Environment committee  Sixteen years of research have been done by the Arctic Council just on climate change. It's an important area, and that work will continue.

Environment committee   of areas that we've identified. But that does not stop the 80 other projects that are currently undertaken by the Arctic Council in all areas around climate change, black carbon, safe shipping, search and rescue—there's a long list. But to focus on Canada's priorities, those were

Environment committee   interesting initiatives you might want to bring up that Canada is taking internationally with respect to climate change?

Environment committee   to support international efforts to address climate change. The Fast-start Finance is drawing upon and strengthening Canada's private sector expertise and technologies, and the projects that are being funded are achieving concrete results. Canada has, among other actions taken

Environment committee   to this international forum.... If you look at climate change, you can have some short-term things we can do, immediate action plans, and then you also have some long-term things. Are you able to comment a little bit? Instead of going to these international forums and the complicated negotiations

Environment committee   on the key outcomes of the latest round of climate change negotiations, because wherever I go, people want to know what Canada and the world are doing.

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Welcome, Minister. It's great to see you at this table. We're all very excited and interested, and we're anticipating your work in this role. There is a particular area of interest for me. It's in a way related to the climate change issue, but of course

Environment committee   of all parties' mitigation actions; providing $400 million in new and additional climate financing in 2010—the largest-ever contribution by Canada to support international efforts on climate change; and introducing aggressive new environmental enforcement rules, which have just passed

Environment committee   environmental problems we face: climate change, pollution, and invasive species. So a lot of this is just the immensity of the task. I was reminded of an analogy one of my predecessors once used. He said this is like trying to go up the down escalator. It's not that the government's

Environment committee  Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. Much of what I have to say is based on the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, although I will provide some updated information where it suggests that the need

Environment committee   and eliminate the selling of unsustainably caught seafood. Market-based approaches do need to be brought into climate change regulation as well. Our food program is a good example of how to engage people and achieve tangible results. We held the first working farm easements in Nova Scotia

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wish to thank the witnesses for being here today. I have many questions and comments. Obviously we have to fight climate change. We have travelled across the country and met with people who have told us that the fight against climate change is still

Environment committee  Yes. I understand there has been some movement of species around the planet because of climate changes. I think a national conservation plan should focus somewhat on trying to reduce or slow down the actual climate change that is happening now. Also, I know a lot

Environment committee  . Following its deliberations from June 2010 to January 2012, the panel released its report in February. It is entitled Sustaining Canada’s Marine Biodiversity: Responding to the Challenges Posed by Climate Change, Fisheries, and Aquaculture. Pursuant to the current interests

Environment committee  Thank you very much. These two reports are significant contributions from the government itself on identifying the impacts of climate change. The NRCan report identified climate change impacts by region and by province in Canada from fresh water to forestry to fisheries