Climate projections for the capital region
Date
2024
Authors
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)
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Publisher
Capital Regional District
Abstract
The Earth’s climate system is warming, and signs of climate change are becoming evident across the planet. The capital region, located on Southern Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands of British Columbia (BC), is no exception. The Capital Regional District (CRD) has partnered with the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) to produce high-resolution regional projections for temperature, precipitation, and related indices of extremes. These projections use the most up-to-date global modeling data (i.e., the Sixth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, CMIP6) to illustrate how the region’s climate may change by the middle of this century. Information provided by this report and the accompanying data is intended to support decision makers and community partners in the region with an improved understanding of projected local climate change and related impacts.
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Keywords
regional climate assessment, UN SDG 13: Climate Action
Citation
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC). (2024). Climate projections for the capital region. Capital Regional District. https://www.crd.ca/media/file/climateprojectionscapitalregion2024