Adapting to Climate Change: An Introduction for Canadian Municipalities

Appendix B: Information and Resources

Useful Climate Change Web Sites

CLIMATE CHANGE

The following sites provide general information on climate change science, greenhouse gases and emissions, and taking action on climate change.

Government of Canada Climate Change: www.climatechange.gc.ca

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program (CCIAP)
This site provides information about funding for research and activities that improve our knowledge of Canada's vulnerability to climate change. Summary information about projects funded under the program is also presented. adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca

Environment Canada Climate Change: www.ec.gc.ca/climate/

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

The impacts of climate change on communities and lifestyles, by region, across Canada: adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/posters

Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN)
This site provides information on the impacts of climate change and adaptations for Canada, by sector and region, and provides networking opportunities with researchers and stakeholders interested in adaptation. www.c-ciarn.ca

Canadian Institute for Climate Studies (CICS)
This site provides stakeholders with climate scenario information and scenario construction advice to impacts researchers in Canada. www.cics.uvic.ca/scenarios/

Climate Change Scenarios Network (CCSN)
The CCSN is Environment Canada's vehicle for distributing climate change scenarios and adaptation research from national and regional perspectives. www.ccsn.ca

Climate Change Hub Gateway
This gateway provides links to provincial climate change information Web sites. The hubs have been established in most provinces and territories across Canada to reflect local needs. Their primary focus is on sharing information tools and best practices of climate change outreach activities and programs, and raising awareness of climate change, its impacts on communities and people's lives, and the actions that can be taken to adapt to climate change and to mitigate its impacts. nccp.ca/NCCP/cchg/index_e.html

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
Under Sustainable Communities, look up national programs and funding initiatives for municipalities, such as the Partners for Climate Protection Program. www.fcm.ca

Ouranos Consortium
Ouranos develops and adapts the necessary tools to provide decisionmakers with detailed climate change scenarios on a regional scale. It also performs evaluations of expected sectoral impacts to optimize adaptation strategies. The Climate Simulations team at Ouranos develops and uses CRCM to provide regional climate data. www.ouranos.ca

USEFUL CONTACTS

Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Directorate
601 Booth Street
Ottawa ON K1A 0E8
(613) 947-4848

Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Communities
24 Clarence Street
Ottawa ON K1N 5P3
(613) 241-5221

Canadian Institute for Climate Studies
University of Victoria
C199 Sedgwick Building
PO Box 1700 Sta CSC
Victoria BC V8W 2Y2
(250) 721-6236

Ouranos Consortium
550 Sherbrooke Ouest
19 the floor
Montréal QC H3A 1B9
(514) 282-6464

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