New Brunswick Climate Change Hub Advisory Committee Meeting

October 7th, 2009

Killarney Lake Rotary Lodge

Roles / Responsibility• Kurtis Knappe – Registration, Time, Notes

• Nadine Ives – Co-Chair, Facilitator, Notes

• Eddie Oldfield – Co-Chair, Facilitator, Notes

• Table Group Facilitators:– Alycia Morehouse, City of Fredericton

– Tim Vickers, ACAP Saint-John

– Alex Good, One Tree Orchard

– Lauren Kennedy, Enbridge Gas NB

– Greg Leblanc, Falls Brook Centre

– Devin Causley, Federation of Canadian Municipalities

– Nadine Ives, NB Climate Change Hub

– Kurtis Knappe, NB Lung Association

• Reflections Catering, Shelley Vachon

• PSAV Audio Visual

Group Discussion 1Please share your current activities and your approach to public

education and behaviour change. Discuss how you:

A: Communicate on climate change and taking action

B: Remove barriers and change perceptions

• for example, overcome the perception that taking action is costly, difficult, or insignificant;

• promote awareness of co-benefits and how taking action can improve quality-of-life.

C: Measure Sustained Behaviour Change (individual, community, and corporate-wide) and Evaluate Impact.

All Groups will present during plenary.

Scan• All roads lead to and from CopenhagenCopenhagen

• Global Climate Change Thresholds / Impacts

• Cost of Action vs Costs of overshooting 2 Degrees Celsius (inaction)

• Intense Mitigation / Adaptation Scenarios

• Waxman-Markey Bill / ACES – North America

• Low Carbon Pathways, Regulations and Offsets, Regional Economic

Development (energy, transportation, buildings and infrastructure), Federal /

Provincial Programs

• Active Communities, Integrated Community Sustainability Planning,

Participatory Engagement, GHG reduction initiatives

Hub Structure / Funding / Goals• Mandate: Public Education, Capacity Building, Motivating Action

• Location: Offices at the New Brunswick Lung Association

• Funding:

– NB Environmental Trust Fund

– Receipt of membership donations (industry)

– Receipt of donation on behalf Green Award Recipients (Enbridge Gas NB)

• Staff:

– 2 Core Staff: Director, Community Coordinator

– Additional support staff: Website, IT, Database, Communications, Administrative, Financial

and Senior oversight, Board of Directors, volunteers.

• Hub Advisory Committee, Membership, and Partnerships

• Community Outreach, Clearinghouse, Thematic Workshops

• Web Resources and Interactive Maps

Current Hub Activities• 2 Advisory Committee meetings (Oct. ‘09, Feb. ‘10 / post-Copenhagen)

• 5 Municipal Teleconferences (guest speakers and knowledge exchange)

• Development of Guidance Briefs + Resource Kit

• Assistance with 2nd Mayors’ EcoChallenge

• Update of Active Community Profiles (online)

• Weekly Newsmonitoring / Website updates

• Survey of Stakeholder groups + Canadian Hubs

• Clearinghouse services & Workshop participation

• Fostering support for policies, programs, projects, that aim for CO2 reductions

• Enhance communication, collaboration, and identification of gaps / opportunities

• Three-Year Strategic Planning

Other Canadian Hubs / CentresItem: # of Hubs/Centres

• Have Advisory Committee: 4 yes, 2 no• Funding:

– from Federal Government: 3 yes, 3 no– from Provincial Government: 5 yes, 1 uncertain– from Private Sector: 3 yes, 3 no

• Priorities:– Conduct Public Education and Outreach: 5– Build Capacity, Inform Policy, Motivate Action: 4– Support Adaptation Efforts: 3– Support Mitigation Efforts: 3

• Key Barriers:– Cost-Sharing / Funding: 4– Stakeholder Participation: 2– Human Resources: 2– Public Awareness: 2– Policy Coherence: 2– Translation: 2– Other: 2

All Hubs were interested in a quarterly teleconference to share information, hosted on a rotating basis by each Hub.6 of 8 Hubs completed the survey

NB Stakeholder SurveyRanked by Order of Importance (statistically speaking)

1. Advisory Committee1. Facilitate Dialogue, Promote Leadership, Move toward Climate Change Goals2. Augment Capacity, Identify Barriers, Enable stakeholders to exchange knowledge3. Bring together diverse stakeholders, foster understanding of policy, standards, regulations4. Explore new / emerging technologies, best practices, and policies

2. Clearinghouse1. Exchange Information with Hub Network, Hold Workshops (local & provincial)2. Distribute weekly newsmonitoring, maintain website resources, invite experts3. Develop Guidance Briefs, Table Top Display4. Conduct Surveys, Distribute Wallet Cards

3. Build Capacity of Municipalities1. Provide Access to resources/templates, Collaborate with organizations at community-level2. Conduct Community Workshops, Presentations to Municipal Council / Staff3. Facilitate Quarterly Teleconferences, Promote PCP / Energy Smart, Develop Community Profiles

4. Public Education and Outreach1. Raise Public Awareness / Motivate Action, Identify Barriers, Collaborate with Stakeholders2. Facilitate Outreach & Community Engagement, Share Methods to Measure Carbon Footprint 3. Utilize Media

5. Support Climate Change Plan1. Stakeholder Facilitation, Support Community Plans for GHG reduction2. Foster support for low-carbon economy, map environmental-health information3. Inform, educate, motivate action; and conduct surveys to inform policy

Opportunities for 2010 +• Public Education: Climate Science, Mitigation, Adaptation

• Clearinghouse for Reports, Science, Policy, and public education materials

• Stakeholder Facilitation and Information Sharing / Dissemination

• Commitments & Action to reduce GHG emissions – (individual, organization, community, province)

• Greening Cities / Infrastructure: Community and Regional Approaches to Sustainability

• Greater Efficiency, Cleaner Fuel & Energy Technologies, Building Codes & Policy Advancement

• Opportunities for new business, training, and technology (e.g. solar, biomass, wind, tidal,

hydrogen, automotive, etc)

• Waste Stream Diversion & Methane/Carbon Sequestration

• Water Conservation, Capture, Storage, Recycling

• Offsets – for all types of projects for which CSA protocols exist

• Collective Carbon Footprint Measurement

Group Discussion 2How could the NB Climate Change Hub support the Climate Change Plan and engage

stakeholder community?

– Identify Opportunities for Collaboration / Action + their impact

– Identify Gaps in public education, mitigation, adaptation

– What should the Hub focus on for the next three years? Build Consensus on Foci

– How could the Hub meet these goals / deliver activities?

We also welcome suggestions for:

– Helping communities achieve 5 milestones (Partners for Climate Protection)

– Topics / Methods for public education, community workshop, stakeholder survey, or

conference to inform policy.

– Activity that might delivered by the Hub and partners

– Improvement for future Advisory Committee meetings

Plenary / Voting• Organize Ideas on the Wall

• Each table can take a minute to identify their ideas

• Participants will vote on the ideas by placing stickers –

this helps us to rank priorities among the group.

Post-Meeting• Note Taking / Compilation / Report Distribution

• Follow Up Actions

• Communicate with Stakeholders & other Canadian Hubs

• Website Update / Maintenance

• Guidance Briefs / Resource Kit

• Mayors & Councilors’ EcoChallenge / Community Meetings

• Development of Three Year Strategy

Sold Out!Empire Theatre, Regent Mall

6 pm Open / 6:15 pm Screen Time / 8:00 pm Discussion