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Canadian
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Assessment
The
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Directorate at Natural Resources
Canada (NRCan) is coordinating a national scale scientific assessment of
climate change impacts and adaptation in Canada. This assessment will
examine the existing and growing body of impacts and adaptation knowledge,
to address key questions regarding Canada’s vulnerability to climate change,
as well as potential future opportunities for adaptation. Leading Canadian
experts from government, academia and the private sector are participating
in the Assessment, committing their time and expertise, to help guide the
process and author the chapters.
The
main goals of the National Assessment are:
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To
assess the current state of knowledge regarding Canada’s vulnerability
to climate change.
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To
provide Canadians with an up-to-date source of information that can be
used to inform decision-making and policy development, with a particular
focus on adaptation.
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To
highlight what we know, and emphasize how much we’ve learned through
research since the publication of the last national-scale assessment in
1998.
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To
identify any knowledge gaps that need to be addressed.
For
more information on the National Assessment
click here.
Pollution Probe is the co-lead on the Ontario
Chapter
The
National Assessment will be divided regionally, and the Ontario Chapter will
be co-authored by Dr. Quentin Chiotti, Pollution Probe’s Air Program
Director and Senior Scientist, and Beth Lavender, Scientific Planning
Officer at NRCan’s Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Directorate. The
writing team also includes research assistance from Charles O’Hara,
researcher at Pollution Probe, and Jacqueline Richard, assistant coordinator
of C-CIARN Ontario at Laurentian University.
The
Ontario Chapter brings together leading experts on Climate Change Impacts
and Adaptations in Ontario to provide input on the implications of climate
change for the following sectors: Agriculture, Energy, Ecosystem Health,
Coastal Zones, First Nations, Forestry, Human Health, Mining, Municipal
Infrastructure, Tourism, Transportation, Water
Our
sectoral experts include:
Dr. Jean
Andrey, University of Waterloo
Dr. John Casselman,
Queen’s University
Dr. Steve
Colombo, Ministry of Natural Resources
Dr. Rob
deLöe, University of Guelph
Mr. Paul
Gray, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Mr. Lawrence
Ignace, Environment Canada
Dr. Paul Kovacs,
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR)
Dr.
Daniel Scott, University of Waterloo
Dr.
Graeme Spiers, Laurentian University
Dr. Mark
Taylor, AMEC Consulting
Dr. Ellen
Wall, University of Guelph
In
addition, the Ontario Chapter has an advisory panel for guiding how the
chapter will integrate the input from the different sectors:
Dr.
Philippe Crabbé, University of Ottawa
Mr. Lawrence
Ignace, Environment Canada
Ms. Joan
Klassen, Meteorological Service of Canada, Ontario Region
Dr. Dieter
Riedel, consultant formerly with Health Canada
Dr. Tom
Brydges, consultant, formerly with Environment Canada
Mr. Al
Douglas, Coordinator C-CIARN Ontario
For
more information on the Ontario Chapter please contact:
Dr. Quentin
Chiotti
Climate
Change Programme and Senior Scientist
Pollution
Probe
625
Church St., Suite 402
Toronto,
ON, M4Y 2G1
qchiotti@pollutionprobe.org
Phone:
(416) 926-1907 ext 236
Fax:
(416) 926-1601
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