Building Climate Resilient Infrastructure Systems in Ontario : OCC

October 9, 2019

Building Climate Resilient Infrastructure Systems in Ontario

Hosted by Ontario Climate Consortium and Ryerson Urban Water, this workshop convened experts from the infrastructure, water, and climate change sectors to explore local needs and strategies.

DATE: September 26, 2019

ABOUT THE EVENT

With increasingly variable and extreme rainfall events occurring now and in the future, infrastructure owners and managers are increasingly required to assess, plan for, and respond to water and climate-related impacts on their assets.

How can infrastructure owners, operators and managers set priorities towards building resilience in an efficient and cost-effective manner?
How do climate and water-related risks contribute to what information is monitored across a portfolio of assets?
What examples of emerging best practices exist across the public and private sector that can be explored further or are scalable across different types of infrastructure systems?

The goals of this workshop were:

To facilitate peer-to-peer learning regarding emerging best practices from experts on assessing and building infrastructure resilience to water and climate change issues
To assess and discuss the needs of infrastructure managers for climate change services in Ontario
To network and identify aligned actions and opportunities in the space of infrastructure, climate change and water-related risks
To determine initiatives and actions that can be scaled up through partnership

PRESENTATIONS

	INTRODUCTION: Building Climate Resilient Infrastructure Systems in Ontario: A Focus on Climate Change and Water
	CLIMATE CHANGE RISK AND RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS: Lessons Learned from Applying Different Approaches in Ontario Presented by: Glenn Milner / Savanta
	BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE ACROSS INFRASTRUCTURE ONTARIO MANAGED ASSETS Presented by: Alice Dixon / Infrastructure Ontario
	CLIMATE RESILIENT TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS: Metrolinx and Flood Risk Presented by: Dr. Quentin Chiotti / Metrolinx
	MUNICIPALITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE: How Do We Measure Action Over Time? Presented by: Christopher Gore / Ryerson University
	BUILDING URBAN RESILIENCE: Lessons in Innovation Presented by: Lisa Prime / PRIME Strategy & Planning
	GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND FLOOD RESILIENCE Presented by: Clara Blakelock / Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition
	MAKING THE CASE FOR INVESTING IN CLIMATE RESILIENCY Presented by: Christine Zimmer / Credit Valley Conservation
	RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS IN THE GREENBELT & GREATER GOLDEN HORSESHOE: A Focus on Climate Change and Water Within Existing Municipal Infrastructure Programs and Specifications Presented by: Kevin Beaulieu + Phaedra Maicantis / Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation

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