PROJECT SUMMARY The overall objective of this 5-year project was to improve understanding of the vulnerability of rural agricultural and indigenous communities to shifts in climate variability and to the frequency and intensity of extreme climate events, and to engage...
E. Barrow EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The most recent assessment undertaken by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reached a number of conclusions concerning global climate change, two of which stated that “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is...
W. Ermine, D. Sauchyn, J. Pittman ABSTRACT This report provides an overview of the findings from the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaboration project, Nikan Oti: Future – Understanding Adaptation and Adaptive Capacity in Two First Nations. Two community case studies were...
Principle Investigator: Dr. Dave Sauchyn Co-investigators: Dr. Mark Johnston, Dr. Mary Vetter, Dr. Joseph Piwowar PROJECT SUMMARY The ecological gradient from grassland to forest in Canada’s western interior is a large region of national significance. It is a climatically sensitive...
W. Ermine, D. Sauchyn, M. Vetter, C. Hart PROJECT SUMMARY The purpose of the research is to assess the future impacts of climate change and the capacity for two First Nation communities in Saskatchewan to respond and adapt to those...
Willie Ermine, Ralph Nilson, Dave Sauchyn, Ernest Sauve, Robin Yvonne Smith PROJECT SUMMARY This report provides an overview of the findings from the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative project, Isi Askiwan - The State of the Land: Prince Albert Grand Council...
Norman Henderson, Edward Hogg, Elaine Barrow, and Brett Dolter PROJECT SUMMARY This study investigates future climate change impacts on ecosystems, with a focus on trees, in 5 island forest sites in the northern Great Plains ecoregion: Sweet Grass Hills (Montana),...
D.T. Price, R. Hall, F. Raulier, M. Lindner, B. Case, P. Bernier EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Given that some impacts of climate warming are being observed across Canada (the current drought in Alberta and Saskatchewan being only one example), and that climate...
G.H. Huang, Z. Chen, L. Liu, Y.F. Huang, J.B. Li, Z.Y. Hu, I. Maqsood, Y.Y. Yin PROJECT SUMMARY Petroleum operations range from exploration, production and refining to transportation and storage. Climate change will lead to a number of direct and...
Adam M. Wellstead, Debra J. Davidson, Richard C. Stedman PROJECT SUMMARY This report provides an overview of findings from the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative project, Assessing the Potential for Policy Responses to Climate Change. The authors use a number of...
A report to the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative Climate Change Action Fund R.D.H Cohen, C.D. Sykes, E.E. Wheaton and J.P. Stevens ABSTRACT An understanding of adaptation of plant and animal systems in response to changes in climate will help to...
Dr. David Sauchyn PROJECT SUMMARY The project reported here examined sensitivities of prairie soil landscapes to climate change, variability and extreme hydroclimatic events. Early in the project, a review of existing climate impact assessments and methodologies suggested that most are...
Principle Investigator: Edward Cloutis Co-Investigators: Anke Kirch, Jillian Golby, Grant Wiseman, Darcy Carter PROJECT SUMMARY Climate change is a phenomenon that is receiving increasing worldwide attention. While substantial research has been carried out on the potential effects of climate change...
Final Report Prepared for the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative Daniel J. Archambault, Xiaomei Li, Darren Robinson, John T. O'Donovan, Kurt K. Klein EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The dynamics of competition between crops and weeds are affected by environmental conditions, and have been...
G. E. Melville EXECUTIVE SUMMARY All major climate-change agenda efforts in recent years echo the need for more empirical scientific information about climate change and adaptation to freshwater ecosystem impacts. The adaptation research undertaken in this study begins the process...
M. Johnston, E. Wheaton, S. Kulshreshtha, V. Wittrock, J. Thorpe EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Canadian Boreal Forest is a mainstay of the Canadian economy, and it has immense social, environmental and intrinsic importance. Canada depends on the boreal forest for many...
Justine Klaver PROJECT SUMMARY Climate change could alter the health status, directly or indirectly, of populations on the Canadian Prairies. However, the health effects of climate change on Prairie residents, and short-, medium-, and long-term adaptation measures that will be...