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Northern Climate ExChange WhiteCAP Draft Plan Infrastructure Planning • Pass consequences of climate change on to other decision making groups involved in planning, design, engineering and establishing standards for subdivision development, road construction and infrastructure • Incorporate climate change and variability into infrastructure development currently in planning stages • Investigate and assess catastrophic flood scenarios • Establish a budget for dealing with climate change impacts: for example roads and road clearing • Separate untreatable garbage at source to reduce leaching • Assess dependence of Whitehorse to highway and vulnerability of highway to climate change outside city limits • Generate standards/best practices for subdivision development for climate change, energy, forest fire, wind breaks, etc. • Increase research and monitoring of infrastructure in order to identify critical thresholds, cost benefits, responsibilities and partnerships • Build processing facilities and cold storage Future Research • Investigate and assess catastrophic flood scenarios • Increase research and monitoring of infrastructure in order to identify critical thresholds, cost benefits, responsibilities and partnerships • Retain capacity and expertise on evapotranspiration and groundwater recharge, since they are critical and uncertain • Monitor water quality and quantity, fish, wildlife and other indicators • Gather and collect local observations/data conclusions, both scientific and traditional • Restore weather stations • Set aside funding to monitor fish, wildlife and the environment • Train (and pay) local people for monitoring • 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 Implementation The Northern Strategy Trust Fund has provided $120,000.00 for the implementation of the WhiteCAP plan in the second year of the Whitehorse Adaptation Project. In the fall of 2010, the Whitehorse Local Advisory Committee will select projects for implementation through a proposal uptake. All proposed projects will be interpreted from the recommendations of this plan. Projects will be selected by the local advisory committee under the purview of Yukon College according to established terms of reference. Proponents will be provided with the draft adaptation plan, the project vision, the terms of reference and a submission template in the fall of 2011. Projects will be implemented from October 2010 to June 2011 under the supervision of the Whitehorse Local Adaptation Coordinator. A full implementation report will be provided at the conclusion of the implementation period in the summer of 2011. iv
Northern Climate ExChange WhiteCAP Draft Plan Table of Contents Executive Summary.........................................................................................................i 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................1 1.1 The Whitehorse Climate Change Adaptation Plan Vision ..................................2 1.2 Special Considerations of the Whitehorse Adaptation Plan ...............................3 1.2.1 Sustainable Development.......................................................................3 1.2.2 Climate Change Mitigation .....................................................................3 1.2.3 Connection Between the Community and Wilderness ...........................4 2.0 Whitehorse Adaptation Planning Process...........................................................5 2.1 Community Engagement....................................................................................5 2.2 Scenario Planning and Risk Management .........................................................6 2.3 Limitations of the Whitehorse Adaptation Plan...................................................7 3.0 Whitehorse Community Profile.............................................................................9 3.1 Whitehorse Demographic Profile........................................................................9 3.2 Biophysical Profile of the Whitehorse Region ..................................................10 3.3 Environmental History of the Whitehorse Community......................................11 4.0 Climate and Whitehorse ......................................................................................14 4.1 Past Climate Trends in the Whitehorse Area ...................................................14 4.2 Projected Climate Conditions for the Whitehorse Region (2041-2070)............15 4.2.1 Temperature.........................................................................................15 4.2.2 Precipitation..........................................................................................16 4.2.3 Growing Season...................................................................................17 5.0 Climate Induced Vulnerabilities and Opportunities ..........................................18 5.1 Broad Sector Level Risk: Tier I Risk Assessment Results ...............................19 5.2 Community Based Consequences: Tier II Risk Assessment Results ..............21 5.2.1 Hazards ................................................................................................21 5.2.2 Infrastructure ........................................................................................22 5.2.3 Environment .........................................................................................23 5.2.4 Food Security .......................................................................................24 5.2.5 Energy Security ....................................................................................25 5.3 Opportunities....................................................................................................26 6.0 Climate Change Adaptation and Whitehorse ....................................................27 6.1 Community Adaptations to High Risk Consequences of Climate Change .......27 6.1.1 Hazards ................................................................................................28 6.1.2 Infrastructure ........................................................................................30 6.1.3 Environment .........................................................................................32 6.1.4 Food Security .......................................................................................33 6.1.5 Energy Security ....................................................................................34 6.2 Adaptations to Support Opportunities ..............................................................35
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