September 2000 Workshop:
A Northern Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change
What's Next?
As mentioned earlier in this report, this project (to understand the quantity and quality of available information on the impacts of climate change in northern Canada) is mid-way to completion. This workshop was designed to help the project team in developing final products that are of most use to the intended users.
Information gained from this workshop will be incorporated into the deliverables from this work, which include a report and database. Prior to releasing the final report and database, draft products will be made available for review and comment. The following section outlines dates when various components of the project will be available at the Northern Climate ExChange office and/or on the Northern Climate ExChange website.
5.1 Deliverables and Timelines
The following product deliverables will be available for review at the following times:
December 2000
- Draft Gap Analysis Matrices
January 2001
- Draft Database of information sources on the impacts of climate change in northern Canada.
- Draft Report including summaries of the state of documented scientific and local information available for review
- by regions in northern Canada
- by system (human and natural)
- Draft Priorities and future directions for research, policy, adaptation, etc.
- Draft Information System
- Draft Experts Database
- Draft Website
- Draft proposal outlining how the project will develop over the coming years.
March 2001
- Final report -- refined based on comments on draft
- Final structure of information system/website -- structure refined based on feedback
- Defined procedures for how the database/information system will be kept up to date
- Workplan
- CD-ROM version of database