Navigating a Changing Future: Climate Data for the Water and Wastewater Sector
Jenna Miller (CLIMAtlantic)

Across the country, warming temperatures and changing precipitation are contributing to more frequent and devastating events like heatwaves, floods, droughts and wildfires. Atlantic Canadaes coastal areas are also experiencing sea-level change, extreme storm surge events, and coastal erosion. Climate change adaptation is being recognized as essential for increasing resilience and managing risk. This session will highlight potential climate impacts and adaptation approaches affecting water and wastewater infrastructure, including heat and drought, extreme precipitation, relative sea level change, and storm surge. It will also present future climate projections data, Intensity-Duration-Frequency curves for future conditions, and highlight the latest guidance on how to incorporate climate change into infrastructure design and planning considerations.

Climate services and information play pivotal roles in supporting decision making for climate change adaptation. The Canadian Centre for Climate Services CCCS is a multidisciplinary team within Environment and Climate Change Canada, with expertise across various climate-related disciplines. The CCCS was established to provide Canadians with information and support to consider climate change in their decision-making. CLIMAtlantic is a regional climate service provider created to support climate change adaptation in Atlantic Canada and make relevant climate change and adaptation information accessible to support decision making. With the wealth of information related to climate change and adaptation continuing to grow, climate services organizations can help narrow the gap between the science available and practitionerse capacity to use it. Attendees of this presentation will gain insight into the data, tools, information, and services provided by the CCCS and CLIMAtlantic and how these organizations can support their work in understanding, planning for, and adapting to the impacts of climate change.