CSHS Webinar: Developing and Interpreting Extreme Weather, Climate and Flood Statistics in a Changing Climate
CSHS Webinar:
Developing and Interpreting Extreme Weather, Climate and Flood Statistics in a Changing Climate
Date: May 15, 2025
Presenters: Jeremy Fyke and Joel Trubilowicz
How will floods change in my community in a changing climate?
As part of their role as effective water managers, CWRA members are now regularly expected to address this question by developing weather, climate and flood statistics that reflect not just present-day, but also future, climate conditions. Addressing the challenge of ‘climate change aware’ flood assessments involves combining standard operational flood assessment methods with new approaches and tools. Drawing from experience at the interface of climate science and hydrological methods, we aim to review this changing landscape. As part of this, we will address some key considerations for climate-change-aware flood assessments, including how to:
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Develop and interpret climate and flood statistics’ in the context of future projections
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Integrate future-projected model data into flood assessment project workflows
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Communicate the essence of future-projected weather, climate and flood statistics to stakeholders and clients
With this webinar, we hope to increase confidence of water management practitioners to integrate climate change into their work.
Jeremy Fyke is a Coordinator with the Data Products Office at the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, within Environment and Climate Change Canada, where he works to translate insights from weather and climate data to decision making.
Joel Trubilowicz is a hydrologist with ECCC’s National Hydrologic Service. He has specialized in assessing climate impacts on water supply and hydrologic extremes for over 15 years in academia, as an engineering consultant, and with the federal government.