{"id":150,"date":"2024-01-15T17:04:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T22:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=150"},"modified":"2024-05-25T09:28:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T13:28:22","slug":"climate-data-information-analysis","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/chapter\/climate-data-information-analysis\/","title":{"raw":"Climate Data &amp; Information Analysis","rendered":"Climate Data &amp; Information Analysis"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-524 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-DataInformation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"144\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSupporting [pb_glossary id=\"225\"]KSA[\/pb_glossary]s for this area\r\n<table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 1373px\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"border\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 469.817px\"><strong>Knowledge Of<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 414.5px\"><strong>Ability To<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 447.783px\"><strong>Attributes<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 469.817px\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Systematic and accepted methods of vulnerability and impact analysis<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Domains of mitigation, climate preparedness and adaptation, sustainability, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity, health, and social justice.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 414.5px\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Analyze information<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Interpret scientific data<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Draw from both Indigenous and Western science perspectives, concepts, and theories<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 447.783px\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Reflective\/adaptable thinking<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Critical thinking (incl. skepticism of misinformation)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<div align=\"left\">\r\n<table class=\"grid\" style=\"width: 1271px\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 108.783px\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 1132.53px\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>Climate Data &amp; Information Analysis Competencies<\/strong><strong>\r\n<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 108.783px\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 182.75px\"><strong>1. React\/Follow<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 459.683px\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>2. Act\/Apply<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 284.583px\"><strong>3. Anticipate\/Initiate\/Enable<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 162.867px\"><strong>4. Lead\/Strategize<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 108.783px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\"><strong>Competency Title<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 182.75px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Access and use climate information<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 204.45px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Collect climate information<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 241.017px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Analyze climate information<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 284.583px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Evaluate and interpret climate information<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 162.867px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 108.783px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\"><strong>Competency Statement<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 182.75px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Access and use climate information within scope of own role and areas of responsibility<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 204.45px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Collect climate information relevant to role and areas of responsibility<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 241.017px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Analyze climate information related to own role and areas of responsibility<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 284.583px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Evaluate and interpret climate information from a range of sources and for different contexts<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 162.867px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 108.783px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\"><strong>Performance Criteria<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 182.75px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Apply a theoretical and practical grounding in the core concepts of climate action<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Apply evidence-informed frameworks<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Critically review peer-reviewed and grey literature (e.g., government reports)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Distinguish the relationships between climate change adaptation and mitigation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Distinguish the relationships between weather and climate<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Review established metrics, data, and enabling conditions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Use, shape, handle and share different sets of climate information and knowledge<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Make informed decisions and take responsible action based on information<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 204.45px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Define geographical scope\/organizational boundaries<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Gather historical\/baseline climate data<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Acquire local\/regional climate projections and downscaled data<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify climate confidence levels and scale of change (thresholds, timeframes)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify relevant climate scenarios and impacts to be assessed<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify populations\/subpopulations and assets to include in assessment<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 241.017px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Apply scientific principles and core concepts of climate change science, mitigation, and resilience<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analyse emerging patterns and short \u2013 and long-term climate action options<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analyse social, economic, cultural, and historical contexts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Build from and leverage existing sustainability, climate adaptation, energy and emissions reduction, and biodiversity research, plans and goals<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Gather and synthesize climate data<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Collate, analyse, and structure information<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Present evidence\/research using statistical and wider analytical skills<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Access, critically appraise and assess the quality of published research and other potential sources of evidence<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Interpret, use, and present data and evidence in defining policy and practice<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Integrate facts into climate systems analysis.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 284.583px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Assess the importance of climate change and climate action research.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Interpret peer-reviewed and grey literature<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Assess the validity of climate change and climate action research.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Apply systematic and accepted methods of vulnerability and impact analysis<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understand climate system interactions, patterns, events, feedback loops, thresholds, atmospheric\/ecosystem processes, and interconnections between various systems<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Translate climate scenarios, current climate trends, and regional and global impacts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Translate complex or detailed climate science and climate action information<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Generate new information on mitigation, adaptation, and adaptive capacity<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Communicate complex or detailed climate science and climate action information<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 162.867px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-524 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-DataInformation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-DataInformation.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-DataInformation-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-DataInformation-768x123.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-DataInformation-65x10.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-DataInformation-225x36.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-DataInformation-350x56.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Supporting <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_150_225\">KSA<\/a>s for this area<\/p>\n<table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 1373px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 469.817px\"><strong>Knowledge Of<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 414.5px\"><strong>Ability To<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 447.783px\"><strong>Attributes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 469.817px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Systematic and accepted methods of vulnerability and impact analysis<\/li>\n<li>Domains of mitigation, climate preparedness and adaptation, sustainability, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity, health, and social justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 414.5px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Analyze information<\/li>\n<li>Interpret scientific data<\/li>\n<li>Draw from both Indigenous and Western science perspectives, concepts, and theories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 447.783px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Reflective\/adaptable thinking<\/li>\n<li>Critical thinking (incl. skepticism of misinformation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<table class=\"grid\" style=\"width: 1271px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 108.783px\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 1132.53px\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>Climate Data &amp; Information Analysis Competencies<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 108.783px\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 182.75px\"><strong>1. React\/Follow<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 459.683px\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>2. Act\/Apply<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 284.583px\"><strong>3. Anticipate\/Initiate\/Enable<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 162.867px\"><strong>4. Lead\/Strategize<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 108.783px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\"><strong>Competency Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 182.75px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Access and use climate information<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 204.45px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Collect climate information<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 241.017px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Analyze climate information<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 284.583px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Evaluate and interpret climate information<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 162.867px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 108.783px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\"><strong>Competency Statement<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 182.75px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">Access and use climate information within scope of own role and areas of responsibility<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 204.45px;text-align: 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mitigation<\/li>\n<li>Distinguish the relationships between weather and climate<\/li>\n<li>Review established metrics, data, and enabling conditions<\/li>\n<li>Use, shape, handle and share different sets of climate information and knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Make informed decisions and take responsible action based on information<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 204.45px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Define geographical scope\/organizational boundaries<\/li>\n<li>Gather historical\/baseline climate data<\/li>\n<li>Acquire local\/regional climate projections and downscaled data<\/li>\n<li>Identify climate confidence levels and scale of change (thresholds, timeframes)<\/li>\n<li>Identify relevant climate scenarios and impacts to be assessed<\/li>\n<li>Identify populations\/subpopulations and assets to include in assessment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 241.017px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Apply scientific principles and core 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