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

DELTA: NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM (CGCP) is published quarterly by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). It is named after the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, a universal symbol for incremental change. This issue was edited by K. Mortimer. The members of the DELTA Editorial Board are M.R. Dence (RSC), F. Kenneth Hare (University of Toronto), J. Holmes (Parliamentary Centre), R.A. Price (Queen's University) and J. Watson (RSC). Desktop publishing and printing by Plantagenet Printing. Cover design and logo by 3rd Wave Design. We thank everyone who contributed. Your contributions or comments are always welcome. Letters or articles in either official language should be sent to: Canadian Global Change Program c/o The Royal Society of Canada 225 Metcalfe, #308, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1P9. Phone: (613) 991-5639 Fax: (613) 991-6996 E-mail: cgcp@rsc.ca WWW: http://www.cgcp.rsc.ca The CANADIAN GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM is the national focal point for global change activity in Canada. It represents a multidisciplinary network for coordinating research and communicating results, ideas and recommendations to the policy and research communities. Funds and indirect support are provided by Environment Canada's Green Plan, the Richard Ivey Foundation, the Canadian Climate Program, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Medical Research Council, the National Research Council, federal departments (including Agriculture Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada), non-government organizations, crown corporations, private industry and provincial governments. The CGCP Secretariat Staff Jeffrey Watson, Executive Director Claude Lefrançois, Program Coordinator Dave Henderson, Information Coordinator Karen Mortimer, Communications Coordinator Jim Bottomley, Program Assistant Yarrow McConnell, Program Assistant Denise Fortin, Secretary Canada & the State of the Planet Michael Keating, Project Director & Editor     The opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the writers, and do not necessarily represent those of the CGCP. © The Royal Society of Canada, 1997 Aussi disponible en français.