Learn what the Town of Smithers is doing through the Climate Action Updates from our Climate Action Specialist to Town Council.
Climate Atlas of Canada: The Climate Atlas of Canada combines climate science, mapping, and storytelling together with Indigenous Knowledges and community-based research and video to inspire awareness and action. Learn about Climate Change visually with a map: https://climateatlas.ca/map/canada/plus30_2030_85#
Communicate about Climate Change Effectively
Talk like a human. Save the world: https://potentialenergycoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Talk-Like-a-Human.pdf
This BC Business op-ed provides compelling reasons why businesses should be looking toward the future and how they can become leaders in climate action.
Weather vs. Climate, National Geographic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdxDFpDp_k
Indigenous Information Sources
Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) provides information on gatherings, resources, and tools that helps to amplify the voices and support Indigenous sovereignty.
Indigenous Climate Hub is another Indigenous-led project sharing helpful resources and information on climate change, and to provide a space to share resources, information, and impactful climate change stories from Indigenous perspectives in Canada.
Story map: Canada in a Changing Climate, Yukon First Nations Climate Action Fellowship.
Explore examples of communities and sectors adapting to a changing climate across Canada. Learn about the steps Canadians are taking to understand how climate change affects them and the solutions they find to adapt and increase their resilience - https://changingclimate.ca/map/
Climate Action in British Columbia:
Learn what is happening in the province: Climate Change Accountability Report, Government of British Columbia.
Learn more about Climate Action in BC: BC Climate Action Toolkit.
Climate Data and tools:
Retooling for Climate Change is a project of the Fraser Basin Council with a focus on social, economic and environmental resilience to climate change in British Columbia. This site has a broad range of resources for everyone, from Indigenous governments and organizations, local municipalities, the public sector, industries and businesses, to individuals.
The Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) is a regional climate service centre at the University of Victoria, whose website offers climate data, assessment tools, research publications and data interpretation software for groups doing analysis of climate information.
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) is a collaborative research effort between UVic, UBC, SFU and UNBC, to provide climate solutions and engagement.
The federal government provides lots of information and data on climate change in Canada on their website Canadian Centre for Climate Services.