• Envirosat Monitoring the Rate of Climate Change

    Envirosat Monitoring the Rate of Climate Change

    Our ice caps, rain forests, El Nino, CO2 emissions, extreme weather, now undergoing rapid change

    Climate Change

    Real Scientific Information

  • Quelccaya glacier, Peru – Melt Back 1978 – 2002

    Quelccaya glacier, Peru – Melt Back 1978 – 2002

    World’s largest tropical ice cap going fast

    Climate Change

    Real Scientific Information

  • First Nation Environmental Managers

    First Nation Environmental Managers

    The negotiations will continue until the rights are recognized

    First Nation Negotiations

    Staying On Track

  • Natural Resource Management

    Natural Resource Management

    Shared Decision Making over resources is at the heart of the negotiations

    First Nation Negotiations

    Staying On Track

  • Remediation on First Nation Lands of a Major Contaminated Site

    Remediation on First Nation Lands of a Major Contaminated Site

    Clean-up involved the identification, location and appropriate disposal of toxic PCPs

    Environmental Planning

    Project Management

  • Sediment Analysis on Great Slave Lake, Northern Canada

    Sediment Analysis on Great Slave Lake, Northern Canada

    Ambient monitoring analysis and design for the Mackenzie River Basin

    Environmental Planning

    Professional Experience

  • Moose and her Calf at Rabbitkettle Lake, Northern Canada

    Moose and her Calf at Rabbitkettle Lake, Northern Canada

    Designing water quality objectives for Nahanni National Park

    Environmental Planning

    Professional Experience

Brian Olding & Associates Ltd.

Climate Science Interpretation - Impacts on Water - First Nation Environmental Issues

Climate change is now the number one environmental challenge facing our planet. International climate protocols alone cannot adequately address this issue. Governments, corporations and individuals must also take their own actions. One of the major obstacles to controlling climate change is the misunderstanding and lack of confidence in the science behind climate change.

This, in turn, has resulted in critically low political support for climate change strategies. We are dedicated to producing superior interpretation of climate science to individuals, governments, corporate groups and NGOs.

The most important human rights issue in British Columbia today is the settlement of a wide range of First Nation negotiations. We specialize in unique and superior analysis for negotiation preparation and negotiation support in the fields of access to water resources, environmental contamination and shared decision making across traditional territories.

The access to clean, fresh water in British Columbia has become one of the most important components in First Nation negotiations. This is due to the increasing scarcity of water and the simultaneous impact of climate change which results in early snow melt and critically dry summers characterized by low river flows.

We ensure that these factors are rigorously addressed in the negotiation of water management issues.
 
 

Climate Change - Interpretation of Science

We are now in the post-Copenhagen and post-ClimateGate era. Climate change strategies are currently paralyzed at key levels of governments, corporations and individuals.

One reason for current political inaction is simply the state of public polling on climate change which reveals that approximately half of the developed world's populations do not support progressive climate strategies. The reasons for this are many and complex.

One of the key reasons is that climate science has been very poorly explained to the various public audiences. This is due, in part, to the fact that there are fewer working climate science communicators. Which is a key factor in why this site exists.

We do not simplistically think that an injection of science information will automatically result in publics which side more frequently with climate strategies. Clearly, public opinions and values are more complex than this. We do know, however, that without the basics of climate science explained in a crystal clear manner, there cannot even begin to be a dialogue on appropriate climate strategies.

This is one of the main mission goals for this site. Review our January 2010 Paper -  DOWNLOAD THE PAPER 903.31 Kb

European Heat Wave 2003 - 30,000 DeathsCalifornia Fires

First Nations Issues

Water is your most prescious resource. You must have access to clean, fresh water for your First Nation lands. Water for the salmon, water for your homes, and water for your future economic development. Which is why we carry out an utterly rigorous supply demand analysis for water resources when negotiating access to water resources to ensure that the water will be there when it is needed.

Environmental Evaluations are an important service that provides you with a comprehensive check on the state of your lands and their overall environmental health. Environmental issues are identified and summarized to provide you with clear and concise Environmental Briefs and Backgrounders.

Shared Decision Making lies at the heart of First Nation negotiations in British Columbia. It means that First Nations have the right to comanagement of natural resources across their territories. With an increasingly youthful population that is steadily gaining in educational skills, First Nations are finding themselves in the enviable situation of having the educational tools combined with their traditional cultural grounding. This is a powerful confluence of intelligence and inheritance. The challenge for treaty negotiations is to secure the means to actively comanage resources at both the technical and policy levels.


Cariboo-Chilcotin Land Use Planning

Brian Olding & Associates Ltd. are working with the Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw (NStQ Northern Shuswap) communities to determine how NStQ interests throughout their traditional territories are currently represented in Provincial land use plans. Together we are evaluating the most effective options required to ensure that key land use interests are fully addressed.


Key Reports

 

 Communicating the Science: the Number One Challenge for Climate Change

 A Call to Action for Shared Decision Making in BC

 Negotiating SDM in BC


Mining and First Nations Interests

The first integrated permit assessment in BC, carried out by a mining corporation and two First Nations, is currently being coordinated by Brian Olding & Associates Ltd.

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First Nation Brochure

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We have just released our latest First Nation brochure which outlines our services for Water, Environment, and Shared Decision Making.     Download the Brochure

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