Title :
Canadian initiatives for adapting to climate change and extreme weather
Author :
McConnach, James
Author_Institution :
Electricity Supply Industry in the UK
Abstract :
While there are many programs and initiatives to mitigate and slow the accumulation of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere, it is very evident that the climate will continue to change and the world will continue to experience increasingly severe weather conditions. Therefore programs and initiatives for adapting to a changing climate and extreme weather are equally important to mitigation programs and measures for attenuating the increase of GHGs in the atmosphere. With Canada´s vast land, water, infrastructure and natural resources, measures and initiatives for adapting to climate change and extreme weather are critically important for the protection and use of these resources. This makes sound risk management sense.
Keywords :
climate mitigation; greenhouses; natural resources; risk management; Canadian initiative; GHG; climate change; extreme weather; greenhouse gases; mitigation programs; natural resources; risk management; weather conditions;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6549-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9925
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2010.5590128