Sea level rise, combined with increasingly powerful storm surges, threatens catastrophic flooding to the homes and business along the shores of False Creek. Vancouver's world-famous seawall has already begun to crumble under the waves.

The shoreline of False Creek today is, frankly, unprepared for the climate of tomorrow. The transformation of this city is certain, but we can do more than just endure it — we can be its co-creators. Today’s anchor, Mutuma, is sitting down with Angela Danyluk and Tom Lancaster to discuss the challenges and the opportunities of that transformation. 

Tom Lancaster is the General Manager of Granville Island, one of the city’s most iconic locations, and one at particular risk of flooding. The diverse needs of Granville Island’s tenants are, in some ways, a microcosm of the entire city.

Angela Danyluk is a Senior Sustainability Specialist at the City of Vancouver, the manager of Climate Adaptation & Equity, and was the project manager for the Sea2City Design Challenge: which, through community collaboration, produced a gorgeous vision for 4 key sites along False Creek: combining shoreline rewilding with urban development, and laying out a framework for how we can not just cope, but thrive with our future tides.

In this episode, we’re diving into how facing climate change can make our city (and False Creek) better for everyone.