Jan 2009 Ka Presentation Final
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The Past is Not a Great Pedictor of The Future: The Climate is Changing Kickass Green Event - Toronto - Jan 12, 2009 (Linda Mortsch)
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Jan 2009 Ka Presentation Final
- 1. The Past is Not a Great Predictor of the Future: The Climate IS Changing Linda Mortsch Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada League of KA Business People - Green Event Hart House January 12, 2009
- 4. The future temperature projections … Source: IPCC, 2007 www.ipcc.ch Committed warming if GHG held at 2000 levels ~0.1°C/decade Need to adapt to warming of ~0.4°C next 2 decades 2030 Impact of mitigation felt in future 2050 Business as Usual Warming 0.74°C 1906-2005
- 7. Urban design & planning Implementing heat-health alert initiatives Adapting infrastructure design Implemented in urban areas in Ontario and Quebec Green Roofs Building on pylons to reduce damage from flooding FireSmart & FireSafe Technology & business plan changes 19 Some adaptation in Canada: in response to, & in anticipation of, climate change impacts…
- 9. Thank you… Linda Mortsch, Environment Canada [email_address]
- 10. The IPCC wins 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
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- Bear in Churchill Manitoba Flooding in Peterborough, On Drought in the upper Thames river watershed, Ontario