Talking it through: Guide for local government staff on climate adaptation

The guide provides information on:

• Climate change and the local, place-based impacts on built, natural and social systems
• Why local planning and action is needed to adapt and ensure resiliency
• Two key approaches to adaptation: planning-based and operations-based
• Adaptation measures taken by local governments across Canada
• Contextual differences between urban, rural and remote, and northern communities
• Indigenous perspectives on adaptation