CLIMEXEC brochure.pdf - Schulich School of Business
CLIMEXEC brochure.pdf - Schulich School of Business
CLIMEXEC brochure.pdf - Schulich School of Business
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“<br />
SOUND SCIENCE<br />
IS THE FOUNDATION OF<br />
GOOD POLICY TO DEAL WITH<br />
For more information or to begin<br />
planning your own customized<br />
<strong>CLIMEXEC</strong> session please contact:<br />
Dave Henderson (819) 994-4851<br />
dave.henderson@ec.gc.ca<br />
or Fred Herfst (250) 721-8800<br />
herfstf@uvic.ca<br />
C L I M E X E C<br />
Reducing the Risk:<br />
Climate Science<br />
for Executives<br />
CLIMATE CHANGE AND AIR-<br />
”<br />
QUALITY ISSUES.<br />
Overview <strong>of</strong> the 2000<br />
Federal Budget<br />
Canadian Climate Program Board<br />
10 Wellington St., 4th Floor<br />
Hull, Quebec K1A 0H3<br />
Telephone: (819) 994-4851<br />
Facsimile: (819) 994-8854<br />
Canadian Institute for Climate Studies<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Victoria<br />
130 Saunders annex<br />
PO Box 1700<br />
Victoria BC V8W 2Y2<br />
Telephone: (250) 721-8800<br />
Facsimile: (250) 721-7217
C L I M E X E C<br />
Risk<br />
Is the climate changing and what will be<br />
the repercussions?<br />
How prepared is your organization for a<br />
future which includes climate change?<br />
“$140 Billion <strong>of</strong> Canada’s Gross Domestic<br />
Product is sensitive to weather and climate”<br />
—Marc Denis Everell, ADM<br />
Meteorological Service <strong>of</strong> Canada, 2000<br />
Responding to Risk<br />
“ We must now focus on what can and<br />
what should be done, not because we can<br />
be certain climate change is happening,<br />
but because the possibility cannot be<br />
ignored”.<br />
—John Browne, CEO British Petroleum, 1997<br />
Credible information provides the foundation<br />
for assessing and responding to<br />
the risk posed by climate change.<br />
Opportunity<br />
“Climate change is one <strong>of</strong> the greatest<br />
environmental challenges facing the<br />
world; however, for an innovative economy,<br />
it presents many opportunities.”<br />
—Overview <strong>of</strong> the 2000 Federal Budget<br />
<strong>CLIMEXEC</strong> is an opportunity for decisionmakers<br />
within your organization to informally<br />
discuss climate change with active,<br />
IPCC-involved climate change scientists.<br />
Climate Change may well represent a<br />
significant risk to your business, government<br />
or civil society organization: if not<br />
directly, then indirectly through your<br />
clients, customers, citizens or suppliers.<br />
“Clearly, it is no longer a question <strong>of</strong><br />
whether the Earth's climate will change.<br />
But rather when? Where? By how much?<br />
And, most importantly, with what impact?”<br />
—Caio K. Koch-Weser, The World Bank, 1997<br />
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate<br />
Change (IPCC) represents the state-<strong>of</strong>the-art,<br />
international consensus on the<br />
scientific, technical and socio-economic<br />
aspects <strong>of</strong> climate change.<br />
The IPCC assessments provide the basis<br />
for assessing the risk <strong>of</strong> climate change<br />
and the foundation upon which to base<br />
your organization’s decision-making.<br />
<strong>CLIMEXEC</strong> is presented in partnership by<br />
the Canadian Climate Program Board, the<br />
Canadian Institute for Climate Studies<br />
and private and public sector partners.<br />
It is funded by the Climate Change Action<br />
Fund <strong>of</strong> the Government <strong>of</strong> Canada.<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BEGIN PLANNING YOUR OWN CUSTOMIZED <strong>CLIMEXEC</strong> SESSION<br />
PLEASE CONTACT: DAVE HENDERSON (DAVE.HENDERSON@EC.GC.CA) AT (819) 994-4851<br />
OR FRED HERFST (HERFSTF@UVIC.CA) AT (250) 721-8800
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