Other Resources
Impacts and Adaptation related sites
Government of Canada
Canada’s Action on Climate Change
The Government of Canada's web site on action on climate change across domestic, continental and international fronts.
Natural Resources Canada
Enhancing Resilience in a Changing Climate
To provide planners, decision-makers and the general public with access to a source of credible, non-partisan scientific information on the risks and opportunities faced by Canadian communities and industries as a result of a changing climate.
Canadian Forest Service Research - Climate Change
The Canadian Forest Service (CFS) is a science-based policy organization within Natural Resources Canada, a Government of Canada department that helps shape the important contributions of the natural resources sector to the Canadian economy, society and environment.
CoastWeb
Coastal research by the Geological Survey of Canada.
Environment Canada
Adaptation and Impacts Research Group
The Adaptation and Impacts Research Group conducts research on the impacts of weather, climate and air quality on human health and safety, economic prosperity and environmental quality.
Northern Ecosystem Initiative
The Northern Ecosystem Initiative (NEI) supports projects that address science and capacity-building needs throughout the Canadian North.
Canadian Climate Change Scenarios Network
The CCCSN is Environment Canada’s updated interface for distributing climate change scenarios and adaptation research.
Health Canada
Climate Change and Health
Health Canada is working with researchers and decision-makers across the country to better understand how a changing climate will affect human health and to determine the best ways to prepare for these changes.
Other Canadian sites
ArcticNet
ArcticNet is a Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada that brings together scientists and managers in the natural, human health and social sciences with their partners in Inuit organizations, northern communities, federal and provincial agencies and the private sector to study the impacts of climate change in the coastal Canadian Arctic.
Northern Climate ExChange
The Northern Climate ExChange is a clearinghouse of climate change information for Northern Canada. Our mandate is to provide independent information, develop shared understanding and promote action on climate change.
Ouranos Consortium
The Ouranos Consortium pools the expertise and disciplines of numerous researchers in order to advance the understanding of the issues and the associated requirements for adaptation resulting from climate change on the scale of the North American continent.
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium
The Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) is dedicated to stimulating collaboration to produce practical climate information for education, policy, and decision-making in the Pacific Northwest.
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
Building on the strengths of BC’s four research-intensive universities, the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) will harness the intellectual resources of BC to develop innovative climate change solutions, seek new opportunities for positive adaptation, and lead the way to a vibrant low-carbon economy.
Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
The Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative is a partnership of the governments of Canada, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba mandated to pursue climate change impacts and adaptation research in the Prairie Provinces.
International sites
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Working Group II
The IPCC Working Group II assesses the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change, negative and positive consequences of climate change, and options for adapting to it.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Adaptation
The UNFCC has the goal of preventing "dangerous" human interference with the climate system. 192 countries around the world have joined that international treaty that sets general goals and rules for confronting climate change.
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
An international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) formed to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences.
Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC)
AIACC is a global initiative developed in collaboration with the UNEP/WMO Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and funded by the Global Environment Facility to advance scientific understanding of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation options in developing countries.
Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA)
The Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) research and capacity development program of the International Development Research Centre aims to improve the capacity of African countries to adapt to climate change in ways that benefit the most vulnerable.
Consortium for the Atlantic Regional Assessment (USA)
Understanding past trends and future scenarios can inform planning and help us prepare for our changing climate.
CSIRO - Regional Impacts of Climate Change (Australia)
CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.
European Spatial Planning Adapting to Climate Events (ESPACE)
This website presents the work of the ESPACE Project which recommends how adaptation to climate change can be incorporated into the spatial planning system.
FINADAPT (Finland)
Assessing the adaptive capacity of the Finnish environment and society under a changing climate.
International Institute for Sustainable Development
IISD champions sustainable development around the world through innovation, partnerships, research and communications.
Postdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research (Germany)
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research addresses crucial scientific questions in the field of global change, climate impacts and sustainable development.
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (United Kingdom)
The Tyndall Centre brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists, who together are working to develop sustainable responses to climate change through trans-disciplinary research and dialogue on both a national and international level - not just within the research community, but also with business leaders, policy advisors, the media and the public in general.
UNESCO and Global Climate Change
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, with over 40 activities in all programme sectors, provides a unique forum for addressing climate change and its impacts on the environment and human society.
United Kingdom Climate Impacts Program (UKCIP)
The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) helps organisations to adapt to inevitable climate change. A global leader in climate change adaptation, this website presents examples of what has been done for adaptation and offers information and tools to facilitate future adaptation.
University of Washington Climate Impacts Group
The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) is an interdisciplinary research group studying the impacts of natural climate variability and global climate change (“global warming”) on the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW).
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Climate Program Office (USA)
The Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program supports research that addresses complex climate sensitive issues of concern to decision-makers and policy planners at a regional level.
Vulnerability Network
The Vulnerability Network provides an online knowledge portal for different sectors and stresses, linking researchers and practitioners.
General Climate Change sites
Environment Canada - Climate Change
The Government of Canada is committed to the development and implementation of a Made-in-Canada plan for reducing greenhouse gases and ensuring clean air, water, land and energy for Canadians.
European Commission - Climate Change
The European Union is at the forefront of international efforts to combat climate change and has played a key role in the development of the two major treaties addressing the issue, the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol, agreed in 1997.
Global Change at the National Academies
At a time when responding to climate change is one of the nation's most complex endeavours, the National Academies' expert, consensus reports provide helpful analysis and direction to policymakers and stakeholders.
Global Environmental Change and Human Security Project
GECHS is a core project of the International Human Dimension Programme. We situate environmental changes within the larger socioeconomic and political contexts that cause them, and which shape the capacity of communities to cope with and respond to change.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The IPCC was established to provide the decision-makers and others interested in climate change with an objective source of information about climate change.
New Zealand’s Climate Change Solutions
Welcome to New Zealand's climate change solutions website. Here are the challenges the country faces, the unique answers New Zealand has come up with and a vision of where New Zealand wants to be in the future.
OECD - Climate Change
The OECD aims to assist countries to implement effective and efficient policies to address climate change by conducting policy-relevant research and analysis.
Pew Centre on Global Climate Change
The OECD aims to assist countries to implement effective and efficient policies to address climate change by conducting policy-relevant research and analysis.
Stockholm Environment Institute
SEI is an independent, international research institute specializing in sustainable development and environment issues. It works at local, national, regional and global policy levels.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The UNFCC has the goal of preventing "dangerous" human interference with the climate system. 192 countries around the world have joined that international treaty that sets general goals and rules for confronting climate change.
US Climate Change Science Program
Sponsored by the United States government, this program integrates federal research on global change and climate change.