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NORTHERN CLIMATE CHANGE NETWORK LISTSERV, Nov/07– Issue 10
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IN THE NEWS...
Canada 2050: A Quirks & Quarks Climate Change Special
On Saturday, November 24th - 12:06 - 1:00pm, CBC Radio One will be airing a special full-edition report that looks at Canada in the year 2050, and tries to imagine what effect climate change will have on our land, its people, its animals and plants, its biodiversity and its weather patterns. They will speak with a dozen of Canada’s leading climate experts, and get their predictions for Canada in 2050. If you don't catch the show live, visit www.cbc.ca/quirks/ to listen to the program.
Province announces Climate Action Team
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Climate Action Team (CAT) has some of the province’s best minds, including nine world leaders in the climate sciences, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today. The CAT has 22 members and one special advisor and will be chaired by Cheryl Slusarchuk, president of the Premier’s Technology Council. Details.
BC introduces climate action legislation
VICTORIA - British Columbia took a major step forward in the fight against global warming with the introduction of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, Premier Gordon Campbell and Environment Minister Barry Penner announced today. Details.
New MFR Director of Climate Change and Forest Carbon
Effective November 5, 2007, a new work unit has been created within the Ministry of Forest and Range’s Forest Stewardship Division to provide focused strategic direction in the areas of climate change and forest carbon management. Dale Draper is the Acting Director of this group until the position has been filled. Staff from the Tree Improvement Branch (Kathy Hopkins and Shelley Webber) will be seconded into this work unit and, effective immediately, Brian Barber will be assuming the position of A/Director, Tree Improvement Branch.
IPCC releases Fourth Assessment Synthesis
On Saturday, the IPCC released it’s Fourth Assessment Synthesis report in Valencia, Spain. This report synthesizes the earlier three component reports released earlier this year. However, for the first time, the IPCC warned that "continued human-caused warming would lead to some impacts that are abrupt or irreversible." His presentation is at:
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/presentations/valencia-2007-11/pachauri-17-november-2007.pdf. The summary for policy makers of the synthesis report (23 pages) is at:
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr_spm.pdf
EVENTS
February 2008 - Living with Climate Change: Are There Limits to Adaptation?
Conference Announcement: The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the University of Oslo, with the support of the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) project, announce a two day international conference to be held on 7 and 8 of February 2008 at the Royal Geographical Society in London. The overall objective of this conference is to consider strategies for adapting to climate change, in particular to explore the potential barriers to adaptation that may limit the ability of societies to adapt to climate change and to identify opportunities for overcoming these barriers. The conference is aimed at researchers and practitioners with an interest in understanding how societies adapt to climate change. View details.
RESOURCES
Guidebook released to help communities assess vulnerability
The Canadian Forest Service has just released a guidebook entitled "A Framework for Assessing Vulnerability of Forest-based Communities to Climate Change". (Download)
Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council
Two climate change reports were recenly released by the PFRCC, available at http://fish.bc.ca/helping-pacific-salmon-survive-impact-climate-change-freshwater-habitats.
