Climate Resilience

Description

Mandate: To accelerate the advancement and adoption of climate-resilient innovations and sustainable vineyard practices, ensuring the long-term viability of BC’s wine grape sector amid increasing climate variability.

Working Group Responsibilities:

Attend and actively participate in working group meetings (quarterly minimum).
Contribute to the identification, development, and delivery of key strategic priorities.
- The Advisory Committee will approve strategic priorities, project budgets, and deliverables recommended by each group. Where strategic overlaps occur, groups will coordinate with one another to ensure aligned implementation.
Develop and maintain a tactical action plan along with key metrics for tracking success.
Implement Working Group projects, as approved by the Advisory Committee
Embed sustainability, DEIA, and knowledge transfer into all activities.
Meet on an ad-hoc basis for emerging events.
Submit progress reports and final summaries to the Program Delivery Team and Advisory Committee.

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Skills & Qualifications:

Working group participants should be actively engaged in BC’s wine grape industry or a closely related sector (i.e. agriculture, agri-tech, food & beverage) and bring relevant experience to the working group theme in at least one of the following areas:

1. Climate Science & Risk Forecasting: Background in climate modeling, risk forecasting, or agroclimatic decision support tools and experience in applied climate science related to viticulture.

2. Viticulture & Sustainable Agriculture: Practical or academic experience in sustainable viticulture and vineyard management and knowledge of precision agriculture, regenerative practices, and adaptive techniques for drought, heat, or frost.

3. Plant Breeding & Genetics: Experience with grapevine varietal research, clean plant programs, and rootstock innovation and an understanding of varietal trials and disease-resistant breeding strategies.

4. Research & Innovation Strategy: Experience in developing or managing innovation clusters or research networks and ability to design frameworks for long-term research prioritization and technology adoption pathways.

5. Knowledge Transfer & Industry Engagement: Ability to translate complex science or research into practical recommendations.

Desired Skills: