From Flooding to Fire: How the Town of Canmore is preparing for climate change

This case study describes how the Town of Canmore used the Climate Resilience Express tool to develop a Climate Resilience Action Plan to identify and prioritize climate-related risks and adaptation actions following 2013 flooding.

• The Town of Canmore utilized the Climate Resilience Express tool to conduct an adaptation planning process, which allowed the town to prioritize adaptation actions based on local climate projections and gain a better understanding of climate-related risks and opportunities.
• The Climate Resilience Express tool, developed by All One Sky in partnership with the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute and the Miistakis Institute, is designed to facilitate a one-day workshop for municipalities to identify and prioritize climate risks and opportunities to create an adaptation action plan.
• Canmore's planning process involved an extended two-day workshop and bilateral meetings with municipal staff and stakeholders, resulting in a ranked list of actions and an implementation timeline. This led to specific outcomes, such as a flood risk assessment of the Bow River and the integration of adaptation priorities into budget planning.
• Climate projections for the Bow Valley Corridor in Alberta indicate a need for community preparation due to anticipated drier summers, increased winter rain, earlier snowmelt, and a higher frequency of extreme weather events.

APA

Rooban,, A. (2019). From Flooding to Fire: How the Town of Canmore is preparing for climate change. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/flooding-fire-how-town-canmore-preparing-climate-change

Chicago

Rooban,, Anne. From Flooding to Fire: How the Town of Canmore is preparing for climate change. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2019. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/flooding-fire-how-town-canmore-preparing-climate-change.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rooban2019from, author = {Rooban,, Anne}, title = {{From Flooding to Fire: How the Town of Canmore is preparing for climate change}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2019}, month = mar, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/flooding-fire-how-town-canmore-preparing-climate-change}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }