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Panel Discussion on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation – October 13, 2010 – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Organized by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), in collaboration with Nova Scotia Environment

October 13, 2010

AGENDA

9:30

Welcoming Remarks

Mark Parent, NRTEE Member

   
9:35

Introduction & Context 

Sterling Belliveau, N.S.’s Minister of Environment

René Drolet, Director, Policy & Research, NRTEEAndré Préfontaine, Publisher, Canadian Geographic

   
9:50

Panel presentations

Gary Lines, Environment Canada

John Charles, Halifax Regional Municipality

William Green, Nova Scotia Environment

   
10:30

Questions

Moderator: Mark Parent, NRTEE Member

   
11:25

Concluding Remarks 

Mark Parent, NRTEE Member

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