Climate Change Data and Indicators
Regional Climate Modelling
The Capital Regional District (CRD) engaged the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium to undertake an analysis of projected changes in temperature, precipitation, and indices of extremes due to climate change in the 2050s and the 2080s. The report is intended to support decision making throughout the region and to help community partners better understand how their work may be affected by our changing climate.
Cite this report as: Capital Regional District, 2017, "Climate Projections for the Capital Region," 59 pgs.
Sea Level Rise
Understanding the impacts and risks associated with sea level rise, coastal flooding and tsunamis is important for our region. The CRD, working with and on behalf of, the 13 municipal governments and three electoral areas, has worked to improve our understanding of these risks through several research initiatives. This work will help planners and emergency managers prepare the region and inform coastal flood hazard policy. Read more >>
Community Energy and Emissions Inventories
The CRD has produced greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories for 2018 and 2020 to better understand the sources and trends of GHG emissions within the capital region for the following categories:
- Stationary energy (e.g., buildings, construction, energy industry)
- Transportation (including airport and marine emissions)
- Waste
- Industrial process and product use
- Agriculture, forestry and other land use
Data is included from 2007, 2010, 2012, 2018, and 2020. The studies shows that the capital region emits approximately 1.8 million tonnes of C02 emissions annually—a level largely unchanged from the 2007 baseline. Transportation and buildings account for the vast majority of regional emissions (almost 80%).
The inventory is intended to be a resource for the CRD and municipalities to inform planning and programming aimed at reducing GHG emissions in the capital region.
Electric Vehicle (EV) and Electric Bike (E-Bike) Infrastructure
The Capital Region Local Government EV and E-Bike Infrastructure Planning Guide (Watt Consulting Group, 2018) contains strategies for local governments, as well as private development, to expand and manage EV and E-Bike charging infrastructure in the Capital Region. Its associated Backgrounder Report provides a summary of the EV and E-Bike research and best practices that inform the Guide.
The Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Roadmap (Dunsky, 2021) provides a high-level indication of the scale of EV charging infrastructure required to accelerate the transition to EVs in the capital region, an overview of the types of charging opportunities needed to support current and future EV drivers, and a summary of collaboration opportunities between key players and actions to support a coordinated approach to charging infrastructure deployment in the region.