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Ontario Regional Adaptation
Collaborative: The Gateway
Climate Change in Canada and Ontario
Plus more intense and frequent
extreme weather events
Context
• To support and decentralize Canada’s response to climate change,
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is providing $19.8M for the
development of six Regional Adaptation Collaborative (RAC)
programs as part of their $85.9M commitment (Bali, 2007)
• Each RAC is made up of Provincial Government departments
along with interested partners from the private sector, academia
and the broader public sector (including NGOs).
• The objective of each RAC is to facilitate the integration of climate
change considerations into planning and decision-making, and
increase the capacity/capabilities of local level decision-makers to
adapt to anticipated climate change impacts.
• The Ontario RAC represents a $7 M investment from NRCan, the
Government of Ontario, and its various partners
Natural Resources
Canada
British Columbia
Prairie
Ontario
Quebec
East Coast
Northern
MOE
Clean Air
Partnership
OCCIAR
Toronto
Conservation
Authorities
MNR
MMAH
Pollution
Probe/ACER
OGWA
OCCIAR
Toronto
Public
Health
Insurance
Bureau of
Canada
Institute for
Catastrophic
Loss Reduction
Conservation
Ontario
York
University
Urban
Component
Rural
Northern
Component
Outreach & Capacity Building
Source
Protection
Gateway
Water Resources
Municipal
Risk
Assessment
Public
Health
Tools
Sewer/
Stormwater
Assessment
Risk Management
Building
Resistance
Weather & Water Information
Gateway
• The Gateway will be a web-based integrated Provincial weather
and water information discovery and access service to facilitate
decision-making at the community (or local) level.
• The Gateway will allow easy, timely access to data and information
required for critical business functions such as:
- Flood and Drought Management
- Source Water Protection
- Permit to Take Water
- Municipal Infrastructure Management
• This important weather and water related data and information will
be easier to discover, access and share between multi-level
agencies as adaptation measures are developed for current and
future climate conditions.
Building Local Decision Makers’
Capacity through the Gateway
• Local governments and decision makers/planners are the
ultimate users of this gateway, but improved awareness and
understanding by a broad range of local stakeholders will also
result, potentially leading to more inclusive and integrated
approaches to watershed adaptation management.
• This capacity building project will ensure local governments are
better equipped and enabled to make informed policy decisions
for their area, not only though direct access via the Gateway to
the data and information needed to make these decisions, but
from the technical advice, direction and examples provided
through Ontario’s RAC and through the local demonstration
projects.
MNR, ACER, CA’s, Communities, other stakeholders
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Gaps Analysis, Gateway Input and Testing, Knowledge Transfer
Informed
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Project Coordinators
Ian D. Cameron, P.Eng.
Coordinator,
Surface Water Monitoring Centre
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
300 Water Street
Peterborough, Ont.
K9J 8M5
Tel: (705) 755-1215
[email protected]
Dr. Quentin Chiotti
Project Co-lead
ACER
Unit 44, 3665 Flamewood Drive
Mississauga, ON
L4Y 3P5
Tel: 416-222-8936
[email protected]
James Britton
Manager,
Water Resources Information Program
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
300 Water Street
Peterborough, Ont.
K9J 8M5
Tel: (705) 755-1870
[email protected]