by Kate DesRoches | Aug 2, 2024 | Adaptation, Blog, Climate Change, Mi'kmaw Moons
Image Credit: Adege from Pixabay/Canva Introduction Traditional Indigenous knowledge is an important source of information for understanding the climate. The Mi’kmaq have thrived for well over 13,000 years in the region of Mi’kma’ki, which stretches across the...
by Kate DesRoches | Apr 15, 2024 | Adaptation, Climate Change
Originally published in Water News (vol. 43, no. 2) Spring 2024, Canadian Water Resources Association Organizations, industry, and communities are recognizing that planning for the future needs to be done differently. Whether it is motivated by experiencing...
by Kate DesRoches | Jan 8, 2024 | Adaptation, Blog, Climate Action, News
Responding to hundreds of service requests for dozens of sectors, launching four new resources, hosting our second conference, expanding our team and so much more – we were busy supporting Atlantic Canadians in being better prepared for our changing climate in 2023....
by Anna Jamieson | Nov 28, 2023 | Adaptation, Biodiversity, Blog, Climate Action, Climate Change
Introduction The maritime provinces of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are part of the unceded and traditional territories of the Mi’kmaw, Wəlastəkwiyik, and Peskotomuhkati peoples. The Wabanaki forest, a transitional forest between the...
by Anna Jamieson | Nov 9, 2023 | Adaptation, Blog, Urban planning
Image caption and credit: Small-scale sponge city application, green roof. Chuttersnap/Unsplash In recent years, residents of Atlantic Canada have faced recurrent flooding, triggered by subtropical storms, such as Lee, or by very intense rainfalls, such as the one...
by Kate DesRoches | Nov 7, 2023 | Adaptation, Blog, Climate Data in Action
Image credit: UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation Drone Team, Savage Harbour, PEI, D. E. Jardine. Introduction Just over a year ago, Hurricane Fiona caused significant damage across Atlantic Canada (Mulligan, 2022; Santa Maria, 2022). Since then, a number of...
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