{"id":146102,"date":"2023-03-23T16:40:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T20:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=146102"},"modified":"2023-03-23T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T20:42:13","slug":"online-toolkit-to-help-communities-facing-coastal-erosion-and-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/online-toolkit-to-help-communities-facing-coastal-erosion-and-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"Online \u2018toolkit\u2019 to help communities facing coastal erosion and flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Sackville-based organization has launched a new Internet-based \u201ctoolkit\u201d to help people in Atlantic Canada to adapt as the climate crisis results in increasingly erratic weather and rising sea levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CLIMAtlantic, a regional hub that provides information to help people deal with the effects of climate change, started operations in 2021 with funding from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Tuesday, the group launched the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climatlantic.ca\/coastal-adaptation\/\">Coastal Adaptation Toolkit<\/a>, which is mean to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\"help Atlantic rural coastal communities and property owners plan for the effects of climate change.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Users respond to a series of questions about conditions at a specific site, such as as natural or human-made features that may offer some protection from flooding.<\/p>\n<p>The system also queries users about policies that are in place locally, such as an emergency management plan.<\/p>\n<p>The answers to those questions result in an automatically-generated report with a detailed list of possible measures to address the risk of flooding and coastal erosion.<\/p>\n<p>It's not a substitute for professional advice, but can serve as a first step for people facing extreme weather events like <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hurricane Fiona, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/power-failures-uprooted-trees-and-a-collapsed-warehouse-hurricane-fionas-effects-on-sackville\/\">hit Atlantic Canada last September<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\"T<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">his is for educational purposes and information purposes,\" said Sabine Dietz, executive director of CLIMAtlantic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the online launch, CLIMAtlantic also screened a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5vHIDX26iWk\">12-minute documentary<\/a> highlighting adaptation actions in the region. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The event followed the release of the <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">latest synthesis report from the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UN\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/reports\/\">report<\/a>, which summarizes key research from the past five years, has been described as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/mar\/20\/ipcc-climate-crisis-report-delivers-final-warning-on-15c\">final warning<\/a>\u201d on the climate crisis, as rising global temperature threaten the future of human life on Earth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Sackville-based organization has launched a new Internet-based \u201ctoolkit\u201d to help people in Atlantic Canada to adapt as the climate crisis results in increasingly erratic weather and rising sea levels.\u00a0 CLIMAtlantic, a regional hub that provides information to help people deal with the effects of climate change, started operations in 2021 with funding from 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