CLIMATE CHANGE CONNECTION NEWS

 

Climate Change Connection (C3) is a hub for information about climate change in Manitoba.

We are a project of the Manitoba Eco-Network.

This website will help you to become informed about climate change and to get connected to others who are working on this issue in Manitoba.

 
 

NEW C3 SECTION on ADAPTATION

 

NEW C3 FUNDING GUIDE & CALENDAR

 
 

ADAPTATION to CLIMATE CHANGE in MANITOBA

We've added a whole new ADAPTATION section to the solutions area of our website ...

 

Who ya gotta call?? (and when...)

2008 FUNDING GUIDE & CALENDAR

We have updated our guide to help you get financial assistance for your efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and combat climate change...

 
CLIMATE CHANGE CONNECTION NEWS
  Updated: Wed, Aug 27   1:29 PM CST    
 

Manitoba studies bats fatal attraction to wind turbines

Aug 27, 2008 - Winnipeg Free Press

WINNIPEG - Ground-breaking research is underway across Western Canada into how wind turbines affect migratory bats, and how to save the furry mammals from being hurt as they fly around the Prairies.

 

Scrapping fuel subsidies can help climate: U.N. study

Aug 26, 2008 - Reuters

ACCRA - Abolishing subsidies on fossil fuels could cut world greenhouse gas emissions by up to 6 percent and also nudge up world economic growth, a U.N. report showed on Tuesday.

 
 

Big thaw of arctic soil may unleash runaway warming

Aug 26, 2008 - Scientifc American

"Drunken" trees listing wildly, cracked highways and sinkholes—all are visible signs of thawing Arctic permafrost. When this frozen soil warms, it releases carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases as microbes start to thrive on the organic material it contains—a potentially potent source of uncontrollable climate change.

 

Christians see climate change as moral issue

Aug 25, 2008 - Reuters

ACCRA - Morality should be a spur for stronger action to fight climate change, which threatens food and water supplies for the poorest in Africa, a group of Christian activists said on Saturday during U.N. climate talks.