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Climate Change Task Force

Climate Change Task Force. April 2014. Task Force Background. Current mandate ends April 2014 Primary objective To recommend how TAC can provide leadership on climate change issues of interest to members Primary role Coordination and recommendation

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Climate Change Task Force

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  1. Climate Change Task Force April 2014

  2. Task Force Background • Current mandate ends April 2014 • Primary objective • To recommend how TAC can provide leadership on climate change issues of interest to members • Primary role • Coordination and recommendation • We are not experts on the technical subject matter

  3. 2014 Conference Events The Task Force is jointly developing five sessions for the TAC 2014 Montreal Conference: • Covering your Assets: Using Asset Management Tools To Reduce Climate Change Impacts (with Asset Management Task Force) • Experience with Reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions during Construction or Maintenance (with Chief Engineers Council) • Review of the research projects on the transportation sector’s adaptation to the impacts of climate change carried out in Québec as part of the 2006-2012 • Vulnerability of Quebec Transportation Infrastructures and Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change and Highlights of the 5th GIEC Report • Municipal Sector & Storm Water Management Related session being put on by ERSC NICC Subcommittee: • Climate Change Issues for Northern Infrastructure Engineering

  4. Task Force End of Mandate Options • Over the summer of 2013 options were developed and analysed then discussed during the Winnipeg meeting on September 23rd, 2013. The Options were: • Renew Task Force mandate • New entity • Distributed Form / Review Panel • Dissolve (No further work required)

  5. Summary Analysis of Options • The preferred solution was for the CCTF to dissolve if there was; • Capacity distributed among existing TAC entities, or • New entity in TAC (Council or Standing Committee) • However, Task Force members agreed the capacity was not yet in place among TAC entities to do the work needed. Further, any new entity would not provide value beyond what the CCTF provides.

  6. CCTF RecommendationApril 2014 • Renew the Task Force until April 2016 • Approve the revised mandate and work plan that focuses on building capacity in TAC entities to address climate change issues when the Task Force to dissolve at the end of the 3rd term. • Increase the CCTF membership to 30 to build capacity and the critical mass of knowledge needed in TAC standing committees for TAC to function when the Task Force ends.

  7. How You Can Help to Build Capacity • Name a representative from your Committee to CCTF • Provide your thoughts on HOW to build capacity and critical mass of climate change knowledge within TAC (and especially in your committee) to meet the 2 year extension of the CCTF • Advise CCTF, through your representative, what your committee needs to have the capacity to address climate change issues.

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