Climate projections for the City of Terrace
Date
2022-12
Authors
City of Terrace
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)
Pinna Sustainability
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Publisher
City of Terrace
Abstract
Terrace has already begun to feel the effects of climate change. The unprecedented heat dome event of 2021 is just one example that illustrates climate change is happening, and having an impact all around the city and across the region. The City of Terrace (the City) requires locally specific information on how the climate will continue to change as it works to prepare infrastructure and enable citizens to prepare for continued climate change over time. Locally and regionally specific information enables planning for and building resilience over time, by informing planning and decision-making, and influencing resource allocation decisions across sectors. The City has commissioned the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) to prepare a comprehensive assessment of regional climate change for Terrace and has engaged Pinna Sustainability professionals to assist with conveying this assessment into a summary that can be used to plan and adapt to the changes ahead. This assessment provides information derived from global climate models on projected temperature and precipitation (rain and snow) in the coming decades. It gives us important insight into how these changes will differ by season, and by future time period (the 2050s and 2080s), and also offers information on expected changes in future weather extremes.
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Keywords
regional climate assessment, UN SDG 13: Climate Action
Citation
City of Terrace, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC), & Pinna Sustainability. (2022). Climate projections for the City of Terrace. City of Terrace. https://www.terrace.ca/sites/default/files/Terrace%20Climate%20Projections_FINALa.pdf