On August 18, 2025, the Climate Smart Lab has officially launched the first-of-its-kind lab-scale coastal-inland flood simulator in the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation.
This flood simulator will play a critical role in advancing world-leading research towards the transition from climate emergency declaration to real climate actions. In particular, the research team in the Climate Smart Lab will utilize the simulator to test the effectiveness of various nature-based and engineering-based coastal protection measures in order to find sustainable solutions to protect the island from coastal erosion and floods in a changing climate.
Here is a short video showing how the simulator works:
The official launch of this flood simulator has also been reported by CBC News (see this link: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6872813):
Here in the Climate Smart Lab, we are a group of people developing sustainable climate solutions with cutting-edge technologies to help build climate-resilient communities. Collectively, we are working together with experts from all disciplines to build a climate-smart future for the next generation and many generations to come.