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Who's Who in the Climate Change World?

  
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The following is a list of climate change adaptation resources for communities.  By no means is this a complete list, and if you would like to add your organization or project, please contact us.

Local / Regional:

1. Reducing Canada’s Vulnerability to Climate Change (NRCan)

Municipal Case Studies: The Planning Process and Climate Change  
 a) Phil Hill et al – Corporation of Delta; Impacts of Sea Level Rise
 b) Ian J Walker – Graham Island (Haida Gwaii);  Impacts of Sea Level Rise

2. Canadian Forest Service

a) Vanderhoof Community Vulnerability Assessment pilot project
            Brian Frenkel, Vanderhoof 
            Tim Williamson, Canadian Forest Service
b) Guidebook: A Framework for Assessing Vulnerability of Forest-based Communities to Climate Change (download)
            Tim Williamson, Canadian Forest Service

3. Ministry of Forests and Range

Vanessa N. Egginton, Research Climatologist
Northern Interior Forest Region, 1011-4th Avenue Prince George, BC, 250-565-4333.

4. University of Northern BC

a) UNBC lists 13 climate change projects and the experts that are leading the research: http://www.unbc.ca/experts/climate_change.html
b) Dr. Stephan Déry leads the Northern Hydrometeorology Group in investigating the role of climate variability and climate change on the high-latitude and alpine water cycle.
c) The Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Institute is a formal association of UNBC faculty and affiliates, many of whom are involved with climate change research and teaching.

5. Peace Energy Cooperative

6. One Sky: Canadian Institute for Sustainable Living

Provincial

1. BC MoE – Water, Air and Climate Change Branch

a) Government Action on Climate Change
b) Climate Action Plan
c) MOE Climate Change Branch
    i) Lee Thiessen - Director
    ii) Jenny Fraser - Climate Change Adaptation Advisor
    iii) Ben Kangasniemi - Climate Science Specialist

2. BC Ministry of Forests and Range - Adapting to Climate Change

a) Kathy Hopkins - Climate Change Technical Advisor
b) Website: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/mof/Climate_Change/
c) Future Forest Ecosystem Initiative
d) Preparing for Climate Change: Adapting to Impacts on B.C.’s Forest and Range Resources

3. Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS)

This BC government-funded institute is hosted and led by the University of Victoria in collaboration with the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the University of Northern BC.  PICS links BC’s climate researchers together and ensures results are transferred to government, industry and the public. Website: http://www.pics.uvic.ca/

4. Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)

a) Trevor Murdock - http://pacificclimate.org/
b) Canadian Institute for Climate Studies: http://www.cics.uvic.ca/ 
c) Royal BC Museum Maps - This map series on projected climate scenarios illustrates how BC’s landscape may look over the next 80 years.

5. Fraser Basin Council

The Fraser Basin Council has a basin-wide program that focuses on adaptive decision-making and water management as it relates to climate change. Website:  www.fraserbasin.bc.ca

6. Columbia Basin Trust

The Columbia Basin Trust developed and distributed a pamphlet entitled "Climate Change in the Canadian Columbia Basin: Starting the Dialogue".  Website: http://www.cbt.org/climatechange/.

7. BC Sustainable Energy Association

Website: http://www.bcsea.org/

8. david suzuki foundation:  solving global warming

Website: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/

9. BC Climate Action Toolkit

10. BC Climate Exchange

11. BC Climate Action Secretariat

National:

1. Natural Resources Canada

a) Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Division
b) Enhancing Resilience in a Changing Climate
c) Canadian Model Forest Network - Climate Change Strategic Initiative

2. Environment Canada

a) Adaptation and Impacts Research Group - The AIRG is working to promote and facilitate adaptation to atmospheric change, variability and extremes and to assist in identifying the need for other response options.
b) Canadian Center for Climate Modelling and Analysis - CCCma conducts research in coupled and atmospheric climate modelling, sea-ice modelling, climate variability and predictability, the carbon cycle, and a number of other areas, located on the University of Victoria campus.

3. Alliance for Resilient Cities (ARC)

ARC is a collaborative network of decision-makers that supports the efforts of local governments to identify the impacts of climate change, analyze adaptation options and develop action strategies to protect their communities. Website: http://www.cleanairpartnership.org/arc.php.

4. The Pembina Institute

5. Climate Change Central - Alberta

6. Canadians for Kyoto

Website: http://www.canadiansforkyoto.org/

7. Canadian Youth Climate Coalition

Website: www.ourclimate.ca

International

1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Website: http://www.ipcc.ch/.  The IPCC has been established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.  Read the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report, released February 2007.

2. New Zealand Government Climate Change Solutions

3. United Kingdom Climate Impacts Program

4. Greenpeace International

5. International Climate Change Partnership

Website: http://www.iccp.net/.  The ICCP is a global coalition of companies and trade associations from diverse industries committed to constructive and responsible participation in the international policy process concerning global climate change.

6. Center for International Climate and Environmental Research

Website: http://www.cicero.uio.no/index_e.asp.  CICERO’s mission is to provide reliable and comprehensive knowledge about all aspects of the climate change problem.

7. Clinton Global Initiative - Energy and Climate Change

Website: http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org. The Clinton Global Initiative will explore specific steps for cutting emissions of heat-trapping gases and shaping a clean energy future.

8. Climate Justice - Enforcing Climate Change Law

The aim of the international and collaborative Climate Justice Programme is to ensure that laws related to climate change are enforced so that the necessary cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are made.  Website: http://www.climatelaw.org/.

9. Real Climate Organization

10. US Environmental Protection Agency

11. 350 Organization
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