With the overall goal of building the capacity of Columbia Basin-Boundary local governments to enhance their community's resilience to climate change, the State of Climate Adaptation Pilot Project, which ran from fall 2016 to spring 2018, had two primary objectives:

1. Better understand community-level climate vulnerabilities in our region

2. Pilot and refine the State of Climate Adaptation and Resilience in the Basin (SoCARB) indicator suite with the intention of developing an approach to adaptation measurement that could be readily implemented by Basin-Boundary local governments.

The project took a partnership approach to adaptation measurement in four pilot communities. The project was made possible with financial support from the Real Estate Foundation of BC and the Rural Policy Learning Commons. Project outputs are provided below. 

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Knowledge Briefs

Three knowledge briefs--short summaries of the current knowledge--aim to improve readers' understanding of the complex topic of rural climate adaptation.

• Rural Climate Change Adaptation Part I: this first of the 3 knowledge briefs tackles the question of what is adaptation and how adaptation is done.

• Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation Part II: this second brief of 3 knowledge briefs looks specifically at the challenges rural communities face when it comes to climate change adaptation and offers examples and resources.

• Climate Change Adaptation Planning to Implementation Part III: this final knowledge brief is all about implementation, with several case studies, an appendix of key resources, and links to video clips.

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Community Assessment Reports

These reports detail results from an analysis of 40 - 50 indicators of local climate changes, community impacts, environmental impacts and community response.

• City of Rossland: Full Report, Summary Report

• City of Kimberley: Full Report, Summary Report

• Regional District of Central Kootenay Area J: Full Report, Summary Report

• Regional District of East Kootenay Area F: Full Report, Summary Report

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Webinar: Building Capacity for Rural Climate Adaptation

Delivered in partnership with the Rural Policy Learning Commons, the webinar discussed overall project results and lessons learned relating to the delivery of climate adaptation intiatives in rural areas.

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Final Report and Adaptation Measurement Resources

The project's final report provides an overview of results from the community assessments and the evaluation of the SoCARB approach. It also includes information on important lessons related to the process of rural climate adaptation measurement. The final section of the report includes a description of resources generated through the project that other communities can use to engage in adaptation measurement. These resources act as a 'toolkit' for climate adaptation measurement in the Columbia Basin and other parts of rural Canada.