BC Climate Resilience Summit 2026

The BC Climate Resilience Summit (BCCRS) 2026 is a two-day interactive event bringing together researchers/academics, scientists, policymakers, community leaders, industry professionals, First Nations partners, and innovators of all kinds to advance climate and disaster resilience in British Columbia.

To be held March 2–3, 2026 at UBC Robson Square, the Summit builds on the Understanding Risk BC Symposiums and BCCRS 2025, continuing more than nine years of collaborative work to strengthen shared understanding of natural hazards, climate risks and advance low-carbon resilience.

Across two days of interactive panels, facilitated dialogues, workshops, demonstrations, and fireside conversations, attendees will explore how BC can accelerate practical, inclusive, and scalable climate and disaster resilience solutions.

Why This Summit Stands Out

• Highly Interactive: Designed for dialogue—not monologue—with real-time input tools and opportunities for facilitated Q&A, networking, and cross-sector problem-solving.
• Locally Grounded, Broadly Relevant: Focused on Southwest BC while offering insights applicable across the bioregion, across Canada, and globally.
• Cross-Sector by Design: Bridging research, policy, community, and industry perspectives to generate shared understandings, build trust, and spark innovation.

Program Highlights (subject to change)

• Quantifying Resilience Benefits: The insurance industry has long called for resilience benefits to be quantified in order to advance the cross-sector incentivization agenda. Hear from representatives across sectors who are working on this challenge: what they have studied, learned, calculated, and quantified across the various natural hazards of concern.
• Map-off!: Show us your best climate/nat haz/disaster risk reduction maps and tell us a story- dont' forget to enlighten us, but make it quick! (Series of Ignite-style Talks)
• Wildfire Risk Management & Equitable Recovery: The topic that remains top-of mind for many across the country given the increasing frequency and intensity of WUI fires: how do we best shift our wildifre management aprpoach to one that is more heavily focused on risk reduction as opposed to response? Where are we seeing challenges and successes in building back better and how are we ensuring that no one gets left behind in recovery?
• The Promise and Perils: Climate & Artificial Intelligence (AI): Explore the intersections of climate and AI with a session featuring applications across the mitigation and adaptation files. Hear how those from academia, orders of government and the consulting sector are applying AI tools in their work, where are they seeing promise and are the areas of concern?
• Stay tuned- More to come!- Please reach out with interest in participating in the program- jessica@thriveconsulting.me