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The purpose of this report was to compile and summarize the climate and climate-related researches that were reported during the period 1975 to 1986 for Alberta, Canada. The report is divided into six sections.
A primer and glossary developed to provide an explanation of some of the terms used in the workbook for Alberta's Climate Change Round Table, held April 30 - May 1, 1999, and other climate change publications.
A workbook developed to assist delegates in preparing for Alberta's Climate Change Round Table, held April 30 - May 1, 1999.
The relationship between climate and the distribution of plants and animals has been recognized for centuries. Most recently, concerns that climate is changing in ways that are having significant impacts on the Earth have stimulated interest in description and prediction of climate. Beyond that interest in climate lies questions of what associated changes may occur in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
In a preliminary step to addressing questions of climatic change, an interdisciplinary group has expanded the database on Alberta climate. As in most jurisdictions, climatic stations in Alberta are concentrated in urban and agricultural areas with under representation of forests and poorly settled areas. Largely through interpolation, with some extrapolation, we have approximately tripled the number of geographic points for which consistent data are available. An archive containing data for monthly mean daily temperature, monthly mean daily maximum temperature, monthly mean daily minimum temperature and monthly mean precipitation has been produced. Data for each of the four variables are now easily accessible as monthly normals in the data archive.
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The Government of Alberta is reviewing the regulations that govern coalbed methane/natural gas in coal (CBM/NGC) development to examine the balance between protecting the environment and responsible development.
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This report is designed to inform interested stakeholders of the 2006 results of the Specified Gas Reporting Program and to provide analysis of those results that are not provided elsewhere to Albertans. This report also includes analysis of national reported greenhouse gas emissions for the rest of Canada and the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, which covers greenhouse gas emissions from more than just large industrial emitters.
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The Government of Alberta is committed to taking action on climate change. Beginning with its Climate Change Action Plan - Albertans & Climate Change: Taking Action, released in October 2002, the Government of Alberta identified a number of strategies the province would use to address climate change. One of these actions included the development of a mandatory reporting program for large industrial emitters in Alberta.
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The Alberta government submitted an Action Plan for Canada’s Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry Program in October 1995. The Action Plan focussed on measures that will directly result in reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from Alberta government operations over a three-year period.
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Explains how Alberta's air quality is affected by natural factors, like climate and weather, and human factors, such as economic activity and industrial emissions. Long-term air quality data for several important contaminants and Alberta's approach to managing air quality are detailed in the report.
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The specified gas reporting program was developed as part of the Government of
Alberta's climate change action plan, Albertans and Climate Change: Taking Action, released in October 2002. The Climate Change and Emissions Management Act defines a specified gas as any gas that traps heat near the earth’s surface. Specified gases include
the following greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride. For the purpose of clarity specified gases will be referred to as greenhouse gases in this report.
Reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial sources is a fundamental component of Alberta’s action plan to address climate change. An accurate accounting of these emissions is needed to assist both the province and industry in characterizing
emission sources and identifying opportunities for, and reporting progress on, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
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