Reports

TRUE NORTH: Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change in Northern Canada

Infrastructure and communities in Canada's North are unprepared to cope effectively with the looming threat that climate change poses to roads, buildings, industrial waste sites, energy and other critical infrastructure, according to a new report from the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.

Among its 16 recommendations, True North: Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change in Northern Canada, suggests updating construction and engineering codes and standards, providing better weather and permafrost data and information, examining changes to the insurance system, and leveraging federal infrastructure funding to ensure that new infrastructure will be built with the changing climate in mind.

The report is available on the NRTEE website at www.nrtee-trnee.ca/true-north.

From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate, 2007

From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007 reflects the advances made in understanding Canada's vulnerability to climate change during the past decade. Through a primarily regional approach, this assessment discusses current and future risks and opportunities that climate change presents to Canada, with a focus on human and managed systems.  The report is available on Natural Resources Canada Web site http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/assess/2007/index_e.php.

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) 2008

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) reports measure Canada's progress on three environment aspects - greenhouse gas emissions, air quality in regard to human health and freshwater quality for aquatic life. See the 2008 Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) report.

National Inventory Report, 1990-2008 - Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada

As an Annex I Party (Developed Countries) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Canada is required on an annual basis to prepare and submit a national inventory of human induced greenhouse gas emissions from sources (e.g. fuel combustion, industrial processes) and removals by sinks (e.g. growing plants and trees) in the form of a National Inventory Report and a set of Common Reporting Format tables.  The report is available at http://www.ec.gc.ca/ges-ghg/default.asp?lang=En&n=83A34A7A-1.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007 (IPCC 2007)

The IPCC has completed its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), the culmination of 6 years of work. The Fourth Assessment is composed of four volumes:

Working Group I (WGI). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis assesses the current scientific knowledge of the natural and human drivers of climate change, observed changes in climate, the ability of science to attribute changes to different causes and projections for future climate change.

Working Group II report, Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability assesses current and future consequences of climate change on social and natural systems, and options for adapting to future climate change.

Working Group III report, Climate Change 2007: Mitigation assesses options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other ways of mitigating climate change.

Synthesis Report which brings together the key findings of all three working groups in one document.

The four volumes are available on IPCC's Web site http://www.ipcc.ch/.

A Climate Change Plan for the Purposes of the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act

Under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (KPIA), the Government of Canada is required to: to prepare a Climate Change Plan; to prepare a statement on GHG emissions; and to ensure that Canada meets its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. To see copies of Canada's Climate Change plans as required by this Act visit:

A Climate Change Plan for the Purposes of the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act - 2010 (HTML) (PDF 470KB)

A Climate Change Plan for the Purposes of the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act - 2009 (HTML) (PDF 395KB)

A Climate Change Plan for the Purposes of the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act - 2008 (PDF 342KB)

A Climate Change Plan for the Purposes of the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act - 2007 (HTML) (PDF 324KB)

Response of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy to its Obligations Under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act

Under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (KPIA) the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) is required to respond to the government's climate change plans by conducting research and analysis, gathering information, and advising the Minister on relevant issues.

See the 2010 NRTEE Report (HTML) (PDF)

See the 2009 NRTEE report: (HTML) (PDF)

See the 2008 NRTEE report: (HTML) (PDF)

See the 2007 NRTEE report: (HTML)

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Forecasting: Learning from International Best Practices

This report responds to key concerns highlighted by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) in its 2007 Response to its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (2007 KPIA Response).

See the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Forecasting: Learning from International Best Practices report. (HTML) (PDF)