Historical and Projected Climate Change Data and Maps
Future Climate Scenarios for the Province of New Brunswick (Roy, P. and Huard D. 2016)
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The study provides projected climate scenarios for 29 climate indices for the 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s-time horizons for New Brunswick. These projected climate datasets are locally analysed to help inform and understand the impacts of climate change on specific project area. The climate datasets and maps can be accessed here: Adapt-Action (csrno.ca)
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Sea Level Rise and Flooding Estimates for New Brunswick Coastal Sections (Daigle, 2020 updated)
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The study presents projected sea level rise and flooding scenarios for coastal sections of New Brunswick. Projected sea level rise and flooding elevations can be used to ensure infrastructure are designed and build above the projected sea level rise elevation.
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Canada’s Changing Climate Report
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Provides national perspective on how climate change impacts our communities, environment, and economy; get insights into Canada’s key vulnerabilities and knowledge gaps as well as new and innovative approaches to adapt in your own context.
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ClimateData.ca (ECCC et.al. 2021)
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Provides high resolution climate data for locations throughout Canada. The climate datasets can be used for understanding the impacts of climate change across the Canadian region.
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Climate Atlas of Canada (PCC, 2019)
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The Climate Atlas of Canada combines climate science, mapping, and storytelling to bring the global issue of climate change closer to home for Canadians.
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IPCC Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis (2021)
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The Sixth Assessment Report is the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations. |
IPCC Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability Report (2022)
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It details the impacts that climate change is having on human societies and ecosystems. These impacts are wide-ranging and the report provides a global breakdown, by region, of the effects that climate change is having on water scarcity, food production, human health and wellbeing, cities, settlements and infrastructure, and ecosystem structure, range and timing.
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Climate Services Centres and Climate Change Websites
CLIMAtlantic
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Provides climate change data, information, and services to support adaptation to climate change in Atlantic Canada.
CLIMAtlantic is part of the national network of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s regional climate-expert organizations.
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Canadian Centre for Climate Services (CCCS)
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Provides access to multi-disciplinary resources on climate change datasets and adaptation resources.
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Presents the Federal government’s extensive efforts on climate change.
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Natural Resources Canada
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Learn about climate change in Canada and how to reduce its negative effects through adaptation, programs and funding opportunities, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
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Climate Change Analysis Tool
New Brunswick’s Climate Change Indicators (GNB, 2011)
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Provides information on how New Brunswick’s climate is changing.
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IDF Curves with Climate Change
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IDF curves based on historical observations alone are inappropriate to use for long-term decision-making. To account for climate change impacts to extreme rainfall and IDF curves, Environment and Climate Change Canada recommends use of a scaling methodology. Climatedata.ca provides historical and climate change-scaled IDF data for all ECCC IDF stations in Canada. |
Intensity Duration Frequency (IDF) Climate Change Tool (UWO, V6, 2022)
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A web-based intensity-duration frequency tool to update and adapt local extreme rainfall statistics to climate change.
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Flooding Applications and Reports for New Brunswick
Flooding in New Brunswick (GNB)
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Provides information on flooding in New Brunswick, i.e. New flood hazard mapping tool, flood history database, flooding applications, flood events and a changing climate etc. and can be used to be aware of any potential flooding of the land. |
LiDAR Data (GEONB)
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Provides LiDAR data for all regions of New Brunswick. LiDAR data is available in 1km x 1km grid tiles. LiDAR data can be used to create baseline elevation mapping for conducting risk analysis.
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Coastal Erosion Data (GEONB)
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Provides erosion data trends in coastline and shoreline displacement. This information can be used to identify the historical information rate of erosion at numerous locations and characterize the vulnerability of a region to coastal erosion and flooding. |
Flood Information (GEONB)
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Provides information of past major flooding events (2018, 2008) and can be used to best inform decision on land-use planning and consideration of adaptation measures.
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Wetland Mapping (GEONB)
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Mapping identifies locations of provincially significant wetlands for informing decisions on the wetland regulations, land-use planning and climate change impact decisions.
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Sea Level Rise and Flooding Estimates for New Brunswick Coastal Sections (Daigle, 2020 updated)
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The study presents projected sea level rise and flooding scenarios for coastal sections of New Brunswick. Projected sea level rise and flooding elevations can be used to ensure infrastructure are designed and build above the projected sea level rise elevation.
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Regional Wave Run Up Study for the Province of New Brunswick (NRCC, 2018)
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The study identifies estimates for extreme wave conditions and wave run up heights in combination with 2100 extreme water levels for the coastal sections of New Brunswick. The information can be used for the design and build of infrastructure to increase resiliency to the impacts of strong waves. |
Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Frameworks
Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) Protocol
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The Protocol systematically reviews historical climate information and projects the nature, severity and probability of future climate changes and events. It also establishes the adaptive capacity of an individual infrastructure as determined by its design, operation and maintenance.
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ISO 31000 Risk Management Framework
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Explains in detail the climate change risk process and helps guide proponents to a more complete and quantifiable understanding of the climate change risks potentially impacting their project. This in-depth process would be considered sufficient if used by the project proponent to analyze climate change risks at this point. Following a similar ISO 31000 certified Risk Assessment Framework, centered on climate change risk, would be considered acceptable as well. |
Climate Lens - Infrastructure Canada
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The guide is used in assisting infrastructure owner and operators in assessing the greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilience of proposed infrastructure projects.
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New Brunswick Municipalities Climate Change Adaptation Plans
| Municipal Climate Change Adaptation Plan |
In New Brunswick, many municipalities which includes all cities, high risk coastal and inland municipalities have developed their climate change adaptation plan prior to the new local governance reform. The PDF copies of their completed climate change adaptation plans is now added to the Legislative Library for providing access to the community climate change adaptation plans. A community climate change adaptation plan helps to identify communities’ risks and vulnerabilities from the extreme hazards of climate change (e.g., extreme weather events, rising sea levels, increased precipitation, and increased temperatures). The plan addresses adaptation actions, policies, and initiatives aimed at reducing the impacts to infrastructure, environment, health, public safety to make its community, economy, residents, and environment resilient from the adverse effects of climate change. |