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CanAdapt
CanAdapt is a collaboration between Resilience by Design Lab at Royal Roads University and the Climate Risk Institute. The groundwork has been laid to create a not-for-profit corporation designed to amplify and simplify public and private sector involvement in climate-informed workforce development through a Canadian Climate Adaptation Digital Portal that connects climate-action related education and training “suppliers” with the needs…
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Miriam Ponette
Miriam is assisting with the development of mitigation components for the Climate Action Competency Framework. She is currently completing her Master’s Degree in Climate Action Leadership at Royal Roads University. In addition to completing her Master’s and parenting small children, she co-leads the community engagement work for her municipality’s Climate Action Commission and is in…
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Competencies for Adaptation to Climate Change: An interview with Dr. Robin Cox
(Previously posted on the Adaptation Learning Network Blog) Architecting the Competencies for Adaptation to Climate Change In October 21, 2019, Ibbaka published an interview between Steven Forth, Co-Founder of Ibbaka, and Dr. Robin Cox about the development of a competency model for Climate Change Adaptation. Here is an excerpt: “A competency model can connect communities,…
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Introducing: The Climate Adaptation Competency Framework
(Previously posted on the Adaptation Learning Network Blog) Embedded Video Caption: Dr. Robin Cox, discusses the launch and use of the Climate Adaptation Competency Framework What are climate adaptation competencies, and how might we integrate them into our professions and the work we do? Adaptation Learning Network has been consulting with climate adaptation experts for the…
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There is No Vaccine for Climate Change
CRISIS Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a day launched in 1970 to serve as a tool to promote awareness and action on pollution and environmental degradation. On a day when Canadians grapple with the recent horrific tragedy in Nova Scotia, and the ongoing fear, anxiety, grief, and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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From Fort McMurray wildfire disaster study, RbD Lab project promotes youth ideas on belonging and resilience
On February 21st, more than 50 Wood Buffalo community members and Royal Roads University’s ResiliencebyDesign (RbD) Research Innovation Lab members met to present and discuss findings from the “Youth Voices Rising” project on youth, recovery, and resilience in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The research study occurred in response to the 2016 Horse River wildfire disaster and…
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Climate Action Competency Framework
The Climate Adaptation Competency Framework (CACF) was designed to provide diverse individuals, organizations, industries, and communities with a way of understanding and building the knowledge and skills necessary for designing, planning, and implementing adaptation strategies, actions, and plans. The CACF was designed as one way of responding to the diverse implications of climate change on…
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