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November 2006 Listserv

  
McGregor Russia project.

MLA Hosts Climate Change Forums

MLA Bob Simpson is hosting two forums on climate change:
  • Quesnel: 7-10 pm, Wednesday, Nov. 15th
  • Williams Lake: 7-10pm, Thursday, Nov. 16th
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Colin Campbell from the Sierra Club, bringing the BC context to the issue.  For details contact Jo-Anna Johnston at  (250) 991-0296, Toll free: 1-866-991-0296, fax: (250) 991-0281, 401-410 Kinchant St., Quesnel BC V2J 7J5.

UK Publishes Review on the Economics of Climate Change

Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economic Service and former World Bank Chief Economist, was commissioned by the British government to conduct a comprehensive review on the economics of climate change.  The review was published Monday, October 30, 2006 (report and details), which takes an international perspective.  The report states that the international community should spend 1% of global GDP over the next decade to reduce climate change impacts, because failing to do so could cost us up to a 20% drop in economic growth.  Below are 4 articles that provide details and debate the results of the report:

United Nations Climate Change Conference - Nairobi 2006

"Kenya is hosting the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, in conjunction with the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention, in Nairobi from 6 to 17 November 2006".  Details.

November 4 - Global Day of Action on Climate Change

Citizens across the globe participated in demonstrations against climate change on November 4th, 2006 to coincide with the UN Climate Talks in Nairobi.  Details.

A Success - Kamloops Forum on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Tools

If We Snooze, Do We Lose? This was the title the Living by Water Project chose for its September 29, 2006 forum in Kamloops on adapting to the impacts of climate change. Sarah Kipp reports that the forum was a successful stimulant to dialogue in the Thompson-Nicola-Shuswap region. “We borrowed the idea of café sessions from the May workshop that McGregor Model Forest project organized in Prince George,” she said. “They helped contribute to a balance of science presentations and community dialogue.” The 65 participants came from a wide variety of sectors.  A report on the forum results will be posted in early 2007 on the website for the Living by Water’s climate change adaptation project: www.naturalists.bc.ca.

Interested in knowing what local and global events are being held?

C-CIARN’s EVENTS website posts a calendar of local and global events.  Note that the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Research Initiative is sponsoring a seminar at UBC in Vancouver on the afternoon of November 28.
Michigan State University is hosting an International Symposium entitled "Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region: Decision Making Under Uncertainty".  The event will be held March 15-16, 2007,  and registration is free.  The call for poster abstracts has been issued, the deadline is December 29th.  Details.

A List of Resources:

Below is a small subset of the resources listed in our Who’s Who page that may provide valuable information to some:

On Thinning Ice

CBC Radio’s The Current takes a look at climate change and its effects in the Arctic. "Join Anna Maria Tremonti on her journey through the Canadian Arctic, as residents struggle with the profound effects of global warming."  Details.
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