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Greetings from C-CIARN Agriculture, As part of the National Assessment for Climate Change in Canada (due out in 2007) C-CIARN has created a set of five posters (in French and English) describing how Canadians can adapt to living in a changing climate. These will be available in July, 2007. Each one represents a different sector of Canadian life: Agriculture, Coastal Zones, Forests, Health, and Water Resources. The high quality posters (26”x 39”) are designed to appeal to a general audience. Please contact Ellen Wall (ewall@uoguelph.ca) if you would like to receive one (or more) of these posters. We would also appreciate your suggestions for groups/organizations/institutions who might be interested in them. 1. Climate Change scenarios and the potential for crop production in BC are featured here 2. Adaptation Actions database This resource catalogues how organisations in the UK are adapting to climate change. “Some change in our climate is going to be unavoidable and we will all need to adapt to minimise our risks. Climate change will also provide opportunities and we should try to exploit these. Many organisations are looking for examples of actions they can take to minimise risks or exploit opportunities. This database can help: it shows what others are doing to adapt and to help organisations identify what actions they might take to reduce their risks.” More details here 3. FAO has a climate change web site, Climpag, aimed at bringing together the various aspects and interactions between weather, climate and agriculture in the general context of food security. More details here 4. Presentations and related material from the Canadian Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation Directorate (CCIAD) Speaker Series are available here Climate change: science, politics and the management of uncertainty (A Partnership of the 21st Century Trust, the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office) Merton College, Oxford, 17 - 23 September 2007 For information, contact: John Lotherington, Director 21st Century Trust trust@21stCenturyTrust.org or visit http://www.21stCenturyTrust.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) 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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