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Home > Projects
Expanding the Dialogue on Climate Change & Water Management in the Okanagan Basin, British Columbia (2002-04)
The goal of this study is to develop integrated climate change and water resource scenarios in order to stimulate a multi-stakeholder discussion on the implications of climate change for water management in the region.
The study team hopes to achieve two main objectives: a) providing a set of research products that will be of relevance to regional interests in the Okanagan, and b) establishing a methodology for participatory integrated assessment of regional climate change impacts and adaptation that could be applied to climate-related concerns in Canada and other countries.
The study comprises five key components:
1. Climate change scenarios: downscaling global climate change scenarios to the regional
level;
2. Hydrological scenarios: determining impacts of climate change on basin hydrology;
3. Water demand scenarios: developing future demand scenarios particularly for irrigated
agriculture and municipalities, factoring in socio-economic trends;
4. Adaptation options: exploring previous management experiences and potential future
approaches for augmenting water supply and/or reducing water consumption; and
5. Adaptation dialogue with stakeholders: learning about regional perspectives on adapting
to climate change.
| Timeline | 2002-2004 |
| Progress | Complete |
| Team | Principal Investigators:
Stewart Cohen: Environment Canada and UBC |
| Collaborators | * Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada * University of British Columbia * Environment Canada * Natural Resources Canada * British Columbia Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management * British Columbia Ministry of Water~ Land and Air Protection |
| Publications | Full Report Found Here |