Case studies

Lessons Learned

Instead of conducting a comprehensive predictive modelling approach to potential climate change impacts in Mt. Assiniboine Park, a “multiple lines of evidence” approach was used based on existing and recent long-term global climate model scenario predictions and applied professional judgments.

Improved resolution of future climate trends can be achieved by incorporating a range of evolving techniques, including: regional downscaling of GCM predictions, elevation corrections, enhanced local baseline data using higher resolution datasets, and trend analysis using statistical and sensitivity testing.