I'm not able to answer on the specifics of the CHARS mandate for climate change research. It's my understanding that the mandate will be maintained in the new organization.
I know my members are heavily involved in many aspects of climate change research in the Arctic. They would hope that if this new organization came to be, there would be a greater degree of coordination, which could sort of raise it to the next level.
As I mentioned in my notes, one of the things we are realizing is the degree of interconnectedness that is necessary to tackle these problems. It's one of the reasons that CNNRO was formed.