Climate Change: Cross-Canada Briefings Before Kyoto

VANCOUVER

 

Friday, November 7, 1997
Upper Lounge, International House
1783 West Mall, Vancouver, BC
University of British Columbia

8:30 Registration and coffee

9:00 Welcoming Remarks, by John Robinson, Director, SDRI

9:05 Introduction to the Session: Hugh Morris, President, CGCP

9:15 Understanding Climate Change, Jim Bruce, IPCC WG3, CGCP Board member

• General overview: Jim Bruce
• Impacts and adaptation on human health: Sheldon Roth, Director – Environmental Research Centre,University of Calgary
• Mitigation: Jim Bruce
• Economic and Social Costs: Michael Margolick, The ARA Consulting Group

12:00 Lunch (included with registration fee)

13:00 The International and National Negotiation Process, by Doug Russell, GCSI Inc.

14:15 The position of the Federal Government, by Arthur Martell, Regional Director General, Pacific and Yukon Region, Environment Canada

14:45 The position of the Provincial Government, by Don Fast, Assistant Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks

15:15 Break

15:30 Panel: What should Canada do in Kyoto and beyond?

• Chair: John Robinson, SDRI
• Panel: Robert Falls, RWF Consulting;
  
  Jim Fulton, David Suzuki Foundation;
  
  Michael Walker, The Fraser Institute

16:45 Conclusion of the Session: Hugh Morris

17:15 End of the Session

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