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- 1. 1 Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation Workshop
- 2. 2 Our aim is to bring together citizens to build resilience and sustainability within our community in the face of the oncoming crises of peak oil and climate change by working together.
- 3. 3The Power of Just Doing stuff
- 4. 4 Purpose of Workshop 1. Understand how climate change may impact you 2. Share stories and suggestions 3. Transfer skills to Grand River Unitarian Congregation members 4. Take action
- 5. 5 Get to know you Who are you and what brought you here?
- 6. 6 Impacts An introduction to climate change Scientists have warned us about the consequences. Climate change is a widely accepted reality. What exactly does it mean for this region?
- 7. 7 CO2 Emissions Methane Nitrous Oxide Global Warming
- 8. 8 2003 blackout from heatwave
- 10. 10 2012 apple blossom damage
- 11. 11 2011 Tornado in Goderich
- 12. 12 2013 Southern Ontario flooding
- 14. 14 2014 toxic algae in Lake Erie
- 15. 15 Break
- 16. 16 Adaptation Introduction to our toolkit and how to use it
- 17. 17 The essential purpose of the toolkit is to inspire change and get people connected with each other and the resources available in this region.
- 18. 18 Your Home Prepare for extreme weather events
- 19. 19 ❑ Assemble a “Household Emergency Kit” Cost: $$$ | Time: >>> ❑ Make a plan in case of fires, floods, snow storms, and other extreme events. Be sure to include hydration, food, shelter, and evacuation plans (if necessary) for all members of the household, including pets (see Resources under Emergency Kits). ❑ Be prepared with essentials in case of extreme weather events and extended time periods when water and electricity are not available. ❑ Compile an “Emergency Resource List” Cost: 0 | Time: >>> ❑ Create a list of supplies that would be useful in different types of emergencies and where they can be found in your house or neighbourhood (e.g. extra batteries, chainsaw). ❑ Be sure to tell neighbours of resources you are willing to share in an emergency. ❑ Learn how to sterilize your water Cost: $ | Time: >> ❑ Buy purification tablets or a filter (see Resources under Red Cross or Get Prepared). Here are some actions you can take to reduce these risks of damage to your house and ensure your own safety:
- 20. 20 Around Your Home Protect your home and property from flash flooding
- 21. 21 Here are some actions to take to reduce these risks: ❑ Keep nearby storm water drains clear Cost: $ | Time: >> ❑ Blocked storm water drains can contribute to flooding during a storm. ❑ Use a rake or other tool to clear leaves, branches, and debris from the storm drain/catch basin. ❑ Install a cistern or a rain barrel Cistern - Cost: $$$$ Time: >>> Rain Barrel - Cost: $$ | Time: >> ❑ Cisterns and rain barrels collect and store rainwater from rooftops to reduce storm water runoff (see Resources under REEP). ❑ Build a rain garden Cost: $$$$ | Time: >>>> ❑ Rain gardens are designed to let water soak into the ground, thus reducing storm water runoff. ❑ They are also a form of landscaping that can beautify your yard.
- 22. 22 Getting Around – Transportation and Infrastructure Increase your use of public/share transportation
- 23. 23 ❑Share your car Cost: $$ | Time: >> ❑Carpool with friends for entertainment and shopping trips. ❑Use your local community centres’ resources to go on bus trips or participate in other shared transportation activities. ❑Stay active Cost: $ Time: >> ❑Choose to incorporate more active transit into your regular routine. ❑Obtain local trail maps to have the latest information on how to get around on community trails and which roads are bicycle friendly (see Resources). ❑Join a walking group (see Resources under GRTA, YMCA Walking and Talking). ❑Help children to walk/bike to school — rather than drive them there Cost: $ | Time: >>> ❑Join a walking school bus if one exists in your neighbourhood. ❑Promote “every child can ride a bike” initiatives in your family/neighbourhood. Reduce these risks and increase your transportation options by taking the following actions:
- 24. 24 In Your Community Take part in building the strength of your community
- 25. 25 Adapt to climate change impacts together with your community group: ❑ Plant food for pollinators Cost: $$ | Time: >>> ❑ Plant in your community garden, front garden, or park/neighbourhood garden! ❑ Native pollinators are under stress from a number of factors, potentially including climate change. Help them out by having wildflowers that bloom in the early spring, late spring, summer and fall, so that they have food whenever¸ they’re not hibernating! ❑ Create a neighbourhood plan in case of evacuation due to flood or fire Cost: 0 Time: >>> ❑ Identify which routes to take, which neighbours need assistance, and who to call (see Resources under Waterloo Region Emergency Management). ❑ Share resources Cost: $$ | Time: >>>> ❑ Start a bartering system, so that more of your everyday needs are supplied locally, in case of disruptions to supply. ❑ Have a centralized shed with shared gardening tools, to make it easier for all neighbours to grow food locally. ❑ Start a community-owned co-operative for a renewable energy supply, either for when the power goes out, or to selling back to the grid.
- 26. 26 Brainstorm Actions To address local impacts
- 27. 27 Actions Recap
- 28. 28 The world has agreed to limit global warming to 2˚C2˚C This is not a safe level! It’s a political compromise. How can we achieve this limit?
- 29. 29 Our Carbon Budget To limit global warming to 2˚, we can emit only 600 to 900 billion tons of CO2 (total) between now and 2100. We now emit about 30 billion tons/year, and this rate is rising.
- 30. 30 Our Carbon Budget To limit global warming to 2˚, we can emit only 600 to 900 billion tons of CO2 (total) between now and 2100. We now emit about 30 billion tons/year, and this rate is rising. We’re on track to burn through this budget in about 20-25 years.
- 31. 31 We have to act fast 45 Billion 35 25 15 0 1850 2013 2100 No slow down in last decade Oil crises Post-war boom Great depression 2020 20% We need to get to 0 with 80% left in the ground Jarvis et al. Nature Clim Chng YearlyGlobalCarbonDioxideEmissions(tonnes)
- 32. 32 Global fossil fuel reserves are much larger than the budget Coal Oil Gas AVAILABLEBUDGETED Global CO2 budget 2012 - 2100 Global fossil fuel reserves Gigatons CO2 3000 2500 2000 1500 0 Global carbon budget to limit warming to 2o C 1000 500
- 33. 33 Used to expand fossil society Remaining budget for rest of mankind Twitter: @LarsBoelen Blog: LarlenBoelen.nl How will we share this budget?
- 34. 34 Unburnable Carbon To limit global warming to 2˚C most (60-80%) known fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground.
- 35. 35 Unburnable Carbon To limit global warming to 2˚C most (60-80%) known fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground. Financial implications: this unburnable carbon is a stranded asset.
- 36. 36 Financial risk due to climate change is widely recognized 40-60% of the market capitalisation of oil and gas companies [is] at risk from the carbon bubble – HSBC, reported in The Guardian. The “vast majority of [fossil fuel] reserves are unburnable” - Mark Carney, former Governor of Bank of Canada. “Bank of England warns of huge financial risk from fossil fuel investments” – The Guardian, March 3, 2015. Hundreds of organisations have divested: universities (incl. Stanford); pension funds; churches; cities; foundations (incl. Rockefeller family).
- 38. 38 We want oil companies to: Stop lobbying to slow regulation/policy Stop exploring Keep 80% of reserves in the ground
- 39. 39 Discussion Unless there is political pressure to change, nothing will change Divestment provides a powerful moral framework Parallels between the oil & tobacco industries
- 40. 40 Next Steps: Mitigation Personal Pension Faith University Political
- 41. 41 Next Steps: Adaptation Short term actions Long term goals Pie in the sky ideas
- 42. 42 What we are convinced of is this, if we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late, if we act as individuals, it'll be too little but if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time.
- 43. 43 Thank you so much for coming
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- What presenter says Welcome to TransitionKW’s workshop on Climate Change Adaptation. Thank you so much to [insert name of community here] for hosting us.
- What presenter says Who are we? TransitionKW is a grassroots group that is part of the larger international transition initiative. Our aim is to bring together citizens to build resilience and sustainability within our community in the face of the oncoming crises of peak oil and climate change by working together. To explain what we’re about more, let’s watch this 2-minute video about transition initiative projects around the world.
- Notes [Switch slides, video should play. Have a backup version of the video on your computer’s hard drive in case of malfunction, or just skip it and talk about the projects (community bread oven,]
- What presenter says That’s a little bit about TransitionKW, now we’ll move on to what we’re doing here today. The purpose of today’s workshop is to: Understand how climate change may impact you Share stories and suggestions Transfer skills to household/neighbourhood [insert name of group here] Take action
- What presenter says Before we delve into the workshop, we want to know what brought you here, and who you are. First, we’ll get a feel for who you are and where you come from. Next, we would like to know what your top concerns are with respect to climate change. What are your top concerns within your faith community or as individuals with relation to climate change, or just in general? We would like to whittle this down to 3-5 impacts, and then work on those later in the workshop. Notes The point of this section is to come up with 3-5 main concerns for the group, and write these down, so that later in the adaptation brainstorm section, they can be built upon. If small group, everyone introduces themselves If bigger group, just get a general feel, either by summarizing what you know about them already, or by asking for a show of hands for questions like: How many of you are part of the emergency response / social justice group in your faith community? How many of you are homeowners? Renters? Other demographic indicators… OR talk to two people around you: what are things you’re planning to do to address climate change? games: 3 favourite things, or find similarities- find one thing in common Groups (already established): What troubles in the community are you working to address? What is taking most of your resources as a faith community? What programs do you offer the community, and what problems do those programs address? Individuals (aka not working with existing groups): When you think about climate change, what worries you? Methods to ask the above questions - brainstorm (think-pair-share) Have everyone write down two ideas in silence Small group: do it all together, or do it as a talking circle (one person at a time talks) Large group: everyone shouting out ideas, then whittle down ideas on the go until you have 3-5 If in round tables, they could work as a table to come up with 3 (or other number) and then share with the wider group
- What presenter says Thanks for sharing about yourselves and your concerns. Before we move on to what we can do about those concerns, let’s look more at the climate change impacts we can expect, and as we go through the local impacts, we can relate those to your concerns.
- Human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, are causing global warming, which in turn is causing a range of problems: more storms, more droughts, floods, sea-level rises. These are causing more hunger, more conflict, extinction of species… Most frightening of all are the feedback loops, where for example global warming leads to methane being released from thawing Arctic tundra, which in turn warms the Earth more… in a vicious cycle.
- What presenter says In 2003, we saw the eastern seaboard blackout because of overuse of electricity for air conditioning. Under climate change conditions in this area, we can expect more heat waves in the summer. The number of extreme cold days will decrease during winter (last winter not withstanding!). The number of extreme hot days, however, will increase in the summer months. Notes Point of this slide: heat waves more common under climate change due to higher temperatures in the summer. Relate this to whatever their concerns were above. E.g. worried about homelessness – means more people need to seek cool places as refuge during heat waves.
- What presenter says 2012 we had a major drought across Southern Ontario. Under climate change, we can expect a general trend of more precipitation in the winter in the form of rain, and less precipitation in the summer. Less snow storage in the winter means less is available for spring runoff or storage in reservoirs, meaning less water is available in the summer for hydro electricity generation or irrigation. So when water resources are already stressed, there will be less rain available in the summer. Notes Point of this slide: agriculture is affected by increased occurrence of droughts, and this will affect food availability or food prices. Relate this to whatever their concerns were above. E.g. worried about poverty in the region – fresh food is harder for individuals and soup kitchens to afford.
- What presenter says In 2012, apple blossoms bloomed in the early spring when it got warm quite quickly, but then were mostly killed during a snap frost. Under climate change conditions, winter weather will be warmer, meaning more freeze/thaw events. Food production and supply will be threatened due to extreme weather events, changes to water resources, and impacts on pollinators. Notes Point of this slide: unpredictable weather will impact our food resources. Relate to similar points as above.
- What presenter says 2013 Tornado in Goderich: though none of these specific events can be directly related to climate change, they do show conditions that will be more prevalent under climate change conditions. Wind is something that’s expected to change, but it’s difficult to say exactly how. Extreme high winds are expected to increase in Waterloo Region, and this style of wind could increase likelihood of tornadoes. Extreme weather events are expected to increase under climate change conditions. Notes Point of this slide: climate change increases number of disasters, so we need to be prepared to help vulnerable populations, and we need to prepare our homes.
- What presenter says In summer 2013, we had some flash flooding in the KW area. Though we didn’t experience the magnitude that Toronto did, we are still vulnerable to the same types of storms happening again. Flooding will increase due to higher intensity of individual rain events. Notes Point of this slide: again, disaster preparedness
- What presenter says As mentioned with the apple blossom story of 2012, winters are warmer, meaning more temperatures staying around 0 degrees. With more precipitation expected in the winter, and temperatures around 0 degrees, the likelihood of freezing rain increases. We’re seeing this in the form of ice storms, like last Christmas’ extreme ice storm, which caused power outages, and dangerous conditions for walkers and drivers. Notes Point of this slide: disaster preparedness, vulnerability of our infrastructure to extreme weather events, being less reliant on electricity which could be lost during these kinds of events.
- What presenter says 2014 toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie: this is a combination of climate change and pollution impacts, as the algae bloom is the result of pollutants released from industry and agriculture, as well as increased summer temperatures in the water. At one point, the Region of Waterloo had considered that piping water from Lake Erie would be necessary to supplement our drinking water, under growing population. Thankfully, we have reduced our demand on water, and the Region thinks we can continue to supply citizens with drinking water from existing ground and surface supplies. But what happened to Toledo’s drinking water supply could happen anywhere, showing our water resources’ vulnerability to climate change. Notes Point of this slide: conserve our water resources, reduce per capita water consumption, as climate change can impact surface water availability in strange ways.
- What presenter says Break – now that we’ve loaded you with information, let’s take a few minutes to stretch our legs. We will meet back here in 10 minutes. Notes Point out bathrooms and location of food. Break: visualization activity: what our future world will look like – could be a timeline – what kind of world do we want to see in 20 years?
- What presenter says Welcome back everyone. We will now get into the adaptation part of our workshop. We will introduce you to the toolkit and how to use it, and then go into brainstorming actions. Notes If groups have a toolkit in front of them, encourage them to look at it, open it. If they do not, make sure they have a postcard so that they know where to access it online later.
- What presenter says We created this toolkit with the purpose of getting people connected to what’s happening in their community and how they can help others. The content of the toolkit regularly references our resources section, and our resources section is a quite comprehensive guide to who’s doing what to be resilient in this area. Notes Point out where resources section is in toolkit, if it’s in front of them.
- What presenter says We’ll start by sharing example sections from the toolkit with you. It’s laid out by your home, in your home, around your home, and getting around. Under each of these sections are general actions, such as in this case, prepare for extreme weather events. Then the symbols at the bottom here refer to what impact area this action pertains to – food, energy, health, transportation and water resources. Notes Go to page 7 in your toolkit.
- What presenter says Under the main action head, there is a description of that category, and then several very specific actions under that. We also have cost and time indicators. Both indicators are general and subjective, but the cost goes from free to at least $1,000 and the effort ranges from a few hours of effort to multiple months of effort. Notes Refer them to page 1 of the toolkit for the scales for the cost and time. Read out the actions, but no more than one, if short on time. Try to offer some kind of explanation if people looked perplexed.
- What presenter says Here’s another example from Around Your Home – protect your home from flash flooding. As we discussed earlier in the impacts, more intense rain storms are expected under climate change conditions. Notes See page 8 of the toolkit.
- What presenter says Notes Read out the actions, but no more than one, if short on time. Try to offer some kind of explanation if people looked perplexed.
- What presenter says Our third section is getting around, and this next set of actions refers to increased use of public or shareable transportation. Notes See page 11 of the toolkit.
- What presenter says Notes Read out the actions, but no more than one, if short on time. Try to offer some kind of explanation if people looked perplexed.
- What presenter says The last section of the toolkit pertains to your community, and this next set of actions is about building the strength of your community. Notes See page 13.
- What presenter says Notes Read out the actions, but no more than one, if short on time. Try to offer some kind of explanation if people looked perplexed.
- What presenter says We’ve put together this toolkit, but not every one of these actions is going to be relevant to your life. And you may have some actions that we haven’t thought of yet. For the next part of this workshop, we’re going to work together to brainstorm actions that work for [you / your group]. Notes Using the 3-5 ideas brainstormed under impacts, start coming up with actions to address these impacts. Remind them of the climate change impacts associated with it. Groups - World Café format (longest format) Round 1: using brainstormed idea #1, break up into small groups to have conversations around that idea. Each group will have one host, who will be responsible for taking notes and for staying at that table. Round 2: host from previous conversation stays in the same place, everyone else moves. Host explains what happened in the last conversation. New conversation around brainstormed idea #2, new group of people. Round 3-5 - repeat as desired for # of ideas Harvest: individuals are invited to share insights, hosts ask questions like “what are the actions that you’re likely to take away from this brainstorm?” Alternate option - if there are lots of ideas brainstormed Round 1: split into groups, each person goes to a group with an impact they’re interested in, and they stay there for 10 minutes to brainstorm and come up with cost/effort indicators Round 2: a representative from each group explains to the rest of the group what actions they came up with in their brainstorming session, and/or their top 3 actions that they will carry forward with
- In recognition of these dangers, the world has, in principle, agreed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. This is not a safe level determined by scientists; scientists will tell you it is not safe. This is a political compromise, reached at Copenhagen in 2009, where 141 nations agreed that this is the limit beyond which global warming is unacceptably dangerous. This is the only agreement we have, so let’s take it as a starting point: how can we achieve this limit? Clearly, since CO2 is the main cause of warming, and most CO2 is emitted by burning fossil fuel, we need to limit the amount of fossil fuel that is burnt. But what’s the limit? What’s our carbon budget? This is very difficult to estimate accurately, but many scientists have put a lot of work into it, and the best scientific advice is that, to have an 80% chance of remaining within the 2 degree limit….
- we can burn only 600 to 900 billion tons of CO2 between now and then end of the century. To put this in perspective, we’re emitting about 30 billion tons/year, and this rate is RISING. So we’ve got maybe 20 or 25 years, before we burn through that entire budget, unless we make some MAJOR changes.
- we can burn only 600 to 900 billion tons of CO2 between now and then end of the century. To put this in perspective, we’re emitting about 30 billion tons/year, and this rate is RISING. So we’ve got maybe 20 or 25 years, before we burn through that entire budget, unless we make some MAJOR changes. A technical note: we often see budgets for emissions to 2050 (as in the Do the Math film) or other years. It turns out that the end year isn’t very important, because once the 2 degree limit is reached, the amount that can be emitted annually and keep the temperature stable is very small.
- These are the demands that divestment campaigns are making of the fossil fuel industry. In Canada, the report “Dollars Democracy and Disclosure” from the Shareholders Association for Research and Education notes that of lobbyists registered to the TSX60 companies, 60% are registered to oil and gas industries. This report also includes evidence that in 2012 CAPP was at the centre of the Omnibus bill that gutted much of Canada’s environmental legislation. Between 2008 and 2012, CAPP met with the federal government 536 times, the Climate Action Network (the largest citizen climate coalition in Canada) had six meetings. This industry is working hard to stall desperately needed government action to address climate change – instead they should be using their resources to be part of the solution. It makes no sense to spend resources looking for more reserves, when we know that in order to avoid the worst effects of Climate Change we must leave 80% of our know reserves in the ground. If they want our support, then Fossil Fuel industries need to transition to become energy companies, they need to chart a new course, change their business plans and leave 80% of their reserves in the ground. Divestment is a way to revoke our support for obstructionists who would knowingly endanger us all for short term profit.
- In your small groups discuss the first two points that were made in the video we just watched. Then consider the parallels between the oil & tobacco industries - think of some similarities and differences.
- •Divestment is about power •The movement to divest from fossil fuels is powerful because it shines a light on Canada’s unfair climate politics •The fossil fuel industry has abused the incredible political power that we have given them and it’s time to take that power away •Divestment campaigns can erode that power •The FF industry’s attempts to subvert climate science, their funding of climate deniers, and of perpetuating lies in order to avoid regulation and legislation that could hurt their profits, is well documented •the parallels to the behaviour of big tobacco obvious: •They knowingly do this at the expense of our public good, at the expense of our children’s future •And they wield undue influence over our political leaders…. SO… in order to take them on, we, in the divestment movement are compelling culturally and morally powerful institutions like churches, universities, and charitable foundations to publicly remove their investments from an industry whose self-interest threatens the long-term livability of our planet •that’s really what we are all about •We are seeking moral leadership in the absence of political leadership, to create the necessary political room for our civil leaders to take action – action that is commensurate with the challenge that is facing us •and while we are at it – we are promoting fossil free investing for a better future – If you are interested in attending any of our events, you can sign up here – please visit our webiste -
- What presenter says To end on an inspirational note:What we are convinced of is this:· if we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late· if we act as individuals, it'll be too littlebut if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time. Thank you so much for coming. Notes