Environment committee   the targets. Monitoring and reporting will ensure accountability. In the Greater Golden Horseshoe especially, it will be important to examine population growth projections and land-use scenarios that are watershed-based and modelled for climate change predictions that demonstrate what we

Environment committee   in some of those areas. The last thing that we have a major concern about is climate change. I know that a lot of people think we don't have global warming and that, after this winter, climate change doesn't exist. Well, we know it does. One of our jobs is to manage dams into the Bay

Environment committee  Thank you very much. A little earlier, you spoke about the importance of climate change. I think that Ontario has the municipal adaptation and resiliency service. Can you tell us a little bit about that program in relation to water quality in the Great Lakes?

Environment committee  It is an information program for the municipalities. There is a website and a training program for municipalities to implement efforts to prevent the negative effect of climate change, such as severe storms and things like that.

Environment committee   the interaction between human activities and the ecosystem of the Great Lakes basin, and how this is being further complicated by climate change, invasive species, and other factors. The ministry's best practices verification and demonstration program endeavours to examine some

Environment committee  . The fifth goal is to enhance understanding of the Great Lakes ecosystem and adaptation. The changing climate has emerged as a significant threat to Great Lakes water quality. For example, severe weather events associated with climate change have increased runoff to the Great Lakes

Environment committee  Thank you. Mr. Ulrich, you talked in general terms about climate change and its impact. The flooding in Thunder Bay, among other things, was mentioned. I am convinced that climate change is putting pressure on Hamilton and Toronto to adapt their infrastructure as well. You

Environment committee   is the provision of safe and reliable water and waste water services. Because we have an aging infrastructure, that is the first priority. You tack on environmental objectives as being sort of the next pillar, and then you tack on to that, as David mentioned, our climate change adaptation

Environment committee   the fact that I know there was an interest in talking about climate change adaptation strategies in the City of Toronto to deal with urban flooding as well as the work we've done for source water protection in the near-shore area of Lake Ontario. Time does not permit, but I include

Environment committee   it, but lot of good work has been done in that area. Directly related to this stormwater runoff problem is climate change. I can tell you, from our members, and across the basin on the Canadian side, Thunder Bay, Wawa, Goderich, Mississauga, Hamilton, and Toronto have been hit

Environment committee   for the city and so have overarching responsibility for infrastructure planning, dealing with all the water, waste water, and stormwater infrastructure in the City of Toronto. I've led a number of environmental stewardship initiatives, including on climate change adaptation and a strategy

Environment committee  , and then to start correlating those with studies to see how they're affecting fish populations. In warmer temperatures certain fish species will not be able to spawn and will die out. We need to be ahead of the game and looking out for those fish interests. Then in terms of climate change, we

Environment committee   in this area. Finally, the impacts of climate change represent one of the greatest challenges facing water quality in the Great Lakes Basin going forward. Extreme weather events and rising water temperatures in particular are a growing concern and have the potential to change the flora

Environment committee   quality, water quantity, and flood control, and the way these matters are impacted by our growing population and by climate change. Working with many partners, we have identified several best practices in priority sub-watersheds. These practices include programs to promote cover

Environment committee  I think what you're trying to say is that with the advent of climate change, and perhaps the temperature rise, two degrees would be substantial. I think probably in the last 30 or 40 years, there's been an increase of about one degree, or three-quarters of one degree, on surface