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Greetings from C-CIARN Agriculture, A database of literature on climate change impacts/adaptation and agriculture (in endnote, English only) is now available for downloading from our web site. If you have difficulty getting access to it please contact us and we’ll send a copy directly. A basic version of our website is now available en Français. 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. ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN CANADA 2005: UNDERSTANDING RISKS AND BUILDING CAPACITY May 4-7, 2005 Le Centre Sheraton Montréal Hotel Montréal, Québec http://adaptation2005.ca/ GREENHOUSE 2005 (with Impacts and Adaptation as one of the themes) 13-17 November, 2005 Melbourne, Australia More information Call for proposals for CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY: ENGINEERING CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY May 9 - 12, 2006 - Ottawa Congress Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada More details through: http://www.ccc2006.ca/ (Adaptation is one theme in this conference. From an agricultural engineering perspective, papers on irrigation, plant breeding and resource management, etc. would be of interest.) The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently launched its Global Climate Change website. This new site provides a wealth of information about the Agency’s Global Climate Change Program which aims to integrate climate change into USAID’s development programs. The site includes information on policies and programs, annual reporting, publications and outreach, and country narratives. It also features information on the following sectors: clean energy technology, land use and forestry, adapting to climate variability and change, capacity building, and climate science for decision-making. Finally, the site provides links to various climate change related documents and reports, as well as links to other U.S. Government climate change efforts. Cuba's worst drought in a century Article available here Planet Ark | March 14, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAVANA - Cuba's worst drought in a century has left one in six Cubans without running water and will get worse, a Cuban official warned on Friday, calling on the nation to save water. The prolonged drought has hurt the Caribbean island's sugar and rice production and led to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of head of cattle in the parched eastern provinces of Las Tunas, Camaguey and Holguin. Drought Costs Portuguese farmers one billion euros: sector head France Presse English | March 10, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LISBON, March 10 (AFP) - A severe drought in Portugal has cost farmers one billion euros (1.3 billion dollars) in damages since September, a level that is set to rise further, the head of the main farmers' association said Thursday. "It is a very complicated situation. I don't remember anything like this," Luis Mira, head of the Confederation of Portuguese Farmers, told AFP. Drought-tolerant plants logical choice in this weather Vancouver Island News Groups | March 9, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That long stretch of rainless weather reminded me that there are more dry days ahead and that we should be thinking of drought-tolerant plants. Many of these include our native species, of course well used to our capricious climate. 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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