Background information about the Climate Change Network
The Climate Change Network (CCN) strives to bring the latest climate change science, impacts, and adaptation information to the Gulf of Maine community. The following are goals of the CCN:
- Provide climate change information pertaining to the Gulf of Maine region to Council participants (researchers, planners, policymakers, etc.) in a variety of forms.
- Identify opportunities within the Gulf of Maine community for outreach activities, focusing on climate change information.
- Provide assistance to initiatives identified by Gulf of Maine Council that could benefit from climate change information, i.e. habitat restoration.
- Coordinate with New England Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers' efforts on climate change issues.
- Review emerging issues related to climate change and the Gulf of Maine.
- Provide a forum for discussion of topics linked to climate change.
Membership in the network is open to all those who are interested in how climate change will impact the Gulf of Maine region and how we may adapt to such changes.
The Adaptation Experience in the Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine Council’s Climate Change Network provided the resources to convene a Climate Adaptation Information Session at the Gulf of Maine Symposium in St. Andrews, New Brunswick on October 7, 2009.
The purpose of this session was to advance the level of interaction between Gulf of Maine Climate Change Network members and Gulf of Maine constituents and to share information about specific climate adaptation programs and projects at the state, provincial, and federal level.
The session consisted of a series of presentations followed by facilitated discussion. Participants concluded that further cooperation and consultation would be beneficial to developing any future projects and that subsequent Climate Change Network gatherings would facilitate that collaboration.
A Summary Report, presentations, and compilation of comments from a participant survey were created. These documents are available by clicking here.
The Climate Change Network co-hosted a one-day workshop on June 11, 2007, about possible impacts of climate change on ecosystems in the Gulf of Maine region and implications for indicators and monitoring. The CCN is continuing to work with ESIP to help incorporate climate change information into the subcommittees of ESIP (coastal development, contaminants and pathogens, eutrophication, aquatic habitat, and fisheries and aquaculture).
The CCN is preparing regional criteria to be used to identify coastal habitats at risk from sea-level rise, extreme precipitation, and other climate change impacts. The criteria results will be presented to decision makers responsible for coastal habitat restoration to increase their knowledge about restoring and monitoring coastal habitats. To help accomplish this goal, the CCN is working with the Council's Habitat Restoration Subcommittee to identify reasonable conclusions about how climate change will impact the habitat restoration process and restored ecosystems.
Climate Change Network News
October 2007 (PDF, 229 KB)
December 2007 (PDF, 152 KB)
February 2008 (PDF, 153 KB)
Background document (PDF, 300 KB) for the Climate Change Network Inaugural Event and ESIP Meeting in June 2007. Contains useful information about climate change impacts and ecosystem indicators in the Gulf of Maine.
Gulf of Maine Climate Change Network Task Force Meeting Report (PDF, 692 KB) describing the March 2006 meeting that determined a need for the Climate Change Network.
Climate Change Bibliography for the Gulf of Maine (PDF, 213 KB)
Key Climate Change Web sites (HTML). An occasionally updated Web page with links to some of the best Web sites on the science of climate change, impacts, adaptation, and other topics relevant to the work of the Climate Change Network.
Cross-border Indicators of Climate Change over the Past Century: Northeastern United States and Canadian Maritime Region (PDF, 2.7 MB)
A publication of the Climate Change Task Force of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment in cooperation with Environment Canada and Clean Air-Cool Planet.
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