Climate Change: Cross-Canada Briefings Before Kyoto
Announcement and Invitation

 

 
Are you:

• aware that decisions with significant implications for Canada are likely to be made at an upcoming international climate change meeting (Kyoto, December 1997)?
• seeing the climate change issue appear more and more frequently in your work?
• unable to keep up with the flow of information and looking for a credible, concise, and current overview of the issue and its implications for Canada and your region?

Yes?

Then you are invited to attend one of a series of one-day briefing sessions to be held this fall in the following cities:

• Calgary: Wednesday, November 5th
• Vancouver: Friday, November 7th
• Montreal: Wednesday, November 12th (note: session will be in French)
• Toronto: Monday, November 17th
• Halifax: Wednesday, November 19th

Note: Click on region to view agenda details.

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Presented by:

the Canadian Global Change Program of The Royal Society of Canada

 
In partnership with:

the Faculty of Environmental Design at University of Calgary

the Macleod Institute for Environmental Analysis at University of Calgary

the Sustainable Development Research Institute at the University of British Columbia

l'Association de climatologie du Québec and l'Institut des sciences de l'environnement at l'Université du Québec à Montréal

the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University

the School of Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University

Supported by:

Environment Canada (EPS; Ontario Region)

TransAlta Utilities Corporation

BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks

Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Faune du Québec

Hydro-Québec

Nova Scotia Power

Kimberly-Clark Nova Scotia

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During each one-day session, participants will....

• receive briefing materials
• hear and ask questions of experts speaking on the key climate change issues
• leave the day with a balanced understanding of:
  • the science of climate change
  • the impacts of climate change in Canada and your region
  • technical and policy responses to the threat of climate change
    • adaptation and greenhouse gas reduction strategies
    • the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC): the players and progress in ongoing international negotiations
    • the Canadian dynamic within the changing international scene: positions of the federal and provincial governments, municipalities, various industry sectors, and other stakeholders
  • the key issues to be faced in Canada, how they will affect you, and how you can get involved
  • how to keep yourself informed about the climate change issue.

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