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NORTHERN CLIMATE CHANGE NETWORK LISTSERV, Feb/07– Issue 7
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IN THE NEWS...
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
Feb. 2/07 - In their newly released Fourth Assessment Report (pdf, 2MB) the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that there is more than a 90% chance that global warming has been caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases. Some consequences and their probabilities are also evaluated. Wikipedia. Details.
Climate Change: To act or not?
Feb. 2/07 - "International scientists and officials hailed a report Friday saying that global warming is "very likely" caused by man, and that hotter temperatures and rises in sea level "would continue for centuries" no matter how much humans control their pollution." CBC News. Details.
EVENTS
Understanding and Enabling Adaptive Management in Natural Resource Management
The BC Forest Practices Branch is pleased to host two session of this workshop:
Session 1: Monday, February 12, 2007 – Victoria BC
Session 2: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 – Kamloops BC
*Venues to be determined.
There is no fee, however registration is on a first come first serve basis. For more information, contact Kandy Schroder, Selkirk Management Services, Phone: 250-512-9039.
Climate Change in High Definition: Scenarios for Impacts and Adaptation Research
Date: March 6-7, 2007
Location: Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel, Vancouver, BC
Presented by: The Adaptation & Impacts Research Division of Environment Canada
This two-day meeting of international scenarios experts will review the state-of-the-art in climate modeling, climate scenarios, downscaling tools and application of scenarios for decision-making. The meeting will also launch the new Climate Change Scenarios Network (CCSN) website and will offer hands-on training in Environment Canada’s new statistical downscaling tool developed in collaboration with l’Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Eau, Terre et Environment (INRS-ETE), Universite du Quebec.
For more information and to register (free, but space is limited), please go to http://ontario.ccsn.ca/conference/index.php .
Rember to visit C-CIARN BC’s Events webpage for additional information on global, national, and local events related to climate change.
RESOURCES
The resources listed here are a small subset of those listed in our Who’s Who page.
