Trends General trends • Wetter winters, dryer summers … Precipitation • Intense storms, longer dry spells, Summer temperatures • More summer days, tropical nights, CDD, GGD … Winter temperatures • Warmer winter day, less frost, HDD …

Frost Days Anomalies

Summer Days Anomalies

Impacts are localized • Tourism affected differently • Water resource management • Emergency preparedness • Seasonal energy demand Adaptation approaches localized

Recommendations • Early action to best prepare • Consider sensitivities of systems managed • Acknowledge uncertainty & respond with flexibility

Thank you Gillian Aubie Vines Principal, Pinna Sustainability

Collaboration • Writer, policy maker, and scientist • Review with stakeholders • Multiple drafts

Regional Impacts • Water supply and demand • Sewerage and drainage • Ecosystems • Agriculture • Air quality and human health • Buildings and energy systems • Transportation, recreation, and tourism