Welcome to the Adaptation Clearinghouse

This site was created to support individuals, organizations, and communities in their efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change.  While the province is taking aggressive action to cut greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change (mitigation), this site is devoted to dealing with its growing impacts: changing temperature, sea level, rainfall, and extreme weather (adaptation).  The Adaptation Clearinghouse is a shared public project – intended to evolve in response to your feedback and our collective efforts to manage change. Inside you’ll find:

• Adaptation: Basic concepts, definitions and approaches to understanding and managing the impacts of climate change.

• Climate Information:  A simple table format offers local historical data and projections for different climate variables.

• Climate Impacts: An overview of climate change impacts on a broad range of sectors, from agriculture to tourism.

• Adaptation Tools:  Gives guidance on how to measure and address climate impacts in your community or organization.

• Adaptation Library:  Provides a list of relevant research and organizations of interest. 

• Adaptation Action:  See what steps are being taken in and around Nova Scotia to adapt.