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From 2016 to 2018, the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (University of Waterloo) developed and tested the Home Flood Protection Program (HFPP), which is an initiative designed to provide homeowners with practical information necessary to identi
A new study finds that flood mapping information in Canada is inadequate, incomplete, hard to locate and varies widely from province-to-province. Therefore, Canadian homeowners do not have the information they need to know if they should buy flood insurance, leaving them exposed to significant financial risk.
Against the backdrop of unavoidable climate change, the need to limit flood risk will only grow. A new report by the University of Waterloo features a unique framework for screening flood hazards and vulnerabilities to select areas within Canadian communities that should be targeted for resilient retrofits.
This report outlines approaches that can be deployed by municipalities, utilities and local agencies (e.g., watershed managers such as conservation authorities in Ontario) to reduce flood risk for existing residential communities in Canada.
New research from the University of Waterloo reveals that across 63 Canadian cities, there are major differences between municipal plans to protect citizens from climate change. The research recommends thatAll municipalities better prioritize adaptation over mitigation, improve stakeholder engagement in planning, and pay closer attention to monitoring, evaluation and implementation.
Flooding is a challenge of financial and social concern affecting a growing sector of the Canadian population.
The core objective of the project to engage diverse stakeholder groups to share knowledge, address information needs and drive action to advance flood resiliency in Canada in the face of changing climate and extreme weather.
Partners for Action (P4A) research identified three conditions for flood insurance success in Canada: that Canadians are aware of their risk; that decision makers consider flood risk in planning and policy decisions; and that mechanisms exist for
Voluntary Commitments
The Sendai Framework Commitments (SFVC) online platform serves to incentivize stakeholders to inform the public about their work, to provide a vehicle for sharing commitments and initiatives and for motivation toward the implementation of the Sendai Framework. In turn, UNDRR can monitor and take stock of the progress and impact.
University of Waterloo is involved in the following commitments:
