Ouranos invites you to its webinar on the Quebec Inter-Sectoral Flood Network (RIISQ) on April 14. This presentation is free and does not require registration.
ACESS THE LIVE PRESENTATION | ID : 869 2565 0660 | Code : 126907
PROGRAM
Speaker: Philippe Gachon, Professor, Department of Geography, UQAM, and Executive Director of the RIISQ
Our planet's climate system is on the verge of a major shift as the rate of global warming accelerates. This rapid and unprecedented modification of the climate since the pre-industrial era favours the amplification of the hydrological cycle and the occurrence of hydrometeorological extremes such as spring floods, especially in northern regions where the snow-rain regime of rivers is particularly sensitive to the combination and changes of various factors (e.g. speed of snow melt, occurrence, duration and intensity of rain-on-snow events, ice thickness in rivers, etc.). The increasingly deleterious consequences of flooding are also of particular concern for populations and infrastructure, as vulnerability and exposure contexts change rapidly across the territory, and as irreversible climate change increases over the coming decades. The complex nature and dynamics of flood risks therefore require the mobilization and enhancement of knowledge (theoretical and practical) from all walks of life, and the redoubling of efforts to identify and implement more proactive flood management at the watershed scale. In order to develop our collective resilience in the face of these major challenges, cross-sectoral research and intervention is therefore more necessary than ever. An integration of information on the future of the climate, the social, economic and health development of communities, and the implementation of innovative and sustainable strategies for territories and living environments should make it possible to improve or increase our capacity to deal with recurring floods or other water-related risks related to climate change. This presentation will present the activities and intersectoral projects funded by the RIISQ, as well as the challenges and next steps. The project for a platform for data exchange and sharing and for the valorization of intersectoral knowledge will also be briefly presented, mobilizing the academic network and socio-economic partners. For more details on the RIISQ and its activities: https://riisq.ca/
