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Northern Climate ExChange WhiteCAP Draft Plan Table 7.1 Recommended Climate Change Adaptations for the Community of Whitehorse Infrastructure Adaptations Establish a budget for dealing with climate change impacts: for example roads and road clearing 38 Lead Partner Government of Canada, Yukon Government, City of Whitehorse Use multiyear funding to accommodate climate variability Government of Canada, Yukon Government, City of Whitehorse Educate the public to set a fair expectation for quality of Community Groups service Need to identify critical thresholds, responsibilities and partnerships Yukon Government, City of Whitehorse, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, Kwanlin Dün First Nation Increase available warehousing (links to food storage) Community Groups Source-separation of untreatable garbage to reduce leaching Yukon Government, City of Whitehorse Assess dependence of Whitehorse to highway and Yukon Government vulnerability of highway to climate change outside city limits Ensure standards and regulations are “living” so they are changes as we get more information Regional planning and all relevant planning needs to be revisited regularly Generate standards/best practices for subdivision development for climate change, energy, forest fire, wind breaks, etc. Create a strategy to move forward as demand for waste management constrains flexibility Create a strategy to compensate for capacity issues as people and expertise are strained by changing climate conditions Increase research and monitoring of infrastructure in order to identify critical thresholds, cost benefits, responsibilities and partnerships Communicate with partners and government departments with regard to concerns and opportunities identified within this exercise to inform their respective planning processes Government of Canada, Yukon Government, City of Whitehorse, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, Kwanlin Dün First Nation Yukon Government, City of Whitehorse Yukon Government Yukon Government, City of Whitehorse Yukon Government Yukon Government, City of Whitehorse Yukon Government, Yukon College
Northern Climate ExChange WhiteCAP Draft Plan Table 7.1 Recommended Climate Change Adaptations for the Community of Whitehorse Environment Adaptations Give teeth to greenspaces plan (build resilience to climate change) Need to reassess situation and values over time while planning for change now Evapotranspiration and groundwater recharge are critical and uncertain, therefore we need to retain capacity and expertise in these areas Create and implement a groundwater management plan Monitor water quality and quantity, fish, wildlife and other indicators Lead Partner City of Whitehorse City of Whitehorse, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, Kwanlin Dün First Nation, Council for Yukon First Nations Yukon College, City of Whitehorse, Yukon Government City of Whitehorse Yukon College, Yukon Government Create an education program around water conservation Community Groups, Yukon College Look into a strategy to enforce the protection of riparian buffers Gather and collect local observations/data conclusions, both scientific and traditional Restore weather stations Government of Canada, Yukon Government, City of Whitehorse Community Groups, Yukon College, Council of Yukon First Nations, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, Kwanlin Dün First Nation Government of Canada Set aside funding to monitor fish, wildlife and the environment Government of Canada, Yukon Government Divert additional environmental protection funds to Territorial Government of Canada and First Nations governments Train (and pay) local people for monitoring Government of Canada, Yukon Government Take advantage of digital technologies to gather, store, and share information – this information hub must consider the abilities of the people who need access to it Yukon Government, Yukon College, Council of Yukon First Nations 39
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