Climate change is an important issue that poses potential risks for our environment. The City of Dieppe has created the Climate Change Adaptation Plan, which outlines some of those risks, including flooding, hurricanes, forest fires and heat waves. The report identifies an overflowing Petitcodiac River as the biggest potential threat to our city.
The Climate Change Adaptation Plan was adopted by Council in 2014, and ongoing studies have identified areas of potential flood risk:
Potential flood zone - sector 1
Potential flood zone - sector 2
Potential flood zone - sector 3
Potential flood zone - sector 4
Potential flood zone - sector 5
The Approach for Flood Protection in Response to Climate Change report contains recommendations to mitigate the risks. Here is the executive summary.
Info: climat@dieppe.ca