Resources Listing

ClimateReadyBC is an online platform to help the public and communities:

Understand disaster and climate risks
Find funding and supports to make communities more resilient

The platform is a disaster and climate risk reduction tool for public and community use.
It’s also a hub for future collaboration and growth. ClimateReadyBC will evolve through engagement with First Nations, local governments, and other partners.
Deeper collaboration and open access to risk data will prepare us to respond to disasters and climate-related events.
 

Do you need help starting climate conversations in your municipality?
This resource was created to help municipal staff talk to decision-makers and elected officials about adapting to the local impacts of climate change. It can help you understand your community’s context, identify your most effective climate action allies, plan the content of your conversations, and navigate those discussions with knowledge and skill.

The Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA), a comprehensive look at how climate-related hazards impact what we value most.
Developed collaboratively by the Ministries of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness and Energy and Climate Solutions, alongside Indigenous partners, academic institutions, and local governments, the DCRRA focuses on six hazards: riverine flood, coastal flood, extreme heat, wildfire, drought and water scarcity, and earthquake.
The assessment provides insights into:

How climate change is influencing these hazards.
How hazards may impact things we value: natural environment, built environment, economy, governance, health and wellbeing, and society, cultures and relationality
How hazards may impact certain groups of people more than others
What actions can reduce risks and strengthen recovery.

Supporting resources include an interactive B.C. Hazard Insights Tool, story map, and summaries for policymakers. For more information, contact ClimateReadyBC@gov.bc.ca.
If you’re not already receiving updates, you can subscribe to the Four Pillars newsletter, a monthly resource for communities on emergency management. You can also view past issues here.

The Climate Action Planner is an interactive online tool designed to help local governments and planners understand and reduce community greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It lets users generate a basic emissions inventory for a community and model how different climate actions (like improving transit, electrifying vehicles, or upgrading buildings) could reduce emissions and help meet climate targets. It’s a high-level planning and decision-support tool to explore which climate actions will have the biggest impact

This resource helps locally elected officials in BC envision a zero-emission community, and identifies the practical tools and levers that local-government leaders have available to them to make it real—no matter where they’re starting from.