Concepts for a New Generation of Global Modelling Tools: Expanding our Capacity for Perception Author: Robert Hoffman, Ottawa. This is the first of two articles that describe the development of a new generation of global modelling tools that was first proposed by the authors as members of a working group of the Canadian Association for […]
Adaptation Strategies and the Decision Process
Author: Edward W. Manning, Ottawa. Note: this is based loosely on an article written originally in 1994 in the context of sustainable development by the author and revised to address the current challenges posed by a rapidly changing climate. About 4000 years ago, in the Valley of Tehuacan, Mexico, corn was first domesticated. Archaeological evidence, […]
Global Warming in a Nutshell
Author: John Hollins, Ottawa. In September 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (1) published its fifth assessment of the physical science. The following is a synopsis (2) of the findings. Global warming It is extremely likely (95-100% probability) that most of the global warming since 1950 has been due to human influences. Multiple lines of […]
Parameters and Visions of an Ecocentric World
Author: Ian Whyte, Ottawa. BRIEFLY My vision is of an ECOCENTRIC WORLD in which the Earth and Her processes have been largely released from human pressure and She has rebounded and is now flourishing. There are an appropriate number of humans living in harmony with, and as part of, the rest of the natural world in a […]
How to Put Canada on Track to a Low Carbon Future
Author: Robert Hoffman, Ottawa. Prime Minister Trudeau demonstrated at the beginning of his mandate his intention to take seriously the challenge of global warming by appointing a Minister of Environment and Climate Change and attending COP21 in Paris. He has now engaged provincial premiers. Canada has an obligation to develop an action plan to do […]