Winnipeg's drinking water is vulnerable to zebra mussels, experts say
IISD Experimental Lakes Area expert Scott Higgins talks about the potential for a zebra mussels infestation in Shoal Lake, Manitoba.
IISD Experimental Lakes Area expert Scott Higgins talks about the potential for a zebra mussels infestation in Shoal Lake, Manitoba.
"The Prairie Climate Centre provides stakeholders in Manitoba and across the Prairies with this kind of upto-date and high-quality data depicting the nature of climate changes expected to occur, said Henry (Hank) Venema, director of planning for the centre, which will be housed at the University of Winnipeg’s Richardson College for the Environment."
"Investment by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in fossil fuel production represented a large portion of overall government support, says a research study from IISD."
"While zebra mussels are a growing concern on Lake Winnipeg and neighboring bodies of water, one local researcher says that doesn’t mean people should throw up their hands and say it’s a lost cause. “Zebra mussels invaded Lake Erie in 1986, they are still there….and the fishery in Lake Erie is doing very well,” Scott Higgins said. “Water quality has some issues in western Lake Erie, partially it’s related to zebra mussels but in large parts it’s not. Many of these are the same problems we face in Lake Winnipeg.”"
"Scott Vaughan, president and CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development and Canada’s former federal environment commissioner, said the Paris talks are critical because climate science has become so “absolutely clear” in the last few years that it demands countries act now."
(French-language article) « C’est compliqué. Parce que ces subventions sont là au départ pour une raison, souligne Ivetta Gerasimchuk, chercheuse à l’Institut international du développement durable (IISD). Si vous les retirez, il faut offrir quelque chose en retour, il faut notamment continuer de protéger les groupes vulnérables socialement en les ciblant précisément. »
Our president, Scott Vaughan, explains to the Globe and Mail the work IISD is doing towards a low-carbon economy.
(French-language article) "Mais la tendance est en train de s’inverser, note Frédéric Gagnon-Lebrun, membre de l’International Institute for Sustainable Development à Bruxelles. Les subventions aux énergies renouvelables ont représenté 310G$ dans le monde en 2014 (16% par rapport à 2013). Il faudra néanmoins multiplier cette somme par 15 pour atteindre les objectifs de réduction des GES qui seront négociés à Paris, souligne-t-il."
(French-language article) "« Le monde financier se réveille », dit Frédéric Gagnon-Lebrun, expert en changements climatiques à l’International Institute for Sustainable Development et spécialiste des marchés du carbone. « Il y a vraiment une prise de conscience que les changements climatiques comportent des risques au rendement de leurs investissements. »"
Our president Scott Vaughan discusses Canada's goals at COP21 and what the best case scenario would look like.