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Archived Update — August, 2005


Greetings from C-CIARN Agriculture,

Welcome to new members. Besides providing information on the latest research, reports, and events, C-CIARN Agriculture is assisting authors of the Canadian Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Assessment (completion date, 2007). More information is available here.
We are also helping to organize parallel events for the upcoming COP 11 meeting in Montreal (Nov 28-Dec 9/05). (Information available here.
Please contact us with your questions, comments and/or advice regarding these initiatives.

Articles and Reports of Interest

1. Lessons learned from the Canadian drought years 2001 and 2002
Document available here

2. Bootsma, A., S. Gameda, and D. W. McKenney. 2005. Impacts of potential climate change on selected agroclimatic indices in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 85(2):293-343.

3. Bootsma, A., S. Gameda, and D. W. McKenney. 2005. Potential impacts of climate change on corn, soybeans and barley yields in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 85(2): 345-357. 

For those with electronic access to the journal, the Bootsma et al papers are available here

4. Carina, E. and H. Keskitalo A framework for multi-level stakeholder studies in response to global change. Local Environment. 9(5): 425-435

5. Dessai, S. and M. Hulme (2004) Does climate adaptation policy need probabilities? Climate Policy, 4, 107-128. Article available here

6. Food crops in a changing climate (report of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting) 20 Jun 2005.
Report available here

7. Report on California agricultural water demand

Upcoming Events

Climate or Development?
October 28-29, 2005
Hamburg Institute of International Economics
Hamburg, Germany
Further information available here or here

Links of Interest

Vulnerability/Adaptation Science http://www.sei.se/oxford/


Employment Opportunity

Publishing Manager and Office Administrator for Responding to Climate Change (RTCC)

Contact: Adam Bumpus for more information
Email: adam.bumpus@rtcc.org
Website: htpp://www.rtcc.org


All for now,

Ellen Wall (ewall@uoguelph.ca)
Co-ordinator, C-CIARN Agriculture
(Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network for Agriculture)
Blackwood Hall (Room 202)
Phone: 519 824 4120 ext 58480
Fax: 519 763 4686
http://www.c-ciarn.uoguelph.ca


























































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