British Columbia’s hydrologic and climatic landscape is both diverse and complex, encompassing everything from small coastal watersheds to large, snowmelt dominated basins. This diversity presents unique challenges to floodplain mapping projects when it comes to incorporating climate change into the project. _x000D_ _x000D_ In this talk, NHC will share lessons learned from our experience incorporating climate change assessments into open water, ice jam and lake/coastal floodplain mapping projects. We will discuss the idea that the approach to incorporating climate change into a floodplain mapping study is dependent not only on the specific characteristics and climate projections for the watershed of interest but also on various project-specific factors, and that a single approach can rarely be applied to multiple studies. _x000D_ _x000D_ Drawing on our range of experience, we will demonstrate how a tailored approach to climate change is essential for successful implementation in floodplain mapping. Additionally, we will explore common challenges, such as the availability of data and tools, navigating the regulatory environment, and project planning and budget, and how these play into determining the approach and methodology of climate change analysis for floodplain mapping studies. Finally, we will discuss ways that we can move forward from some of these challenges and constraints to provide better mapping products in the future. _x000D_
