Translation of "Secrétariat des changements de l'atmosphère " (French → English) :

CONSIDERING THAT climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our century, understanding and predicting changes in both the atmosphere and the ocean are needed to guide international actions and to optimise governments' policies on climate change, this understanding requires global data sets of the highest quality.

LUCUCF (land-use, land-use change and forestry): a term that covers GHG emissions into the atmosphere and carbon removal from the atmosphere resulting from the use of soils, trees, plants, biomass and wood.

[Text] Question No. 60 Mr. Gerald Keddy: In regard to climate change: (a) besides Environment Canada, what other federal government departments have climate action programs and at what annual cost are they funded; (b) is funding for these programs by journal-voucher from Environment Canada or is it part of departmental operating funds; (c) why did the federal government stop funding the joint project “National Museum of Natural Sciences Project on Climatic Change in Canada During the Past 20,000 Years”; (d) what happened to the plan to set up weather data archives in Downsview, including a national registry of tree ring and other prox ...[+++]y data; (e) which non-governmental climate scientists, and exactly when, have Environment Canada sponsored to send to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or any other climate conference; (f) what fully refereed scientific papers have Henry Hengeveld and David Philips had published in peer-reviewed scientific literature; (g) when were they published; (h) what groups and individuals were given financial assistance, by Environment Canada or any other department, agency or Crown corporation, including funds for research, staffing, travel, meals (including alcoholic beverages) and accommodation to attend or present at the cross-Canada climate change secretariat stakeholder consultations held in the fall of 2002; (i) what groups and individuals were given financial assistance by Environment Canada or any other department, agency or Crown corporation, including funds for research, staffing, travel, meals (including alcoholic beverages) and accommodation to attend or present before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development during the past five years; (j) which scientists have presented climate science-related testimony before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development during the past five years; (k) when have environmental lobby group me ...

Q-60 — Mr. Keddy (South Shore) — In regard to climate change: (a) besides Environment Canada, what other federal government departments have climate action programs and at what annual cost are they funded; (b) is funding for these programs by journal-voucher from Environment Canada or is it part of departmental operating funds; (c) why did the federal government stop funding the joint project “National Museum of Natural Sciences Project on Climatic Change in Canada During the Past 20,000 Years”; (d) what happened to the plan to set up weather data archives in Downsview, including a national registry of tree ring and other proxy data; ...[+++] (e) which non-governmental climate scientists, and exactly when, have Environment Canada sponsored to send to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or any other climate conference; (f) what fully refereed scientific papers have Henry Hengeveld and David Philips had published in peer-reviewed scientific literature; (g) when were they published; (h) what groups and individuals were given financial assistance, by Environment Canada or any other department, agency or Crown corporation, including funds for research, staffing, travel, meals (including alcoholic beverages) and accommodation to attend or present at the cross-Canada climate change secretariat stakeholder consultations held in the fall of 2002; (i) what groups and individuals were given financial assistance by Environment Canada or any other department, agency or Crown corporation, including funds for research, staffing, travel, meals (including alcoholic beverages) and accommodation to attend or present before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development during the past five years; (j) which scientists have presented climate science-related testimony before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development during the past five years; (k) when have environmental lobby group members, i ...

The ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was approved by Council Decision 94/69/EC of 15 December 1993 concerning the conclusion of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , is to achieve stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level which prevents dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.

Research will focus on: impact of climate change on the components of the hydrological cycle - land/ocean/atmosphere interactions, groundwater/surface water distribution, freshwater and wetland ecosystems, soil functioning and water quality; assessment of vulnerability of water/soil systems to global change; management strategies, their impacts and mitigation technologies; scenarios of water demand and availability.