Climate Change Adaptation 

The connections between climate change and food supply can be complex.  However the fundamental issue that must be examined is the sensitivity of specific crops to higher temperatures and increased climatic variability.

 

Climate modelling can be used to assess possible changes in growing conditions including precipitation, growing degree days, and frost free days.  

 

The Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium offers a Plan2Adapt tool that will generate modeling scenarios, maps and plots for various regions in British Columbia that will help assess climate change in relation to impacts on crops.

 

This same modelling tool may also assist in assessing other risks to infrastructure and water supply due to changes in precipitation patterns and snow pack.   

 

Link to:    http://www.pacificclimate.org/tools-and-data/plan2adapt

 

Another useful link deals with innovative learning and decision strategies on food supply that previousy would not have been as necessary to incorporate as they are now.

 

Link to:

http://act-adapt.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/07-13-CFS-Summary-WEB.pdf