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Posted by Marie-Pierre Poirier

20 July 2015

Wondering about what is being done at a provincial level around climate change adaptation? Consult this list of province-wide projets. 

Organization	Information
Ass. des municipalités francophones du NB	Climate change action
Ass. Municipal Administrators of NB	Improving resiliency of NB municipalities project funded by NBETF. This year: 10 webinars on climate change adaptation and resiliency tools. Last year: resiliency planning Charrette-report available on line.
Ass. of Municipal Administrators of NB	Improving resiliency of municipalities
Ass. of registered Professional Foresters of NB	Climate change training for foresters. Fredericton.
CPAWS-NB	Climate change adaptation and natural areas conservation. Awareness raising through whole province.
CPAWS-NB	Crown land protected areas and conserved forest as resilience mechanisms.
Falls Brook Centre	Renewables NB: information hub for renewable energy in NB.
Mount Allison University	Tracking environmental change in NB. NB lakes.
NB Public Safety	Round table on emergency management and resilience
NBCLT	Carbon offset research and dissemination. Will assess carbon offset models and determine capacity to deliver such programs in NB.
NBEN	Climate change adaptation collaborative (supporting teams, organizing workshops and conferences, outreach, citizen training)
OCIA - Atlantic	Energy efficiency and climate change in the agricultural sector. Agriculture and climate change (opportunities and risks). Climate friendly foods (choosing local and organic to reduce CO2 emissions). Using soil to sequester CO2 emissions.
QUEST	Advancing smart energy communities in NB project funded by NBETF. Co-benefits include lowering GHG emissions, reducing energy cost, harnessing local resources and in some cases helping to improve local resiliency.
The GAIA Project	Audit projects (energy, water, waster, transportation). Analyzing and creating solutions to the carbon footprint within the schools.
UNB	Climate change impact on road transportation networks. Fredericton.
UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management	Community self-assessment tool for positive transformational change. Fredericton.
UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management	Wet-areas mapping with hydro-technical flood risk assessment procedures
Université de Moncton	Sustainable management of the coastal zones and climate change adaptation. Moncton.