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Every city is adaptingto a changing climate.

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Thousands of adaptation plans.
Millions of words.

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CDP CITIES DISCLOSURE · 2023
Halifax Regional Municipality — Climate hazards & adaptation
Adaptation actionBuilding codes

“The Extreme Water Level Mapping Project updates our coastal flooding maps for all of HRM using the latest sea-level rise projections and newly acquired LiDAR-derived basemaps. The new maps will identify areas across all of HRM that are vulnerable to extreme water levels — a combination of sea level rise, storm surge, tides, and regional oceanographic effects.”

Systems targetedBuilt Environment & Land Use

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JurisdictionHalifax
ActionBuilding codes in Halifax
HazardCoastal flood
Urban SystemBuilt Environment & Land Use
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Subject — predicate — object. Every edge is a typed claim, with its evidence attached.

DEPLOYED_IN ADDRESSES TARGETS ACTION Building codes in Halifax JURISDICTION Halifax HAZARD Coastal flood URBAN SYSTEM Built Environment & Land Use
EVIDENCE FOR THIS EDGE · CDP DISCLOSURE, HALIFAX
“The Extreme Water Level Mapping Project updates our coastal flooding maps for all of HRM using the latest sea-level rise projections…”
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WELLINGTON RESILIENCE STRATEGY · confidence 0.8
“Extreme weather is already affecting our coastline and low-lying parts of the city, damaging seawalls and flooding homes.”
✓ verified · Wellington Resilience Strategy → ADDRESSES → Storm surge
WELLINGTON RESILIENCE STRATEGY · confidence 0.9
“Large-scale shock events — such as big earthquakes”
✓ verified · Wellington Resilience Strategy → ADDRESSES → Earthquake
MUSEUM SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTS, AMSTERDAM
“The climate conditions in all exhibition areas… must be determined at a level appropriate for the new museum.”
✕ rejected · indoor climate control, not a climate hazard
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