Climate projections for the Cowichan Valley Regional District

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dc.contributor.authorCowichan Valley Regional District
dc.contributor.authorPacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)
dc.contributor.authorPinna Sustainability
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-10T20:27:45Z
dc.date.available2025-04-10T20:27:45Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractTemperatures in the Cowichan Valley are warming. Global climate models project an increase in annual average temperature of almost 3°C in our region by the 2050s. While that may seem like a small change, it is comparable to the difference between the warmest and coldest years of the past. The purpose of this report is to quantify, with the most robust projections possible, the related climate impacts (including changes to climate extremes) associated with warming. This climate information will then inform regional risk assessment, decision making, and planning in the Cowichan Valley region, with a goal of improving resilience to climate change. For this reason, this report focusses on the business-as-usual emissions scenario and the 2050s timeframe. By the end of the 21st century, projected warming and associated impacts are even larger. In addition, the amount of warming by that time depends more highly on the quantity of greenhouse gases emitted in the meantime.
dc.description.reviewstatusUnreviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.identifier.citationCowichan Valley Regional District, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC), & Pinna Sustainability. (2017). Climate projections for the Cowichan Valley Regional District. https://www.cvrd.bc.ca/DocumentCenter/View/81884
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/21884
dc.language.isoen
dc.subject#regional climate assessment
dc.subjectUN SDG 13: Climate Action
dc.subject#summary report
dc.subject#PCIC publication
dc.titleClimate projections for the Cowichan Valley Regional District
dc.typeReport

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