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Schools for Change Challenge 2010
Teachers! Enter Climate Change North's Schools for Change Challenge, and you and your class could win prizes!
KYOTOplus
KYOTOplus is a national public mobilization initiative that gives all Canadian organizations the opportunity to work together to deliver a clear clarion call on the public record in support of strong federal action on climate change this year.
Dawson Climate Change Adaptation Plan
The NCE completed the final draft of the Dawson Climate Change Adaptation Plan on December 15th, 2009.
Scholarship Opportunity: Students on Ice Arctic Youth Expedition
Students on Ice is proud to offer several fully funded scholarships for their upcoming Arctic Youth Expedition from August 4-20, 2010. These scholarships are available to high school students between the ages of 14-18, from coast to coast to coast.
This expedition represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for youth to expand their knowledge about the circumpolar world, and to gain a global perspective of the Arctic, its wonders, and its present and future challenges.
The scholarship includes all travel expenses from home to the Arctic and return. Travel arrangements will be arranged by the Students on Ice office.
Application deadline: Thursday, April 15th, 2010
IPY – March Polar Week 2010
International Polar Year will be celebrating March Polar Week from March 15th-19th, 2010. This week will be an opportunity for researchers, educators, early career scientists, and students from across the globe to celebrate the partnerships, outreach, and scientific outcomes IPY has enabled regionally, nationally and internationally. It will also provide the IPY community with a chance to generate excitement as they prepare for the IPY Oslo Science Conference June 8-12, 2010.
- Download the March Polar Week flyer
- March Polar Week 2010 website
- More about International Polar Year
United Nations Environment Programme – Year Book 2010
The UNEP Year Book 2010 reports on new environmental science and recent developments in our changing environment. It looks at progress in environmental governance; the effects of continuing degradation and loss of the world's ecosystems; impacts of climate change; how harmful substances and hazardous waste affect human health and the environment; environmentally related disasters and conflicts; and unsustainable use of resources.
New NASA website sheds light on science of warming world
Will 2010 be the warmest year on record? How do the recent US "Snowmageddon" winter storms and record low temperatures in Europe fit into the bigger picture of long-term global warming? NASA has launched a new website to help people better understand the causes and effects of Earth's changing climate.
The new "A Warming World" site hosts a series of new articles, videos, data visualizations, space-based imagery and interactive visuals that provide unique NASA perspectives on this topic of global importance.
Updates on our Community Climate Change Adaptation Projects
The Northern Climate ExChange is assisting three Yukon communities to develop Climate Change Adaptation Plans through funds from the Northern Strategy. In December 2009, we completed the Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Dawson City. This plan will identify Dawson-specific initiatives for building resilience to a changing climate.
A similar project for Whitehorse, WhiteCAP, is currently underway.
- Download the Dawson Climate Change Adaptation Plan
- Explore WhiteCAP: the Whitehorse Community Climate Change Adaptation Project
- More info on our Community Climate Change Adaptation Projects
New report says melting Arctic could cost $2.4 trillion by 2050
The Pew Environment Group has released a report that for the first time quantifies the global cost of the Arctic's declining ability to cool the climate, indicating that the rapid melting of the region could carry a minimum price tag of $2.4 trillion US by 2050.
State of the Climate: Global Analysis 2009
Produced by the US National Climatic Data Center, the State of the Climate Report summarizes data and trends in temperatures, precipitation, snow cover and sea ice.
2010 International Arctic Research Center Summer School
The International Arctic Research Center (IARC) is offering an interdisciplinary summer course: "Arctic in a changing climate: Physical and biological linkages to permafrost" at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, May 20-June 4, 2010.
Graduate students and young scientists in relevant fields are encouraged to apply for participation in the summer school. Advanced undergraduate students with strong qualifications will also be considered. The application package (application form, CV, and letter of recommendation from faculty member or supervisor) should be sent electronically to Tohru Saito at .
Application deadline: February 15, 2010
Canadian Geographic: Special Arctic International Polar Year Issue
The January/February 2010 issue of Canadian Geographic contains a polarpalooza of stories, ranging from an intimate portrayal of life at the Yukon's Kluane Lake Research Station to a profile of a student geographer from Labrador on exchange in Norway. We shine a spotlight on the largest ever Inuit health survey and the mysterious disappearance of mercury from the atmosphere when the Arctic sun rises. It's all part of our crucial quest to understand the North.
Arctic Stories
Video footage of life near the North Pole can be found on a new Web site that showcases the research, climate and culture of the Arctic region. Co-developed by Purdue University atmospheric chemist Paul Shepson and collaborating author Peter Lourie, the site takes visitors on a digital journey of life in the Arctic, describing how it may be changing and highlighting research under way in the Arctic Region near Barrow, Alaska.
Climate 1-Stop
The Climate 1-Stop web site provides a single location to share and access climate change tools, resources and information, with a primary focus on adaptation in developing countries. The Climate 1-Stop is a partnership of southern and northern organizations working at all levels, from grass roots to global.
Online tips help Yukoners make energy efficient choices
A new series of information sheets designed to help people make energy efficient choices when renovating homes or buying new appliances has been produced by the Government of Yukon's Energy Solutions Centre.
Easy$ is an ongoing project to help Yukoners interested in making informed choices that will result in long term energy and cost savings. More information sheets will be added on a range of topics in the coming months.
True North: Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change in Northern Canada
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy's report True North: Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change in Northern Canada finds that "infrastructure and communities in Canada's North are unprepared to cope effectively with the looming threat that climate change poses to roads, buildings, industrial waste sites, energy and other critical infrastructure."
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