TABLE OF CONTENTS Geoscience and Climate Change in the Palliser Triangle of the Southern Canadian Prairies Economists' Statement on Climate Change Readers Write CGCP Now Designing Economic Instruments to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in North America International Global Change Programs - Structures for Understanding IAI News Paleoenvironmental Studies in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia Biodiversity Conservation in Quebec National Science Meeting of the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) CCP INFO The Toronto-Niagara Region Study: Preparing for Current and Future Atmospheric Change British Columbia and Yukon Climate Change Program Adapting to Climate Change and Variability in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin: A Binational Symposium Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Activities EVENTS CALENDAR

Events Calendar April 14-15, 1997 Renewable Energy: Releasing Canada's Stranded Opportunities — Ottawa, Ontario. Canada's 2nd national renewable energy trade show and commercial markets conference. Contact Passmore Associates Int'l, Suite 600, 99 Bank St., Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6B9; tel: +1-613-566-7005; fax: +1- 613-233-9527; Web site: http://home.istar.ca/~passmore/rets97.htm May 1-4, 1997 Securing Northern Futures: Developing Research Partnerships — Edmonton, Alberta. This conference will address, among other things, the impacts of ozone depletion and climate change on northern regions. Contact the Conference Secretariat, Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, 8820-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada. Tel: +1-403-492-4512; fax: +1- 403-492-1153; e-mail: canadian.circumpolar.institute@ualberta.ca May 12-16, 1997 Third International Conference of Science and the Management of Protected Areas (SAMPA III): Linking Protected Areas with Working Landscapes Conserving Biodiversity — Calgary, Alberta. Contact Patricia Benson, SAMPA III Conference Secretariat, #552, 220 4th Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 4X3, Canada. Tel: +1-403-292-4519; fax: +1-403-292-4404; e-mail sampa3@pch.gc.ca; Web site: http://www.canadianrockies.net/conventions/sampa.html May 12-15, 1997 Model Forest Forum '97 — Winnipeg, Manitoba. Contact Manitoba Model Forest, P.O. Box 10, Pine Falls, Manitoba R0E 1M0; tel: +1-204-367-5232 fax: +1-204-367-8897; e-mail: gkynman@cancom.net May 20-22, 1997 IGAC/SPARC Conference on Global Measurement Systems for Atmospheric Composition — Toronto, Ontario. Contact IGAC-GOMAC, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada. Tel: +1-416-978-4723; fax: +1-416-978-8905; e- mail: gomac@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca; Web site: http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/gomac May 25-28, 1997 The Eighth International Global Warming International Conference and Expo — New York City, USA. Organized jointly by the Global Warming International Center (GWIC) USA and Columbia University. Contact Sinyan Shen, International Program Committee, Global Warming International Center, 22W381 75th Street, Naperville, IL 60565-9245, USA. Tel: +1-630-910- 1551; fax: +1-630-950-1561; e-mail: syshen@megsinet.net May 26-29, 1997 Technologies for Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) — Vancouver, BC. This international conference is being organized by the International Energy Agency (IEA) Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme to highlight technologies for, and practical experiences of, reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the context of AIJ. Contact Pierce Riemer or Andrea Smith, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme, Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, CL52 4RZ, UK. Tel: +44(0)1242 680753; fax: +44(0)1242 680758; e-mail: mail@ieagreen.demon.co.uk; Web site: http://www.ieagreen.org.uk/aij.htm June 3-6, 1997 Canadian Water Resources Association 50th Annual Conference, Footprints of Humanity: Reflections of Fifty Years of Water Resource Developments — Lethbridge, Alberta. Contact F.A. Roff, Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District, 334 Thirteenth St., N, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1H 2R8, Canada. Tel: +1-403-327-3302; fax: +1-403-320-2457. June 5-7, 1997 Implementing Sustainable Energy in a Changing World, the 23rd Annual Conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc. — Vancouver, BC. Contact SESCI, 250-2415 Holly Lane, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 7P2, Canada. Tel: +1-613-523-0974; fax: +1-613-736-8938; Web site: http://www.newenergy.org/newenergy/sesci.html June 9-13, 1997 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly — New York. Convened to complete a review of the implementation of Agenda 21. Contact Andrey Vasilyev, UN Division for Sustainable Development. Tel: +1-212-963-5949; fax: +1-212-963-4260; e-mail: vasilyev@un.org September 9-16, 1997 Ninth Conference of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol — Montreal, Quebec. At this, the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol, the Conference of Parties will be accompanied by a number of celebratory activities. Contact K.M. Sarma, Coordinator, Ozone Secretariat, UNEP, PO Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254-2-623-885; fax: +254-2-521-930; e-mail: madhava.sarma@unep.no; Web site: http://www.unep.org/unep/secretar/ozone/home.htm December 1-12, 1997 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: Third Conference of Parties — Kyoto, Japan. Contact: UNFCCC Secretariat. Tel: +49-228-815-1000; fax: +49-228-815-1999; e-mail: secretariat@unfccc.de; Web site: http://www.unfccc.de