Ebbwater’s core business is helping communities better prepare for natural hazards. These hazards are being driven by a changing climate – sea levels are rising, inland floods are increasing in severity, intensity and frequency, debris flows are being initiated more frequently, as are wildfires, to name just a few outcomes of climate change. We are […]
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At Ebbwater we believe in what we do, and we do it as well as we possibly can. We are passionate that Sendai principle #1: Understanding Risk is the best place to start to reduce risk. But our core work, assessing natural hazard and risk, especially in light of a changing climate, is rarely a […]
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We know that it is the middle of summer, and that winter storms and coastal flooding are not top of mind…but we are glad to say that they were top of mind at this week’s City of Vancouver council meeting. On Tuesday, Council unanimously passed a staff report that provided an update on sea level […]
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A few years back, we suggested that the City of Surrey broaden their arsenal of public communication materials as part of initial planning for sea level rise. They’ve since gone on to create lots of fantastic communications materials (that we certainly can’t take credit for). We will however take credit for two StoryMaps that we’ve […]
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Ebbwater Consulting has been working with the City of Vancouver on various aspects of sea level rise planning for the last five years. Last fall, our principal, Tamsin Lyle, was asked to speak about some aspects of this at an event put together by SFU (ACT), the City, and the Vancouver Aquarium. The City has […]
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Ebbwaterite and PhD Student, Silja Hund, works on both ends of the hydrologic spectrum. While at the AGU this past December, she was interviewed about her work in Costa Rica. Check in out here. We haven’t asked Silja if she prefers flood or drought….but in an office of flood nerds she might have a hard […]
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