Comments on: NRCan adaptation report http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/ Temporarily Torontonian Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:04:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: . http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-84242 . Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:52:35 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-84242 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/26/north-climate-infrastructure.html" rel="nofollow">Climate change threatens North's infrastructure: report</a> Last Updated: Thursday, November 26, 2009 | 10:16 AM ET Canada's North is at risk and unprepared to deal effectively with the threat climate change poses to the region's roads, buildings, waste sites and other other critical infrastructure, according to a federal advisory body. In a report released Thursday, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy says the North requires a comprehensive effort to ensure "communities become more ready to adapt to expected climate changes leading to degrading permafrost, melting ice roads, storm surges and coastal erosion." David McLaughlin, the president and CEO of the roundtable, said changes in temperatures in the region could put buildings at risk if they are built on permafrost. "They will start to degrade," he told CBC News. "The foundations will become unstable you'll get cracks in them. Hospitals and schools all will start to crumble." Climate change threatens North’s infrastructure: report

Last Updated: Thursday, November 26, 2009 | 10:16 AM ET

Canada’s North is at risk and unprepared to deal effectively with the threat climate change poses to the region’s roads, buildings, waste sites and other other critical infrastructure, according to a federal advisory body.

In a report released Thursday, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy says the North requires a comprehensive effort to ensure “communities become more ready to adapt to expected climate changes leading to degrading permafrost, melting ice roads, storm surges and coastal erosion.”

David McLaughlin, the president and CEO of the roundtable, said changes in temperatures in the region could put buildings at risk if they are built on permafrost.

“They will start to degrade,” he told CBC News. “The foundations will become unstable you’ll get cracks in them. Hospitals and schools all will start to crumble.”

]]> By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81924 Milan Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:54:55 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81924 I don't think it ever was, and I think this was a case of releasing a report on the Friday before a long weekend, as well. There was a cross-country tour planned for the authors, as well, which got canceled. Or so I've heard. I don’t think it ever was, and I think this was a case of releasing a report on the Friday before a long weekend, as well. There was a cross-country tour planned for the authors, as well, which got canceled. Or so I’ve heard.

]]> By: Cory Morningstar http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81923 Cory Morningstar Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:53:25 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81923 I have both reports - I just wasn't sure if the Health Canada report was ever posted to the government website. I couldn't locate it - however - I wanted to ask around in case I missed it. Thanks for your help! I have both reports – I just wasn’t sure if the Health Canada report was ever posted to the government website. I couldn’t locate it – however – I wanted to ask around in case I missed it.
Thanks for your help!

]]> By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81920 Milan Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:34:00 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81920 It still isn't on the official Health Canada website, which <a href="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/climat/eval/index-eng.php" rel="nofollow">says</a>: "If you would like to order a hardcopy version and/or an interactive CD of the Assessment Report, please contact Health Canada's Publications." It still isn’t on the official Health Canada website, which says: “If you would like to order a hardcopy version and/or an interactive CD of the Assessment Report, please contact Health Canada’s Publications.”

]]> By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81919 Milan Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:32:36 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81919 That report is here: <a href="http://www.sindark.com/2008/08/03/human-health-in-a-changing-climate/" rel="nofollow">Human Health in a Changing Climate</a> August 3, 2008 It was written by Health Canada, not NRCan. That report is here:

Human Health in a Changing Climate
August 3, 2008

It was written by Health Canada, not NRCan.

]]> By: Cory Morningstar http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81918 Cory Morningstar Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:01:56 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81918 Human Health in a Changing Climate: A Canadian Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacity - is this one still not published on the government website? Do you know? ... Thanks! Human Health in a Changing Climate: A Canadian Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacity – is this one still not published on the government website? Do you know? …
Thanks!

]]> By: . http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81771 . Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:05:09 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81771 <a href="http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/assess/2007/index_e.php" title="From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007" rel="nofollow">From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007</a> <a href="http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/assess/2007/pdf/full-complet_e.pdf" title="" rel="nofollow">Download</a> [PDF, 19.7 Mb, viewer] the full report, 448 pages. From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007

Download [PDF, 19.7 Mb, viewer] the full report, 448 pages.

]]> By: Cory Morningstar http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81767 Cory Morningstar Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:28:05 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-81767 Where is the link where this report is found on the government website? The link is no longer valid. Does anyone know? Thanks! Cory Morningstar Where is the link where this report is found on the government website?
The link is no longer valid.
Does anyone know?
Thanks!
Cory Morningstar

]]> By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Human Health in a Changing Climate http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-47620 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Human Health in a Changing Climate Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:31:54 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-47620 [...] Canada has followed up the climate change impact assessment carried out by Natural Resources Canada with a report of their own: Human Health in a Changing Climate: A Canadian Assessment of [...] [...] Canada has followed up the climate change impact assessment carried out by Natural Resources Canada with a report of their own: Human Health in a Changing Climate: A Canadian Assessment of [...]

]]> By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » American climate change impacts report http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-42841 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » American climate change impacts report Fri, 30 May 2008 22:19:44 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-42841 [...] Because of a 2006 lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, a judge in Oakland California ordered the release of the Climate Change Science Programs (CCSP) assessment of climate change impacts in the United States. In total, the public release of the report was delayed for three years. The report - Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States - is now available online. It is not unlike the impacts report previously released by Natural Resources Canada. [...] [...] Because of a 2006 lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, a judge in Oakland California ordered the release of the Climate Change Science Programs (CCSP) assessment of climate change impacts in the United States. In total, the public release of the report was delayed for three years. The report – Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States – is now available online. It is not unlike the impacts report previously released by Natural Resources Canada. [...]

]]> By: . http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-35689 . Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:58:41 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-35689 # A few of the report’s findingsHumans run the real risk of triggering processes in this century that will inevitably lead to "potentially cataclysmic surprises" in the next; # Canadians will experience greater economic and social impacts at the local and regional levels than national or global scale analyses predict; # Water quality and quantity will decline on a seasonal basis in every region of Canada. Prairie drought will become the norm. # Drought is responsible for 6 of the 10 most costly events in Canadian history. The national 2001-2002 drought cost about $5.8 billion and more than 41,000 jobs; # Excluding drought, short-term costs from nine extreme weather events between 1991 and 2005 totalled over $10 billion; # Climate-related impacts will create significant challenges for maintaining biodiversity in Canada’s protected areas; # We have the knowledge necessary to start undertaking adaptation activities in most situations now. # A few of the report’s findingsHumans run the real risk of triggering processes in this century that will inevitably lead to “potentially cataclysmic surprises” in the next;
# Canadians will experience greater economic and social impacts at the local and regional levels than national or global scale analyses predict;
# Water quality and quantity will decline on a seasonal basis in every region of Canada. Prairie drought will become the norm.
# Drought is responsible for 6 of the 10 most costly events in Canadian history. The national 2001-2002 drought cost about $5.8 billion and more than 41,000 jobs;
# Excluding drought, short-term costs from nine extreme weather events between 1991 and 2005 totalled over $10 billion;
# Climate-related impacts will create significant challenges for maintaining biodiversity in Canada’s protected areas;
# We have the knowledge necessary to start undertaking adaptation activities in most situations now.

]]> By: . http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-35523 . Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:57:23 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/10/nrcan-adaptation-report/#comment-35523 <a href="http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hXxMDrXjPRlN0v5UnnGi_yI7xKrQ" rel="nofollow">Feds quietly release climate report despite spending $50,000 on PR</a> 1 day ago OTTAWA — The federal government paid $50,000 to a top public relations firm to choreograph the release of a major study on climate change - only to quietly post it online after it was leaked. Natural Resources Canada hired Hill and Knowlton last year to craft the unveiling of a study that took years of research and input from more than 140 experts. But the department abruptly posted the report on its website late Friday after the CBC revealed its contents the day before. Department officials had anticipated a national launch, followed by regional events across the country, said a source speaking on the condition of anonymity. "The plan was to launch it with a bit of fanfare." Feds quietly release climate report despite spending $50,000 on PR

1 day ago

OTTAWA — The federal government paid $50,000 to a top public relations firm to choreograph the release of a major study on climate change – only to quietly post it online after it was leaked.

Natural Resources Canada hired Hill and Knowlton last year to craft the unveiling of a study that took years of research and input from more than 140 experts.

But the department abruptly posted the report on its website late Friday after the CBC revealed its contents the day before.

Department officials had anticipated a national launch, followed by regional events across the country, said a source speaking on the condition of anonymity.

“The plan was to launch it with a bit of fanfare.”

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