The NBEN will be in Saint John, NB, next week demonstrating its benefit cost analysis tool for nature-based climate approaches. If you’re attending PEMAC’s Maintenance, Reliability and Asset Management Conference (September 23-25), we hope to see you at our presentation
Researchers are developing more permeable pavements to allow water to flow through streets rather than run off the surface and end up in residential basements in an effort to make cities more resilient to flooding caused by climate change. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/cities-need-permeable-pavements-for-resiliency-to-flooding-experts-1.7005007
As the world confronts the escalating climate crisis, innovative solutions such as the multi-faceted approach centered on nature-based solutions need to be implemented to help mitigate urban heat risks. Read more on this from the University of Waterloo’s latest entry
A study out of Alberta found that restoring nature through nature-based climate solutions can help reduce the damage and wear on roads, and overall reduce the costs to municipalities https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-road-repairs-flooding-1.6809436.
The New Brunswick Environmental Network conducted a public polling study of understanding, perception, and support for nature-based climate solutions in New Brunswick. There were 643 respondents, and the final results are available here! NB Environmental Network – General Public
New resources and reports to support mental and psychosocial wellbeing in the face of responding the the impacts of flooding on communities reports now available here. As New Brunswick faces many instances and risks of flooding due to climate change,
“Flood and erosion risk analysis for Pokesudie Technical and scientific work done in 2021 Partners: The Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission, Gestion Inuk Simard Inc. and 2PIX Geomatics Inc. Results: High-resolution elevation model based on LiDAR data Sea level rise and
The New Brunswick Environmental Network, along with partner organization Nature NB and advisory committee members CLIMAtlantic, Infrastructure Canada, New Brunswick Climate Change Secretariat, Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick, and L’Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick is leading the Research
The 15th Conference of Parties on Biodiversity occurred from December 7th – 19th in Montreal, Canada in the hopes of protecting biodiversity and halting nature loss. A Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted titled the Kunming-Montreal Global biodiversity framework. It is
A report was just released by the Council of Canadian Academies on Canada’s carbon sink potential and the use of nature-based climate solutions. From the Chair of the Expert Panel: “On a global scale, the carbon stored in Canada’s forests,