Below you will find a list of useful website links that include local organizations; municipal, provincial, and national governments; non-governmental and international organizations; gender-focused websites; and community-based resources. Through these links, you can access information on climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, disaster resilience, the linkages of gender to the impacts of climate change and disasters, and community development tools.
REGIONAL
Kamloops
City of Kamloops: Climate Change
http://www.kamloops.ca/environment/climatechange-index.shtml
City of Kamloops: Sustainable Kamloops
http://www.kamloops.ca/sustainable/index.shtml
Merritt
City of Merritt
http://www.merritt.ca/
Quesnel
Our Quesnel
http://www.quesnel.ca/ourquesnel.html
Prince George
City of Prince George: Climate Change
http://princegeorge.ca/environment/climatechange/pages/default.aspx
Clearwater
District of Clearwater
http://www.districtofclearwater.com/
100 Mile House
District of 100 Mile House
http://www.100milehouse.com/index.php?page=26
PROVINCIAL
Ministry of Environment
Climate Change Impact
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cas/impacts/index.html
Climate Action Plan
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cas/cap.html
Making Progress on B.C.’s Climate Action Plan
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cas/pdfs/2012-Progress-to-Targets.pdf
British Columbia Climate Action for the 21st Century
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cas/pdfs/climate_action_21st_century.pdf
British Columbia Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cas/mitigation/ghg_inventory/
Mitigation
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cas/mitigation/index.html
Adaptation
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cas/adaptation/index.html
Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations
Mountain Pine Beetle Action Plan
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/mountain_pine_beetle/action-plan.htm
LiveSmart BC
http://www.livesmartbc.ca/
Live Smart at Home: Efficiency Incentive Programs
http://www.livesmartbc.ca/incentives/efficiency-home/index.html
52 Ways to Reduce Your Emissions
http://www.livesmartbc.ca/homes/reduce.html
Free Actions
http://www.livesmartbc.ca/homes/free.html
Lifestyle Carbon Calculator
http://www.livesmartbc.ca/homes/h_calc.html
Preparing for Climate Change: British Columbia’s Adaptation Strategy
http://www.livesmartbc.ca/attachments/Adaptation_Strategy.pdf
BC Climate Action Toolkit
http://www.toolkit.bc.ca/
LiveSmart BC Climate Glossary
http://www.livesmartbc.ca/learn/glossary.html
NATIONAL
Canada’s Action on Climate Change
http://climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=E18C8F2D-1
Causes of Climate Change
http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=65CD73F4-1
10 Things You Should Know about Climate Change http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=20A201A3-1
Top 10 Things You Can Do to Help
http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=D27052CE-1
Pocket Guide to Emergencies
http://www.getprepared.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/pcktgdtmrgncs/pcktgdtmrgncs-eng.pdf
Natural Resources Canada
From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/climate-change/community-adaptation/assessments/132
Health Canada
Understanding the Health Effects of Climate Change (Health Canada)
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/climat/impact/index-eng.php
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS & INSTITUTIONS
BC Sustainable Energy Association
http://www.bcsea.org/
Better Environmentally Sound Transportation
http://best.bc.ca/
Canadian Red Cross – Disaster Management
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=33827&tid=001
Canadian Youth for Real Climate Change
http://www.ourclimate.ca/joomla/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
David Suzuki Foundation – Climate Change
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/
Ecotrust Canada
http://ecotrust.ca/home
Fraser Basin Council
http://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca/index.html
Kamloops Women’s Resource Group Society
http://www.kwrgs.ca/index.php?p=welcome
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
http://pics.uvic.ca/
Quesnel Climate Change Group
http://www.bakercreek.org/Climate-Change-Group.html
Quesnel Women’s Resource Centre
http://www.qwrc.ca/
Recycling Council of British Columbia
http://rcbc.bc.ca/
Shuswap Environmental Action Society – Climate Change
http://seas.ca/climate-change
Smart Growth BC
http://smartgrowth.bc.ca/
TRU Environmental Sustainability
http://www.tru.ca/sustain.html
Women North Network/ Northern FIRE
http://www.womennorthnetwork.com/
INTERNATIONAL
Global Network for Disaster Reduction – Climate Change Adaptation & Environment
http://www.globalnetwork-dr.org/case-studies/climate-change-adaptation-environment.html
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – Disaster Management
http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/
International Institute for Sustainable Development – Climate Change & Energy
http://www.iisd.org/climate/
United Nations Environmental Programme – Climate Change
http://www.unep.org/climatechange/
United Nations Environmental Programme – Global Environmental Outlook GEO5
http://www.unep.org/geo/
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/2860.php
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
http://www.unisdr.org/
Click here to read the 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction report
World Health Organization – Climate Change
http://www.who.int/topics/climate/en/
World Health Organization – Fact sheet on Climate Change and Health
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs266/en/index.html
World Health Organization – Atlas of Health and Climate
http://www.who.int/globalchange/publications/atlas/en/index.html
GENDER RESOURCES
Gender & Climate Change
Canadian Women’s Health Network
http://www.cwhn.ca/
GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice
http://www.gendercc.net/policy.html
World Health Organization – Gender, Climate Change, and Health
http://www.who.int/globalchange/publications/reports/gender_climate_change/en/
Gender & Disasters
Gender and Disaster Network
http://www.gdnonline.org/founders1.php
Gender & Disaster Resilience Alliance
http://usgdra.org/
World Health Organization, Department of Gender, Women and Health (GWH) – Gender and Health in Disasters
http://www.who.int/gender/other_health/disasters/en/
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
The Community Tool Box
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/default.aspx
Omineca Beetle Action Coalition (OBAC) Community Transition Toolkit
http://www.communitytoolkit.ca/