Regional Climate Adaptation Strategies for B.C. Agriculture
Event Information
About this Event
This webinar will introduce you to the results from a decade of consultation, collaboration and strategy development that has identified and prioritized the impact of climate change on B.C.'s major agriculture regions.
The BC Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative (CAI)'s Regional Adaptation Program (RAP) brings together producers, agricultural organizations and government staff and agencies to collaboratively identify priority climate impacts and strategies and to implement actions that support agricultural adaptation.
The webinar will include:
- The process for developing a regional adaptation plan
- How projects are prioritized and implemented
- Examples of on-the-ground projects
- Opportunities for building new research or projects that link to current plans
Presenters:
- Emily MacNair, Director, BC Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative
- Harmony Bjarnason, Regional Program Manager, BC Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative
Session host:
- Shauna MacKinnon, BC Agricultural Climate Adaptation Research Network
About CAI
The BC Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative (CAI) has been working for 10+ years developing tools and resources that increase the capacity of agriculture to adapt to climate change. CAI supports the development of strategic, proactive and pan-agricultural approaches to climate adaptation through collaboration with producers, governments and researchers.
