IISD at Adaptation Canada 2016
IISD participated in Adaptation Canada 2016, a national symposium showcasing Canada’s preparedness for managing risks associated with changing climate. IISD staff made the following panel presentations:
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Livia Bizikova (Director, Knowledge for Integrated Decisions) presented at "Vulnerability Analysis of Complex Systems: Advances for the Built Environment and Urban Planning."
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Henry David Venema (Director of Planning, Prairie Climate Centre) chaired the panel "Levers to Mainstream Adaptation Effectively: Lessons and Best Practices from Western Canada" in which Danny Blair (Associate Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Winnipeg) presented on the Prairie Climate Centre.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Hayley Price-Kelly (Project Manager, Resilience) presented as part of the panel "Monitoring and Evaluation – Tracking adaptation at global to local scales."
For more information, visit the Adaptation Canada 2016 website.
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