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Science and Impacts of Climate Change
VIdeo and Audio clips of the Technical Briefing
On January 12, 2007, Climate Action Network Canada/Réseau action climat Canada (CAN-RAC) held a technical briefing by climate science experts. Topics covered included:
- the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change* (released on February 2, 2007 - the most comprehensive summary of climate science produced to date)
- the need for a comprehensive review of the projected economic costs of climate change impacts in Canada, similar to the Stern Review** recently published by the UK government
- predictions that 2007 could be the warmest year on record.
Participants in the briefing included:
- Gordon A. McBean, Ph.D., FRSC, Professor, Political Science Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, The University of Western Ontario.
- Bill Hare, Visiting Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany (by phone)
- John Bennett, CAN-RAC
- Louise Comeau, Sage Centre
- Emilie Moorhouse, Sierra Club of Canada.
* The IPCC is mandated to advise the world’s governments on the science, impacts, economics, and technology related to climate change. It is a United Nations body established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It is considered the world’s foremost authority on the issue.
** The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change is a report on the costs to the world economy of addressing, and of failing to address, climate change. Sir Nicholas Stern is a former Chief Economist of the World Bank and head of the UK government’s economic service.
Video and audio clips from the briefing
MP4 video format - Quicktime 7 or equivalent required
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