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The Security of Canada and Canadians: Implications of Climate Change

2 Oct 2012

To support these climate change, directly and indirectly on Canada, workshops and the preparation of this final and the implications of response strategies, report, there were, in addition to the faculty by all levels of government within Canada and investigators, research assistants at The University by the global community. [...] For the adverse effects and stress the need to establish purpose of this paper, climate security is defined acomprehensive adaptation programme in- as: “that achieved through the implementation of cluding international support.1 [Underlining measures that ensure the defence and maintenance added) of the social, political and economic stability of a country and of the human population, including In. [...] The objective of the Climate and timing of extreme weather and climate Convention is “… the stabilization of greenhouse events, and can result in unprecedented gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level extreme weather and climate events. [...] We look forward to objectives: “…are the conservation of biological the outcome of the UN Secretary-General’s diversity, the sustainable use of its components and High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising Financing which is, inter alia, exploring out of the utilization of genetic resources” and again innovative financing.” is connected to cl. [...] Climate change with To manage the health risks and safeguard more frequent summer thunderstorms and human security, assessments are needed of the lightning is projected to increase the frequency and vulnerability and planning capacity of health areal extent of wildfires and lengthen the wildfire facilities and services to climate change impacts season (Flannigan et al., 2005).
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