Government of Canada
January 23, 2003

Release of a chapter of
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation:
a Canadian Perspective

Today, the Government of Canada released another chapter of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: a Canadian Perspective, which provides a review of recent impacts and adaptation research on Canada’s coastal zone. This is the fourth chapter of the report; chapters on water resources, agriculture and forestry have already been published.

The coastal zone chapter will be posted on the Web site http://www.climatechange.gc.ca at 11:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, January 23. Chapters of the report are being published as they become available. The full report will be released in early spring 2003.

For more information:

Ghyslain Charron
Media Relations
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa
(613) 992-4447