Associate Webinar: Brennan Vogel on sub-national approaches to climate change adaptation

Continuing our series of Associate webinars after Lindsay’s excellent kick-off, Brennan Vogel, Associate of SSG and PhD candidate will present and discuss his research focused on sub-national approaches to climate change adaptation in Canada. Brennan will share empirical evidence and analysis of the social factors that enable and constrain adaptation at the local scale, based on comparative case study analysis of Nova Scotia’s MCCAP policy process at inter-related Municipal and Provincial scales. The webinar will share the results of this work. Vogel’s PhD research has focused on a comparative analysis of the Nova Scotia ‘Municipal Climate Change Action Plans’ (MCCAPs). In Canada, MCCAPs are the only Provincial example of a policy instrument to monetize vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning for Canadian Municipalities, utilizing the Federal Gas Tax policy instrument to financially leverage and incentivize adaptation planning for local stakeholders. 

Please register for ‘Sub-national approaches to climate change adaptation’ on October 21st, 2015 1:00 PM EDT at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/881849484181215385

Brennan’s PhD research has contributed methodological innovation (Vogel and Henstra, 2015; GEC 31:110-120) for conducting comparative analysis of adaptation planning and policy-making processes through case study. The methodology and conceptual framework provides a theoretically rigorous, methodologically practical and policy-applicable means for identifying and assessing the impactful social factors that affect the performance of adaptation policy and development interventions at variable governance scales.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.