The qathet Regional Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy is now complete. Visit our Development Resources page to access copies of the overview report.
The qathet Regional District successfully secured provincial grant funding through the UBCM Community Emergency Preparedness Fund to complete a Regional Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy (RCFAS).
As climate change occurs, many coastal communities are recognizing and planning for the impacts from increasing flood and erosion risk due to sea level rise and coastal storms. Building on previous flood mapping along our coastlines, the qathet Regional District, Tla’amin Nation, and the City of Powell River worked together to develop the RCFAS.
Last spring, we hosted online community information sessions and in-person public workshops to engage with local residents about the impacts of climate change along our shoreline and what can be done to adapt and build resilience. Feedback gathered between April and June 2022 helped to inform the development of the final Strategy.
Additional Resources
Below links are external
- BC Adapts Short Videos
- BC Adapts: Planning for Sea Level Rise
- Relative sea-level projections for Canada based on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and the NAD83v70VG national crustal velocity model
- Sea Level Rise Adaptation Primer
- Canada’s Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate
- Climate Data Canada
Acknowledgments
Photos provided by Ebbwater Consulting.