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Greetings from C-CIARN Agriculture, ***Abstracts for posters (and perhaps papers) are still being accepted up to May 17 *** IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN CANADA. Loews le Concorde Quebec City, Quebec November 6-9 2005 This conference may be a good opportunity for highlighting how climate change adaptation strategies can be integrated into existing sustainable agriculture practices. The event is sponsored by the Agricultural Institute of Canada, in cooperation with l'Ordre des agronomes du Quebec, the University of Vermont, and other partners. More information The recent Climate Change Adaptation 2005 conference in Montreal (May 4-7) was a great success with over 300 people attending. Presentations from the conference will eventually be available through the conference web site http://adaptation2005.ca/. Those pertaining to agriculture will be compiled and available on the C-CIARN Agriculture web site. You will be notified when they are ready. CLIMATE CHANGE AND CANADIAN SOCIETY: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES Preliminary Program June 2, 2005 University of Western Ontario London, Ontario A one-day C-CIARN symposium will take place during the Congress for Humanities and Social Sciences. This symposium is intended to raise awareness of climate change issues and encourage social scientists to engage in climate change research that relates to impacts, adaptation, risk perception, community vulnerability and resilience, governance, policy, and effective communication. ADAPTATION OF CROPS AND CROPPING SYSTEMS TO CLIMATE CHANGE Dalum Landbrugsskole, Odense, Denmark. 7-8 November 2005 More information VULNERABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE AMERICAS October 17-28, 2005 Asunción, Paraguay Sponsored by the Inter-American Institute for Global Climate Change Objectives: The central objective of this Training Institute is to contribute to the development and strengthen the local and regional capacity to deal with vulnerability associated with climate variability and climate change in the Americas, particularly Latin America. Content: The two-week Training Institute will include lectures from leading experts on the main theme and subthemes, in addition to seminar discussion, case study presentations; group activities and hands-on exercises; and a field trip among others. Application and Financial Support: A full announcement will be available on the IAI website in the next few weeks at www.institutes.iai.int and the submission of applications will be done through the website. Financial support will cover travel to and from Asunción, lodging, meals, local transportation and travel insurance for selected participants (maximum of 20). In addition, 1-3 slots may be available to international organizations interested in sponsoring their own participants to the course, as long as they can demonstrate the benefits of this training to their current programs and activities. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY: NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community University of Bonn, Germany, 9-13 October 2005 More information The latest issue of Adaptation Science Newsletter from the Environment Canada’s Adaptation and Impacts Research Group (AIRG) is now available: English French A new report, INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NORTHEAST, is now available from Climate Change Research Centre, New Hampshire Report available here Adaptation the key to surviving climate change, scientists say Article available here ABC News Online | by Gary Kemble | April 4, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A climate change conference in Canberra has been told Australia needs to consider focusing on ways of adapting to our changing environment, rather than pouring money into trying to stop global warming. The conference was organized by the Australian APEC Study Centre to consider the approach to climate change, in the wake of the failure of countries such as the United States and Australia to ratify the Kyoto protocol. Climate change won't spare crops Article available here Science Now | by Mason Inman | April 27, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Projections that climate change during the 21st century could benefit agriculture may be off target, two new studies show. The studies, which tested the effects of higher CO2 and ozone levels in open fields of soybeans, suggest models of future crop production are missing important factors. Vermont syrup producers see climate threatening industry Ontario Farmer | by Peter Reschke | May 3, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maple syrup producers there are downright depressed about the subject. Following a series of less-than-ideal winters for syrup production they're worried that their century-old industry will lose out to competitors to the north. All for now, Ellen Wall Co-ordinator, C-CIARN Agriculture (Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network for Agriculture) Blackwood Hall (Room 202) University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 Phone: 519 824 4120 ext 58480 Fax: 519 763 4686 http://www.c-ciarn.uoguelph.ca |
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