icura canadian co-applicants’ meeting

Monday-Tuesday, December 13-14, 2009Ottawa

Co-directors: Patrick Watson, Dan LaneCanadian Co-applicants: Philippe Crabbé, Sue Nichols, Don Forbes,

Ralph Matthews

Welcome

Agenda ReviewMeeting Objectives

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Meeting Objectives


Meeting Objectives


Milestone FrameworkJanuary 15, 2010 deliverable

Project title: “Managing adaptation to environmental change in coastal communities: Canada and the Caribbean”

Storm surge and sea level rise affecting water supply and coastal resources

Enhancing community preparedness and capacity to adapt


ICURA Team MembersCaribbean Workshop, Sept 3-7, 2008

ICURA Communities - Canada1. Charlottetown, P.E.I.

below sea level

2. Isle Madame, Nova Scotia flooding, salinisation of water supply

3. Gibsons, British Columbia unknown supply of water from aquafers

4. Iqaluit, Nunavut changing Arctic climate impacts


ICURA Communities - Caribbean1. Grand Riviere, NE Trinidad

Trinidad spawning ground for leatherback turtles (ecotourism)

2. Belize Barrier Reef UNESCO World Heritage Danger List

3. Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ecotourism site

4. City of Georgetown, Capital of Guyana (below sea level)


ICURA Objectives1. develop local community capacity2. improve planning for adaptation3. focus on immediate and downstream

consequences4. establish formal collaboration and

mutual co-learning opportunities

Task: Link objectives to project Milestones and Outputs

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Formal Proposal: Objectives1. develop local community capacity to close the gaps between

inevitable environmental change and the urgent need for local coastal communities to adapt their own efforts to anticipate and plan for environmental impacts to their physical, economic, and social well-being

2. improve planning for adaptation through the development and incorporation of new policy and management measures consistent with established planning theory and guidelines, and the local context, through the identification and implementation of practical local alternatives for coastal resource management

3. focus on immediate and downstream consequences to coastal communities of the insidious effects of sea level rise and the potential catastrophic impacts of extreme weather events

4. establish formal collaboration and mutual co-learning opportunities among the selected Canadian and Caribbean coastal communities on comparative research on policy implementation for adaptation to coastal environmental shifts


Program Objectives1. Community objectives

1. Establish formal Community-University alliances2. Strengthen community institutional arrangements3. Establish long-term linkages4. Prepare community action plans

2. University objectives1. Develop academic alliances2. Collaborate on global research3. Develop new curricula

3. Joint Community-University Alliances objectives1. Identify the short and long term vulnerabilities2. Mobilize knowledge and innovation3. Build capacity4. Develop impact scenarios, and prepare adaptation

action plans


Link to Project Outputs

Definition of Communities1. Governance and local decision makers

municipal governments, regional, provincial, federal regulations

2. Private and public infrastructure services planners and design professionals, utilities and services (fire,

electrical, engineering contractors, jurists, insurance, health care)

3. Business and economic activity organizations corporations, small businesses, boards of trade and

commerce, development associations, community associations

4. Citizens’ groups environmental advocates, indigenous communities, seniors

5. Affected individuals especially special interest or disadvantaged members of the

local society who are socially differentiated by poverty and across gender, class, race and age


Coastal Communities:Threat Criteriai. serious, immediate threats to infrastructure

and or natural environments (e.g. tourism infrastructure, natural resources, habitats, species), and to area residents (e.g., livelihoods, family structure, cultural assets, and vulnerabilities derived from poverty/gender issues)

ii. ease of access to available data iii. opportunities for partnerships and alliancesiv. team member familiarity with area and/or

community champions in place



Isle Madame, Cape Breton1 Governance RMRC, Warden and Council

2 Fish CompanyFisheries CoopHospice ServicesGroceryHardware

Premium Seafood (Sampson & Son) Petit de Grat (Premium)St.Anne’s Clinic, L’Auberge, Vina’sCoop, Minimarts, The Nest, Shirley’sRona, Mac’s

3 DIMAUniversite Ste-Anne (PDG)

Joel Bowen, Dir and BoardJosette Marchand (Aleasha Boudreau)

4 Group/Individuals

Church groups, Women’s League, Seniors

Source: http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/climatechange/potentialimpacts/coastalsensitivitysealevelriseDecember 14, 2009 17ICURA Canadian Co-applicants Meeting

Methodology1. Problem definition2. Data collection and community database (SSM, SD)3. Visual modelling (GIS)4. Vulnerability modelling (VI)5. Adaptive capacity and resilience modelling (VI, RI)6. Development and assessment of policy options (SD)7. Evaluation of group decision making (AHP)8. Implementation of local adaptation planning and

action frameworks


Research Process

Strategies

Methods

Activities

Time/Milestones

CommunityEngagement

Scenario Development

Construct Policy Options

CommunityEncounter

Database Development

Analysis of CumulativeCommunity Eff ects

Measure VulnerabilityAdaptiveCapacity

DevelopCapacity

SSM

SD

GIS

VI

AHP


The Research Process: Activities1. Study area selection2. Community alliance groups (members on the

ground)3. Description database development and GIS

presentation4. Alternative scenarios5. Cumulative effects analysis6. Adaptive capacity 7. Risk and vulnerability analysis8. Policy and instruments9. Strategic Adaptation Plans


Project Management (General)Annual - reporting requirements and full team

meetings (situated around conferences) Quarterly - Regional (in country meetings in

sites)Monthly – Newsletter to teamWeekly – regular Website updates; ongoinh

advertisements BudgetingResource availability and use (resource

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The Research Process: Milestones & Methods Year 1

Establish project website as key communication link Establish Community-University Alliance Groups (contact teams) Develop community profiles, establish community inventory (resources, demographics,

governance, activities, plans)

Year 2 Prepare community spatial models with baseline indices (GIS, SD) Develop space-based scenarios Develop sensitivity and vulnerability indices

Year 3 Work with community groups for ‘buy-in’ (SSM) Provide community training in spatial and vulnerability index use (VI)

Year 4 Prepare decision making guidelines for local dissemination Discuss, review, and feedback scenarios and prepare monitoring and tracking capabilities

Year 5 Develop and consolidate Final Report


Project Itinerary – Year 1March 12, 2009 Informal notification (announcement on hold) June 4, 2009 Informal co-applicants & collaborators mtg June 29-30, 2009 SSHRC-IDRC Start-Up and formal notice, Ottawa Aug-Sept, 2009 Community visits with Partners (Arichat,

Charlottetown, Gibsons)October 21-24, 2009 OMRN Conference - ICURA joint meeting;

Meeting with Canadian Partners, Ottawa December 13-15 Meeting with Canadian Co-applicants, Ottawa January 15, 2010 Milestone Framework deliverableFeb-March 2010 Canada + Caribbean (T&T) joint mtg; partner

site alternatives; SALISES Conference submissions

June 2010 CZCA Conference, Charlottetown, P.E.I. involvement

August 2010 Annual meeting – conference, presentation of work to date; participants and invited


Project Outcomes1. Creation and Communication of

Knowledge 2. Co-Learning 3. Decision Support Tools4. Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators 5. Training6. Community Adaptation Action Plans

(CAAPs) 7. Governance Institutional Advice


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Documents

dan lanecanadian coapplicants

local coastal communities

caribbean coastal communities

environmental impacts

local context

formal proposal

policy implementation

sea levelisle madame