Parks Canada has initiated a Cultural Resources and Climate Change Initiative as part of a larger agency-wide Strategic Asset Management Initiative. This includes giving due consideration of climate change impacts on park assets in locations across the country.
Parks Canada has initiated a Cultural Resources and Climate Change Initiative as part of a larger agency-wide Strategic Asset Management Initiative. This includes giving due consideration of climate change impacts on park assets in locations across the country.
Engineers Canada was invited to the inaugural meeting of the initiative to deliver a 90-minute presentation on July 25, 2017, to introduce the Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) Protocol to more than 100 Parks Canada staff. Engineers Canada’s David Lapp, FEC, P.Eng., IRP, presented the application of the PIEVC Protocol to assess infrastructure climate risks and vulnerabilities and its use in recommending adaptation actions to address extreme weather events and future climate.
Parks Canada intends to organize a series of facilitated workshops in Fall 2017 to apply the PIEVC Protocol to four to six case studies to define climate risks and vulnerabilities for park heritage and support infrastructure. The workshops will also develop recommendations and plan adaptation actions to improve the climate resilience of infrastructure assets over their service life.
