It could cost $9.5 billion to implement flood-protection improvements in Metro Vancouver by 2100 to address sea level rise, according to a report by Delcan commissioned by the B.C. government.

The report, Cost of Adaptation - Sea Dikes and Alternative Strategies, covers more than 250km of coastal shoreline in Metro Vancouver including the Fraser River downstream of the Port Mann Bridge. The report explores options such as new or expanded dikes, floodwalls where there is insufficient room for dikes, breakwaters or barrier islands to dissipate wave energy, restrictions on building in the floodplain and better emergency response systems. 

Detailed information on British Columbia weather—past and present—is now just a mouse click away, thanks to a new data portal launched by the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) at the University of Victoria.

In October 2012, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC) adopted Professional Practice Guidelines - Legislated Flood Assessments in BC, to identify the circumstances when risk assessments are appropriate and to emphasize the need to consider climate change and land use changes in such assessments.