Home/Posts/Free Webinar: SmartGrowth Network on Managing the Climate CrisisAugust 16, 2022Free Webinar: SmartGrowth Network on Managing the Climate Crisis Managing the Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire The climate, relatively stable for centuries, is entering a new phase. In 2020, 22 major weather and climate events in the U.S. resulted in 262 deaths, with each causing more than $1 billion in damages. This trend is continuing with heat waves, extended droughts, extended wildfire seasons, and increased coastal and river flooding. Date: Tuesday August 23 Time: 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time You can register for this webinar by clicking this link. Jonathan Barnett and Matthijs Bouw outline how adaptation and preventive measures can be used to address climate-related threats, including flooding along coastlines and rivers, flash floods from extreme rain events, drought, wildfire, long periods of high heat, and food shortages. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading... Related Posted inEvents/SupportIf you love this region and have a view to its future please subscribe, donate, or become a Patron.Share onComments Cancel ReplyComment * Name * Email * Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.Submit Δ Previous: One Pedestrian Death a Month in Vancouver & Vision Zero-“At Least You Are Talking to Each Other”Next: Is this the Updated “Vancouver Special” of Richmond Hill Ontario?Subscribe to Viewpoint Vancouver Get breaking news and fresh views, direct to your inbox. Email Address Subscribe Join 7,276 other subscribers Show your Support Check our Patreon page for stylish coffee mugs, private city tours, and more – or, make a one-time or recurring donation. Thank you for helping shape this place we love. Donate to VWPTPatreon PerksPopular Articles What's the densest urban area in North America? Why do trolley buses require two wires? See AllAll Articles50th Anniversary of the Agricultural Land Commission ActApr. 17, 2023Viewpoint: end of an eraMar. 17, 2023Human Rights and Cities – How Can Municipalities Do the Right Thing?Dec. 22, 2022Goodbye and Thanks!Dec. 21, 2022Free Webinar: Jonathan Cote on Transforming Urban LeadershipDec. 20, 2022Follow VWPT on Instagram For those who remember when Westminster Quay was developed in the ‘80s, that row of highrises on the right was one of the biggest, densest developments in the region. Everything to the left north of SkyTrain was strip commercial, parking and auto lots and low rise leftovers of a decaying downtown. Is #Edmonds #Highgate one of the fastest growing places in Metro? Downtown development in New West. What’s the oldest highrise? A decade or so? The new skyline of New Westminster (through a SkyTrain window) The new Richmond suburbs. Capstan. The verdant post-war suburbs. - like Richmond along Alderbridge. Planted so thickly, the city disappears