Description
Course Description
By the end of this course, you will be able to
- Construct a framework for implementing an integrated climate change action plan and asset management program for your municipality
- Utilize climate forecast data specific for your community to identify climate vulnerabilities and opportunities for resilience.
- Explore key opportunities for integrating climate change into asset management.
- Consider infrastructure interdependencies in understanding risks posed by climate change on municipal assets and infrastructure.
- Gain a better understanding about a range of green infrastructure (i.e., natural asset and low-impact development) solutions and how they can be incorporated into municipal infrastructure projects.
This course takes a systems-perspective approach to discussing how climate change considerations can be incorporated into the asset management process. It is designed for Canadian municipal employees who seek a better understanding about how to integrate a climate-informed perspective into their asset management practice. Special features about this course include a tailored approach around students’ specific projects and an approach that combines the best elements of cohort-based learning supplemented by one-on-one mentoring or coaching.
Topic Outline
1. Integrating Climate Change & Sustainability Considerations Through Asset Management
- Forward Thinking: Resilience and Sustainability
- Foundations
- Implementing Climate Change Resiliency
- Taking Action
2. Climate Trends & Data
- Understanding Climate Trends
- Understanding Future Climate Trends
- Accessing and Applying Climate Data
- Takeaways
3. Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience
- Advancing Municipal Climate Action
- Integrating Climate Change into Asset Management
- Takeaways
4. Climate Change Risks and Impacts on Infrastructure
- Climate Change Impacts on Infrastructure
- From Climate Data to Information
- Infrastructure Interdependencies
- Financial Impacts
- Takeaways
5. Green Infrastructure: Natural Asset Systems & Low-Impact Development
- Understanding Green Infrastructure
- Green Infrastructure Solutions to Municipal Priorities
- Introduction to Green Infrastructure Asset Management
- Takeaways