C-CIARN North Online Workshops
Workshop #4:
Climate Change and Environmental Assessment
24-28 January 2005
The effects of global climate change are increasingly apparent in the North. How can we accommodate those and future effects when assessing the impacts of development projects? What tools are available to help us? Can we help each other?
We discussed issues related to climate change and environmental assessment online from Jan. 24 to Jan. 28, 2005. The workshop forum is now open for viewing by a general audience.
Products
- Edited transcript of workshop, with list of participants
- Report: Bridging the Gap Between Project-level Assessments and Regional Development Dynamics: A Methodology for Estimating Cumulative Effects, submitted to Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, December 1, 2004
Resources
- The Northern Climate ExChange's Bulletin, Climate Change and Environmental Assessment, provides a quick overview of some of the issues involved.
- The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has published two research reports on climate change and environmental assessment, both available online -- Review of Climate Change Considerations in Selected Past Environmental Assessments and Climate Change Guidance for Environmental Assessments.
- In November 2003, the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Assessment produced a practical guide for Canadian EA professionals -- Incorporating Climate Change Considerations in Environmental Assessment: General Guidance for Practitioners
- The website of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has a climate change portal with links to a wide range of resources related to environmental and socioeconomic impacts of climate change.