Acknowledgements

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dr. Robin S. Cox is the Director of the Resilience by Design Lab at Royal Roads University (RbD). The RbD works at the intersection of climate change and disasters to inspire climate action and disaster risk reduction through research, innovations, and connection. Robin also leads the Climate Action Leadership graduate programs at Royal Roads and numerous climate upskilling and reskilling projects.

Dr. Michelle-Hamilton Page is a researcher with the Resilience by Design lab. Michelle’s research focuses on gender and sexual orientation in the workplace, with research exposing the harassment and discrimination faced by gender non-conforming queers in the workplace, and an emergent non-binary leadership model, or Unbound Leadership. Michelle’s post doctoral focus brings together her research on Unbound and intersectional leadership with emerging best practice in Climate Action Leadership.

Dennis Green is co-author of the eCampusOntario Open Competency Toolkit and has over 15 years of experience developing competency-based standards, training, and assessment approaches across a wide range of organizations and industries

Other Contributors

Novak Rogic is the Web Strategist, leading the web projects that emphasize content sharing and collaboration. Novak has over 20 years of experience in enterprise solution architecture for web development; information architecture, user interface design and resource management; sharing, social and community building strategies.

Caroline Mayhew joins the CACFv.2 project as graphic designer. With over 20 years of experience, Caroline excels in transforming ideas into dynamic visual content, delivering engaging designs that resonate with diverse audiences.

Miriam Ponette joins the CACFv.2 project as a Research Assistant with the Resilience By Design Lab (RbD). Miriam has a Master’s in Climate Action Leadership from Royal Roads University and works with Green Communities Canada as a sustainable mobility lead. In her spare time, she volunteers in local climate action, community gardening, newcomer services and reconciliation efforts.

Alexander Ho joins the CACFv.2 project as a Research Assistant with the Resilience By Design Lab (RbD). Alex holds a Master of Climate Change (MCC ’23) from the University of Waterloo with an applied focus in climate change communications and now continues to work in climate change adaptation as an Analyst, Climate Adaptation and Resilience at Climate Risk Institute.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS!
Thank you to all the other Resilience by Design Lab staff, collaborators, researchers, and contractors who contributed to this work and to the many climate adaptation and climate mitigation subject matter experts who reviewed the prototype and contributed to enhancing this version of the CACF V2.

A shout out also to Emily Coolidge, Director of Learning Pearson College UWC for sharing her Climate Action Leadership competency framework based on an adaptation of CACF V1.

And thanks also to members of the Resilience by Design Lab not mentioned above who contributed to the original CACF V1 including:

Ms. Vivian Forssman, MBA, is the Program Manager for the Resilience by Design lab, an led the Adaptation Learning Network project in that role. Vivian is a higher education consultant and senior project manager.

Ms. Susanna Niederer, MA, was part of the development of the original Climate Adaptation Competency Framework as a Researcher with the Resilience by Design lab. Susanna is a climate adaptation professional and leads a climate resilience consultancy, KlimaHandlung in Zurich, Switzerland.

Ms. Lynn Sikorski was part of the development of the original Climate Adaptation Competency Framework, bringing expertise in competency framework design. Lynn is a principal consultant and leadership coach with Kaleidoscope Performance Consulting.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Thank you to our funders for their support in the creation of the Climate Action Competency Framework. This work was funded by the Climate Action Secretariat, British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and the Resilience by Design Lab, Royal Roads University.

The CACF V2 builds on the original Climate Adaptation Competency Framework (V1) which was funded through the Adaptation Learning Network project, Natural Resources Canada: Building Regional Adaptation Capacity & Expertise (BRACE) and the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, and Royal Roads University.

FEEDBACK

We welcome input and feedback to this document. We consider the CACF V2 as a living document that will be updated as it is used and as climate change and its impacts evolve and demand that competencies also evolve.

Please provide your input and feedback on the form found here.