C40 cities movement discussion

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Dec 6, 2023

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In this module we focused on the Paris Agreement and the C40 cities movement. Access the C40 cities webpage at https://www.c40.org/cities/ On the webpage select a city from the map or scroll below the map, then select one of the specific city case studies, Summarize the selected city's current program and future goals. Do you think it is possible for the city to meet these goals? Why or why not? Cities100: Vancouver - Building Strategically for Sea Level Rise I went with Vancouver’s challenge to develop a comprehensive climate change meditation strategy to change the bylaws to help ensure that new buildings all over our elevations help protect it from floods and the future sea level rises. This plan was put to action in October 2015. The challenge for Vancouver was it being ranked amongst the 20 most vulnerable cities of the world to have sea level rise, it is known to be the largest port in Canada that has caused many flooding‘s that have serious economic implications for the cities around it. It’s stated that Canada did not have Insurance mechanisms for the residential flooding or any national flood hazard programs although with this climate change adaptation strategy their city plans to help ensure that Vancouver is livable and resilient to climate change and sea level rises. The solution for Vancouver city was adopting the climate change meditation strategy focusing the cities vulnerable position to help new buildings and flood prone areas to be built on two elevations for sea level rise projections in major cities near the coastline making it per prioritizing meditation to the sea level rise throughout the years. In the result of this coastal flood risk assessment the responses to sea level rise and associated increase in flood risk they require information as The depth into potential flooding in various sea level rise scenarios. The goals for these responses are maximizing the actions that help benefit communities regardless of the degree of sea level rises for example environmental benefits, social benefits, and economic benefits. I do believe that there is a possibility that this city Vancouver can help protect a lot more land against flooding due to the climate changing with this adaptation strategy plan. Even though we have 100% certainty that climate change will continue to change throughout the years. We won’t know the exact sea level rise scenarios but we can guess what the amount of data taken from previous sea rises is. With the goals in mind for the responses to help maximize actions and benefit the community , the sea level rises in these vulnerable populations are actually helpful due to the amount of debris created by a storm which can cause a significant concern to the city. As for the social benefits, this climate change adaptation strategy could help avoid the damage of many buildings causing it to displace over 13,000 residents. Lastly the economic benefits could help with the cost of the disaster that was climate related giving the city emergency funds and significant adaptation actions that would be taken. I do believe that this challenge could help new buildings being built around flood prone areas to ensure vulnerable people are being prioritized and given action from potential flooding.

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