Assessing Climate Change Risk and Resilience in the Yukon
Legend:
The nine values: AC = Access CH = Culture and heritage CM = Community EH = Environmental Health
FS = Food security HW = Health and well-being INF = Infrastructure LH = livelihoods
Likelihood score: 1 =
EN = Energy
very low 2 = low 3 = moderate 4 high 5 = very high
=
Risk score
Low 0-4
Low 5-8
Moderate 9-12
Moderate 13-15
High 16-20
High 21-25
Table 4 shows the recommended actions to increase resilience for Priority 2.
Table 4 Summary of recommended actions, Priority 2: Floods and fires that affect communities and
livelihoods
Impact
no.
Recommended actions to increase resilience
2
11
17
18
19
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Significant impacts, Priority 2
Wildfires threaten communities, heritage values,
and infrastructure.
Changing water levels, conditions and flow in
rivers and lakes affect community infrastructure
Changes to the timing of ice freeze-up and
break-up on waterways
Groundwater levels are raised in some regions or
areas, posing risks to community infrastructure
Ice-jam floods occur along the Yukon River and
in other important watersheds
Flooding in communities is more frequent and
severe
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Extreme precipitation events cause damage
• Build capacity for flood forecasting and flood
mapping
Expand monitoring and modelling to support
flood forecasting
• Build capacity to predict areas vulnerable to
groundwater flooding and to mitigate the
potential adverse impacts of groundwater floods
in those areas
•
Support community preparedness for floods
Support preparedness for floods and fires on
private and commercial properties
• Increase capacity for incident response
•
Support preparedness for fires on publicly
owned properties
• Incorporate information on flood risks into
community infrastructure development
• Ensure that Yukoners work together on flood-
related emergency response
• Explore how collaboration can support
emergency planning and response
• Ensure adequate financial recovery is
available for emergencies related to floods
and wildfires
CHAPTER 4 PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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