PRESENTATION: Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

Climate Change Adaptation Strategy2020 Progress Update

Regular Park Board Meeting

January 18, 2021

Background

Progress Highlights

Next Steps

OutlineObjective Progress update on

Climate Change Adaptation

Strategy (Dec. 2018)

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Manage the unavoidable

ADAPTATIONMITIGATIONAvoid the

unmanageable

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Carbon Action

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1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

elevated PM

Air Quality Advisories 1996-2018

source: Metro Vancouver 4

days under advisory

$1 spent in preparation

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Adaptation Cost vs Benefits

$4

$5

$6

Global Commission on Adaptation

The Economist

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

saves

source: Community Health and Climate

Change, Vancouver Coastal Health

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Climate change disproportionally impacts

individuals, groups and neighbourhoods

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2012 2018

Climate Adaptation in Vancouver

Vancouver’s Priority Climate-Related Hazards

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Increasing coastal and urban flooding

More heatwaves

Poor air quality Increasing extreme events

BC Climate Risk Assessment 2019

ACTION PLAN

ENABLING ACTIONS

CORE ACTIONS

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Progress Update

• 84 Core Actions

• 17 Enabling Actions

• All on track: planning stage,

underway or completed

Progress

Highlights

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CLIMATE ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE

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completed

Southlands Drainage Study

pump station upgrades

underway

Sewer & Rainwater Management Plan

underway

Groundwater Management

Strategyscoping/initiation

working toward

15% reductionper-capita potable water use by 2030

Rain City Strategy

Completed

FOCUS PROJECT: RICHARD STREET

(RAIN CITY)

1.2kmstormwater

tree trenches

161,500ft2

impervious area managed

15M L/yrwater treated

on site

11M L/yrwater diverted

from sewers

100+new trees

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CLIMATE RESILIENT BUILDINGS

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thermal comfortresearching enhanced standards

for 2021 Green Building Policy for Rezoning and future code

future climate loadsincorporated into VBBL

heat pump permitting

streamlining

green infrastructurein private buildings

R E S I L I E N T R O O F S

BLUE ROOF BLUE-GREEN ROOF

CONVENTIONAL ROOF

HEALTHY, VIGOROUS NATURAL AREAS AND GREEN SPACE

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150,000trees planted

since 2011

Stanley Parkfire preparedness and fire fuel management

Biodiversity Strategy

implementation

DTESstreet tree

planting coordination

forest naturalization

expansion

Retain healthy mature trees

Sunset Park Prince Edward Street Bioswale

FOCUS PROJECT: PARKS

PREPARED, CONNECTED COMMUNITIES

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clean air spaces

PREPARED, CONNECTED COMMUNITIES

Cooling Non-market housing

Evergreenengagement project

Climate Leaderspilot project

life-sized board game

pilot project

universal personal preparedness

source: Volunteer Crystal Chan

FOCUS PROJECT: HEAT MAPPING

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COASTAL PREPAREDNESS

Sea2City Coastal Design ChallengePhase 1 Engagement launch

Shoreline Flood Protection Guidelines

two Engineering Performance Criteria Guidelines underway

Waterfront Roadcritical infrastructure

collaboration

new St. Paul’s Hospital

adoption of Resilience Rezoning Condition

FOCUS PROJECT: SEA2CITY DESIGN CHALLENGE

urban development and ecological revitalization

in False Creek and Fraser River foreshore

to inform next phase of

Coastal Adaptation Plan

guided by

community values and design principles

in False Creek and Fraser River foreshore

OPPORTUNITIES

urban heat island effect

improve collaboration

overlapping hazards

multi-hazard approach

mitigation & adaptation

equity lensimprovement

NEXT STEPS

next refresh

2023(post-IPCC AR6)adaptation &

multi-hazard resilienceinto Vancouver Plan

continue strategy

implementation

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Thank You