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Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool
Outline
►Context for developing the tool
Atlantic Climate Adaptation Solutions Association
Why develop an assessment tool?
►How the tool was
developed
►The pilot process
►Challenges
►Opportunities
► Future plans
Coastal Erosion in Fortune, NL
Atlantic Climate Adaptation Solutions Association (ACASA)
►Partnership between the Atlantic Provinces and the Government of Canada.
►Launched April 2010 – ends March 2013
$3.5 million Federal Government
$4.6 million Provincial Governments
►http://atlanticadaptation.ca/
Purpose of ACASA
►Purpose is to help communities adapt to impacts of climate change. Assess climate risks and vulnerabilities.
Advance adaptation decision making through the development of regionally relevant tools, knowledge, networks, and policies.
Saltwater Intrusion Flood Risk Mapping Nain in February
Development of the CVAT
Needed a tool specifically designed for small communities with limited resources.
There are many tools available for communities but they often require the expertise of a professional planner.
Dunville, NL
►Why develop a Newfoundland and Labrador Assessment tool?
How was the CVAT developed?
►Partners in CVAT development: Memorial University
Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador
Professional Municipal Administrators
►Conducted a review of a number of climate change assessment tools The CVAT was based on a tool from the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool Development
►The tool is a workbook with six issue sections and an introduction and conclusion:
Flooding
Coastal Issues
Drinking Water Issues
Slope Movement
Winter Hazards
Fire Hazards
7 step process
Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool Development
►Draft version completed in 2010.
►Tool was piloted in nine communities.
► Feedback from those communities was incorporated into the tool.
►Current status: It will be sent to a graphic
designer to be professionally developed.
Pilot Communities in Newfoundland
Corner Brook
Irishtown-Summerside
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove
Ferryland Fortune
Indian Bay
Pilot Communities in Labrador
²Nain
Forteau
Community Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Project
►The pilot process:
Commit to participate Establish key community
contact Gather background information Hold a community meeting or
workshop Provide a workshop summary
and explore options Hold a community follow-up
meeting and provide a final report
Indian Bay Community Workshop
Challenges
►Community meetings: How do you get the public to attend and participate?
Doe Hills, NL
►Time commitment
►Planning for unknowns
►Follow through: putting plans into action
Opportunities
►Development of the tool provided us the opportunity to develop partnerships with:
Bonne Bay, NL
Memorial University
Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador
Professional Municipal Administrators
Pilot communities
Opportunities
►Opportunity to support communities and to learn from them how best to provide support in the future
►Opportunity to provide comment on municipal plans and emergency planning.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Future Plans
►Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL) are leading the next phase:
Development of a shortened, infrastructure focused workbook
Hosting of a series of workshops through MNL and Professional Municipal Administrators
Avalon Peninsula, NL
Future Plans
►Development of an ACASA online ‘toolkit’ where communities can access:
Ferryland, NL
The Community
Vulnerability Assessment tool
Local climate change related information
Technical work Maps Case Studies
Thank You!
►Comments or questions? ACASA website: http://atlanticadaptation.ca/ Kimberly Bittermann Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator Department of Environment and Conservation Government of Newfoundland and Labrador [email protected] (709) 729-1790
