Assessment Reports

Reports of the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program

From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007 discusses current and future risks and opportunities that climate change presents to Canada, with a focus on human and managed systems. The assessment highlights key issues facing each region of the country in a policy-relevant manner. It is based upon critical analysis of existing knowledge, drawn from the published scientific and technical literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) and expert (including traditional) knowledge. The current state of understanding is presented, and key knowledge gaps are identified.

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Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: A Canadian Perspective, focuses on research conducted between 1997 and 2002. The report examines potential impacts of climate change and adaptation options for key sectors in Canada. It is not a comprehensive assessment of the literature, but rather a summary of recent studies with the goal of raising awareness of the range and significance of climate change impacts and adaptation issues.

Other Assessment Reports

Reports of the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation program, build from, and complement other assessments, including the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Arctic Climate Impacts Assessment, and the Canada Country Study.