KE4CAP event Presentation - EU-Canada Session 2. A Diversity of Needs, A Diversity of Platforms: Linking Platforms to Facilitate Users’ Adaptation Journeys

1. • Co-development and co-production of applied and
multidisciplinary climate change R&D projects/programs
• Boundary organisation based in Montreal,Quebec,Canada
CC SCIENCE AND ADAPTATION AT A REGIONAL SCALE
 57 employees
 Budget 7-10 M$/year
 Leverage 1:3+
 Network 450+
• Critical mass of experts → connecting R&D and users
.
Climate services
provider
Adaptation
services capacity
   
Ouranos plateform
CRAAQ plateform
MELCC plateform

2. The Canadian approach to climate/adaptation services
Climate services
Adaptation services
Very soon
N/a
N/a
N/a
/ Capacity
 CCSC since 2018
 CCCma
 …
 Regional adaptation
collaboratives (RAC)
 Adaptation plateform
 VIA programming
 …
Provinces and other
organizations may be providing
climate/adaptation services +
capacity development
R&D
R&D
The canadian R&D ecosystem
behind «climate/science services
approach» is VERY fragmented
CANADIAN CENTRE FOR
CLIMATE SERVICE
REGIONALADAPTATION
COLLABORATIVES

3. NRCan Platform; Provincial/Regional Adaptation Collaborations; Tri-Council networks;
Universities/Colleges with strength in adaptation research;
Think-tanks/non-profits with university affiliations
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION LEADERSHIP AT CANADIAN
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
Ref: Jean Andrey, UWaterloo
PCIC
NRCan
Platform
CICC