The document discusses creative approaches for communicating climate change impacts and adaptation strategies to communities and policymakers in the Canadian Arctic. It emphasizes engaging with audiences where they are at and making research as beneficial to partner communities as to the scientific community. The paper presents a process for assessing anticipatory adaptation measures that identifies cost-effective options and evaluates implementation barriers. It illustrates the application of the process using a hypothetical threatened forest as an example.
International commitments in response to the need to avoid climate change are now clear, and these commitments imply significant and potentially rapid changes in emissions, including in Australia. This will have implications for many sectors.
The science of probabilistic impacts of climate change are advancing rapidly and allows directors and their advisors to obtain a far more granular view of likely exposure than has ever been possible before.
This technological development in itself poses a risk and an opportunity to directors, who can either exploit or ignore new sources of data. Competitors and other external parties such as investors and researchers may be able to access a far more granular risk data on a third party’s physical assets.
There is now a substantial and rapidly growing body of research and expertise on the material financial implications of climate change – through direct impacts, transition measures, and related pathways including legal liability risk and technological disruption.
Financial actors and authorities are now voicing an expectation for increasingly clear disclosure of climate risks. This has accelerated rapidly in the past 12 to 18 months and is continuing to evolve today, both in Australia and among international markets.
An innovative book to show the bridges between climate change issues and climate changes solutions. For non specialist who want to know more and to get entertained
limate change is global and of tremendous significance because the face of our planet is changing due to climate change. It affects population groups, all sectors, and countries. It engages complex risks and requires specific solutions. The satisfactory reflection of climate change within strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is therefore seen as a great challenge. We need the acceptable solutions which can face the changing climate and this effort in this area mainly focused to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to mitigate climate change. So, the integration of adaptation of climate change concerns into the planning process with the execution of SEA becomes more and more important.
The Climate Change journal publishes a wide range of topics related to this field including but not limited to Earth science or Geosciences, Geography, Environmental Science, Atmospheric Science, Global Warming, Oceanography, and Climate change and Risk Management.
International commitments in response to the need to avoid climate change are now clear, and these commitments imply significant and potentially rapid changes in emissions, including in Australia. This will have implications for many sectors.
The science of probabilistic impacts of climate change are advancing rapidly and allows directors and their advisors to obtain a far more granular view of likely exposure than has ever been possible before.
This technological development in itself poses a risk and an opportunity to directors, who can either exploit or ignore new sources of data. Competitors and other external parties such as investors and researchers may be able to access a far more granular risk data on a third party’s physical assets.
There is now a substantial and rapidly growing body of research and expertise on the material financial implications of climate change – through direct impacts, transition measures, and related pathways including legal liability risk and technological disruption.
Financial actors and authorities are now voicing an expectation for increasingly clear disclosure of climate risks. This has accelerated rapidly in the past 12 to 18 months and is continuing to evolve today, both in Australia and among international markets.
An innovative book to show the bridges between climate change issues and climate changes solutions. For non specialist who want to know more and to get entertained
limate change is global and of tremendous significance because the face of our planet is changing due to climate change. It affects population groups, all sectors, and countries. It engages complex risks and requires specific solutions. The satisfactory reflection of climate change within strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is therefore seen as a great challenge. We need the acceptable solutions which can face the changing climate and this effort in this area mainly focused to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to mitigate climate change. So, the integration of adaptation of climate change concerns into the planning process with the execution of SEA becomes more and more important.
The Climate Change journal publishes a wide range of topics related to this field including but not limited to Earth science or Geosciences, Geography, Environmental Science, Atmospheric Science, Global Warming, Oceanography, and Climate change and Risk Management.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
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Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
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Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
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Communicating with people and Communities "Where they're at"
1. Creative Approaches for Communicating the
Effects of Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies to
Communities and Policymakers in the Canadian Arctic
Will Vanderbilt James Ford Marie Pierre Lardeau
Climate Change Adaptation Research Group
McGill University
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2. Engaging with people & communities
“where they’re at”
Will Vanderbilt James Ford Marie Pierre Lardeau
Climate Change Adaptation Research Group
McGill University
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6. Hypothesis Proposal Field Work Analysis Writing Journal
Article
GO TO MAIL TO
COMMUNITY! COMMUNITY!
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7. HIRE LOCAL
BRAINSTORM RESEARCH CO-AUTHOR
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS & PAPERS
NEEDS WITH TRANSLATORS
COMMUNITY
CO-APPLY CONDUCT DEVELOP
FOR FUNDING FOCUS GROUPS USEFUL TOOLS
WITH LOCAL AND VERIFY FOR
ORGS RESULTS COMMUNITY
Hypothesis Proposal Field Work Analysis Writing Journal
Article
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12. Feeding the Family in
Times of Stress
Marie-Pierre Laurdeau
Goal
Share the project’s results in a
format that could affect
immediate change
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13. Iqaluit Food
Responses
Security to Food
Dissemination Insecurity
Experiences of users of
community based programs
book in Iqaluit, Nunavut
Marie-Pierre Lardeau1
James Ford1
Gwen Healey2
Will Vanderbilt1
1. McGill University
2. Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre
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21. Inuit Food Security:
Vulnerability to Extremes
Sara Statham
Goal
Give participants, the general public, and
Iqaluit residents an exciting way to explore
and share the results of a recent project
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24. Nauvikhaq (a place to grow)
The Ulukhaktok Oral History Database
Goal
Provide a lasting legacy of over
five years of research conducted
in Ulukhaktok photo: tristan pearce
http://nauvikhaq.com
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25. Skills Transmission and Inuit
Adaptation to Climate Change
Tristan Pearce University of Guelph et al.
Inuit environmental knowledge and land skills have
been identified as key determinants of adaptive
capacity to climatic changes that affect subsistence
harvesting. There is evidence however that the
traditional modes of knowledge transmission are not
functioning as they were in the past. As a result,
many younger and inexperienced hunters are not as
well equipped to cope with the risks of hunting, and
changing climatic conditions are making it even
more hazardous for them.
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27. Welcome page: We’ll fill this in with a
Ulukhaktok bit of information about the project.
Oral History
Database
For now, this will be the only non-
password protected page.
ENTER
Ulukhaktok Logged in welcome page
Oral History
Users can click on a picture of an elder
Database to view all of their stories, or search
Click on an elder to Andy Akoaksion Jack Simon Kataoyak Jimmy Kudlak
for a specific term.
view their stories,
or search for a topic This page will also include informa-
below
tion about the project, contact
information, and recent uploads /
Search... news.
Mel Pretty Walter Olifie Renie Taipana Oliktoak
ADD STORIES
‘Person Page’ - this page will be the 27
28. Ulukhaktok Mel Pretty ‘Person Page’ - this page will be the
Oral History Short biography / hub of a person’s stories. Stories at-
Database information about person.
tributed to the person will automati-
PEOPLE cally be added to this page
TOPICS
SEARCH
ADD STORIES
The photo section can be a slideshow
CONTACT
HELP or single photo, and the short bio on
the right hand side can be done in
bullett point or paragraph form (what
Story one title (link) kind of information would we want to
A short description of the story, date, etc.
put there?)
Story two title (link)
A short description of the story, date, etc.
Story three title (link)
A short description of the story, date, etc.
Ulukhaktok Story title goes ‘Story Page’ - every story has its own
Oral History here page (and link), it includes links to
Database multiple versions of the audio files
PEOPLE Mel Pretty (including an in-site player), a photo
TOPICS 01 January 2007
SEARCH (where available, otherwise the text
ADD STORIES
Transcribed text goes here, scrolls along with
PLAY goes to the top of the page), and the
CONTACT
HELP audio... Download in iTunes transcribed text of the story.
Download MP3
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ditatem ne lamus nimiliquos aut velic temquid ex
We could also put a short ‘about the
eumqui dolorum dunt mollenem fugiatio quam, speaker’ section onto this page, with
nos doloreperum inullabo. Sin rem eiur, odigenis
a link back to that persons’ individual
perum es a sequi tem. Nequatiis expliti consect
uribusam ut lat prate exerumet omnis cuptatu
page...
saessum, nos eaquam niscita doles et ut porum
http://nauvikhaq.com
sinimus, atempore, omnim ipsae quatem sime
con necusdaeriat lique nost, occum enihil idesend
usandip icatureni coreperspid eictas sit eliquo
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29. How
• Use research methods that lend themselves to building
interactive digital tools
• Find (cheap) savvy undergrads with basic media &
communications skills (job description online)
• Integrate them into your team in a meaningful way
• Maintain a focus on design
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30. Vulnerability of Inuit
women’s food system to
climate change in the
context of multiple
socio-economic stresses
A case study from Arviat, Nunavut
Current vulnerabilities Adaptive Capacity Future climate
Maude Beaumier, M.A.1
Climate Dr. James Ford, PhD1 vulnerablities
Change Shirley Tagalik, Chair of the Arviat Health Committee2
Adaptation Hilda Panigoniak, research assistant2
This vulnerability analysis shows that the Despite adaptation strategies link to While climate change was not identified as
Research Group Sarah Curley, research assistant2
food system of Inuit women is vulnerable to modernity such as greater diversity of food an important stressor on the food system
1. Department of Geography, McGill University climate variability and bio-physical change, available all year long, territorial and federal currently by Arviarmiut, when participant
McGill University 2. Hamlet of Arviat but that climate change is not an important financial support programs for hunters, observations are examined in the context of
determinant of food insecurity among Inuit families and the introduction of technology scientific literature on climate change there
women at present. Currently, socio-economic (weather forecast, GPS, collaring information, are clear linkages between climate change
and historical factors are the most important roads), sharing continues to remain the most and food security for women in the Canadian
ABSTRACT
Dr. James Ford
james.ford@mcgill.ca
in determining food insecurity. Food security
is complex and results from interactions
important traditional practice strengthening
Inuit women’s food system.
Arctic. Climate change projections indicate
that the arctic will continue warming at a
514.398.4960 between multiple human, historical and rapid rate. Thus, with environmental stressors
This research investigates the vulnerability and adaptation of Inuit environmental factors which affect the exacerbating the pressure that already exist on
women food system to climatic stresses in the context of other social food system on different levels and scales. the food system due to human and historical
stresses, using a case study from Arviat, Nunavut (NU). Food insecurity Some of the main drivers of food insecurity factors, socio-economic stresses and disparities
is a significant problem for Arviarmiut, with women being particularly today emerge as a result of rapid changes in must be addressed at the household,
livelihoods experienced by Inuit over the community and territorial/global levels in
at risk. A community-based participatory research approach was
course of the last 60 years. order to prepare for future climate change and
employed to examine how the complex interplay of human and non- Inuit women’s food system vulnerability.
human factors operating over multiple spatial and temporal scales,
affects how people experience and respond to changing conditions.
Climate and Adaptive Adaptation
Findings show that Inuit women’s food system in Arviat is sensitive to biophysical strategy cost
climate-related risks and changes, but climate change was not identified Territorial & Global changes
as affecting women’s food security. Multiple human factors negatively Community Change in caribou Younger women Economic cost: need
impact Inuit women’s food security. On the other hand, a strong Household migration pathway in substituted caribou to buy more store
2010-2011 = shortage meat for store foods food which is expen-
sharing network, governmental financial support and local educational of caribou meat in Elderly women, sive and less shared
initiatives help strengthen the food system and improve food security. Hunter in Formal Community Nutrition North Arviat while eating more Health cost: due to
store food, also ate limited knowledge
Household or Education Sharing Program different country of and reduced ac-
AIM METHODS Close Family foods cess to store foods,
Budgeting Skills Community Inter-community the quality of the
Security
Food
Identify and characterize Research approach: Community-based Food System Support sharing network food consumed is
the vulnerability and participatory research in Arviat (2060 people), NU low
Financial Programs
adaptability of the Inuit Sampling: Purposive sampling Country Food NTI Hunters
women’s food system Resources Increase in tempera- Reduces pirujuaq Cost of increasing
Methods: Photovoice (n=10), semi-structured Traditional Support ture and permafrost (cache meat) period size of community
to climate change in Store Food
Insecurity
the context of multiple
interviews with Inuit women (n=42) and key Traditional Training Programs loss in the area sur- Freeze more meat freezer
Food
rounding the western when possible Cost of purchasing
stresses, using a case
informants (n=8), focus groups with women (n=7), Training Hudson Bay and in- bigger extra freezer
elders (n=3) and hunters (n=2), and participant Store Food Cost of Living crease in grizzly and
study from Arviat, NU
observations were used to collect in-depth Knowledge Employment polar bears around
qualitative data. Aviat = reduces meat
Country Food Capacity to preservation practices
Analysis: Thematic analysis using QSR NVivo,
Concept mapping Knowledge Save Food
Increase in days of Younger women in- Economic cost: need
abnormally high tem- creased consump- to buy more store
Substance Use and Gambling perature during the tion of store food food which is expen-
Acknowledgements I would like to thank the Hamlet of Arviat, the Arviat Health Committee, all the participants, summer = decrease during the summer sive and less shared
the Nutarasungnik family, Ed and Ruth Murphy, Dr. George Wenzel, Dr. Nancy Ross, Marie-Pierre Lardeau and in hunting and avail- Elderly women, Health cost: due to
Will Vanderbilt. This research would not have been possible without the financial support provided by Health ability of meat in Ar- while eating more limited knowledge
Canada through the Climate Change and Health Adaptation in Northern First Nations and Inuit Communities viat during hot sum- store food, also ate of and reduced ac-
Program 2010-2011; the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and
Climate & bio-physical Socio-Economic
mer months different country cess to store foods,
Changing Environments, graduate funding from the Department of Geography at McGill University, the Northern Change Change foods, especially fish the quality of the
Scientific Training Program (NSTP), GREAT award and funding from IPY-ACRC (Arctic Peoples, Culture, Resil- and beluga food consumed is
ience & Caribou) project. low
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@vdblt
We must work to make the research we
conduct as beneficial to the people we work
with as it is to our scientific community
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