Impacts & Adaptation Research

Summary of PARC's Assessment of Impacts, Adaptations and Future Research

Expect and Prepare For:

• Drought
• Less Surface Water
• Less Soil Moisture
• Extreme Events
• Milder Winters
• Longer Growing Season
• Changing Ecosystems - stressed aquatic habitats; changing southern boreal forest; change in native plant and animal ranges
  
• Supporting the most vulnerable who have the least capacity to adapt
• Supporting vulnerable communities that rely on natural capital

Key Adaptive Responses:

• Conduct integrated water management planning
• Continue adaptation measures within communities and vulnerable socio-economic sectors: eg. for agriculture continue with environmental farm planning, crop diversification and water conservation
• Support outreach on climate change
• Take advantage of longer, warmer summers (i.e growing season) and shorter, warmer winters
• Support adaptation capacity building in all sectors
  

Key Further Research Needs:

• Managing threats arising from increasing climate variability
• Managing ecosystem change