sust-mar: climate change adaptation workshop

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From: Kyle McKenzie <kyle.mckenzie@dal.ca>
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Adaptation of Atlantic Canadian Communities to Climate Change
(C-CIARN Atlantic's Third Regional Workshop)

Are you concerned about how climate change may impact the Atlantic
Provinces? Should we be planning strategies now to adapt to these changes?
The Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network will be hosting
a free two-day workshop on this topic on June 12 and 13 in Charlottetown and
I encourage you to attend.

Unlike many other recent climate change workshops, this one will not debate
the causes of climate change or what we can do to prevent it, but instead
focus on what Atlantic Canada communities can do to adapt to the potential
impacts of climate change. Atlantic Canada may be particularly hard hit by
rising sea level, extreme weather events, and coastal erosion as a result of
climate change. Freshwater resources may become scarcer and agriculture may
experience drought. Exotic pests may bring new diseases. Traditional
lifestyles may be threatened. Because resource based economies are likely to
be harder hit than industrial economies, the Atlantic Provinces may suffer
proportionately more economic hardship than central Canada.

This two-day workshop will bring together researchers, policy makers, and
stakeholders from throughout the Atlantic Region to discuss the potential
impacts of climate change on Atlantic Canada and explore adaptation
strategies. Researchers will present examples of climate change
vulnerabilities and adaptation opportunities, with focus on communities,
municipalities, infrastructure, and transportation systems. Other
presentations will include the economics of adaptation and funding
opportunities. Stakeholders will respond to these presentations in the
context of how they see adaptation fitting into their areas of
responsibility. Workshop participants will then participate in a project
planning exercise to learn how to plan adaptation projects.

A public lecture the night before the workshop (June 11) will bring
participants up to speed on the vulnerability of Atlantic Canada to climate
change impacts. A walking tour the evening of June 12 will highlight some of
the areas of downtown Charlottetown that are vulnerable to sea level rise
and storm surges.

More information is available on the web at
http://www.dal.ca/~cciarn/workshop3.html. If you intend to attend, please
fill out the on line form by Wednesday June 4th, in order to avoid the
registration fee. Travel and accommodation assistance may be available to
those who require it. Feel free to contact me with any questions you may
have.

Kyle McKenzie, Atlantic Regional Coordinator
Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network
1312 Robie Street, Halifax, N.S., B3H 3J5
902-494-6355 (t), 902-494-3728 (f)
http://atlantic.c-ciarn.ca


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