Keeping a Level Head about Sea Level Rise

Are you an oceanfront property owner, business owner, municipal manager, or otherwise concerned about our rising ocean levels and related risks?

Transition Bay is hosting a 2 1/2 hour workshop on sea level rise, storm surges and coastal erosion at the Tantallon Library on Sunday, February 16th from 2:15pm to 4:45pm.

Nancy Anningson, Coastal Adaptation Senior Coordinator, Ecology Action Centre, will be presenting on the Coastal Protection Act; coastal climate change; the importance of our coastal ecosystems in withstanding climate change; and coastal adaptation. Nancy has spoken widely across the Maritimes as part of the ECoAS joint project with DFO and other organzations.  Visit: www.sealevelrise.ca to see infographics you can print, a video, an interactive map where citizens can enter occurrences in their communities, a community discussion toolkit and all kinds of information above coastal climate change, adaptation tools, etc.

Nancy has a Biology degree from Acadia University and has been working in the non-profit sector since 2000 in policy, research, community engagement and facilitation.  Nancy works closely with NS Environment on the Coastal Protection Act, offering support and advice.  The EAC’s Educating Coastal Communities about Sea Level Rise (ECoAS) Project www.sealevelrise.ca helped the Coastal Team share information with coastal communities about coastal climate change impacts and adaptation tools.

Li Zhai, PhD, Ocean Stressors and Arctic Science Section, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, who will be presenting Past and Future Sea Level Change in Canada.  This presentation will summarize the observed and projected changes in sea level for Atlantic Canada. The latest knowledge on sea level will be drawn from the recently released Canada’s Changing Climate Report and the IPCC Special Report on  the Ocean and Cryosphere in a changing climate. The Canadian Extreme Water Level Adaptation Tool (CAN-EWLAT) will be introduced. CAN-EWLAT tool is a science-based planning tool for climate change adaptation of coastal infrastructure related to future water-level extremes and changes in wave climate.

Dr. Zhai is a physical scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and is based at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax.  Her research includes developing ocean models and analyzing observations and model results to support sound management of Canada’s marine and fisheries sectors. Recently, she has worked with Dr. Blair Greenan on developing climate change adaptation tools to provide science advice to DFO on issues related to coastal infrastructure. Dr. Zhai received her Ph.D. from the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University.

The event is free and open to the public.  Refreshments will be served.

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