by Eva Thorpe | May 1, 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 Eva Thorpe | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog, Climate Adaptation Stories
Feature image: Mniku is located in the Bras d’Or Lake in Unama’ki. (Map created with Google Earth, Version 10.52.0.0, 2023). Across Atlantic Canada, communities are feeling the impacts of climate change. Coastal communities face increased flooding and erosion due to...
by Kate DesRoches | Jan 31, 2024 | Atlantic, Biodiversity, Blog, Climate Change, Wetlands
Image credit: Nick Hill, SW Nova Biosphere Region Originally published in SW Biosphere Region Spring/Summer Newsletter 2023. Wetlands are incredible ecosystems for many reasons, and increasingly they have been acknowledged for their climate change mitigation and...
by Eva Thorpe | 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...
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