FINDING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS

OUR PROCESS

Our process helps Canada achieve sustainable development solutions that integrate environmental and economic considerations to ensure the lasting prosperity and well-being of our nation.

RESEARCH

We rigorously research and conduct high quality analysis on issues of sustainable development. Our thinking is original and thought provoking.

CONVENE

We convene opinion leaders and experts from across Canada around our table to share their knowledge and diverse perspectives. We stimulate debate and integrate polarities. We create a context for possibilities to emerge.

ADVISE

We generate ideas and provide realistic solutions to advise governments, Parliament and Canadians. We proceed with resolve and optimism to bring Canada’s economy and environment closer together.

Degrees of Change – October 5, 2010 – Videos and Photos

On October 5, 2010, the National Round Table (NRTEE) and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society released the Degrees of Change diagram, an NRTEE compiled document which lays out potential effects of a changing climate on Canada at different degrees of warming. The impacts – 60 in all, culled from documented scientific literature – are categorized into eight separate sectors and include; ecosystems, water resources, human health, communities and infrastructure, resource industries, service industries, security and trade and ice, snow and sea. The diagram is included in the October issue of Canadian Geographic and Géographica magazines, which are almost wholly-devoted to climate change.

The NRTEE and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society hosted a evening reception at the Canadian Museum of Nature, where His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada spoke, along with the federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice. Astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk provided a video message in support of the initiative.

SPEAKING NOTES

Link to the Governor General's remarks

Link to speaking points by The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment

Link to text for video message by Astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk

VIDEOS

Degrees of Change Reception

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Astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk

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News Conference

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Roundtable Discussion