Pacific Climate Seminar Series

September 2009 marks the beginning of the second annual Pacific Climate Seminar Series. This academic year the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) have joined together to co-host the series. We hope to demonstrate the complementary nature of our joint mission. All seminars will be held at 2:00 pm on the third Wednesday of every month in ECS (Engineering and Computer Science Building), Room 660. A live webcast is available below. Coffee and snacks will be served.

The PCIC mission "is to quantify the impacts of climate change and variability on the physical environment in Pacific North America". The PICS mission "is to partner with governments, the private sector, other researchers and civil society to undertake research on, monitor and assess the potential impacts of climate change, and to assess, develop and promote viable mitigation and adaptation options to better inform climate change policies and actions."

PCIC focuses its work in four themes: (1) Regional Climate Impacts (Downscaling/Scenario Selection); (2) Hydrologic Impacts (Hydrologic Modelling); (3) Climate Analysis (Climate Monitoring and Analysis of Extreme Events); and Ocean Influences (Storm Surge/Sea Level Rise). PCIC strives to quantify the affects of climate change and to provide products that can be used by PICS and other organizations that are focused on broader mandates of developing mitigation and adaptation solutions.

DATE	TIME	SPEAKER	TITLE
September 16, 2009	2:00 pm	Shawn Marshall, Department of Geography, University of Calgary	"Glacier-Climate Processes and Glacier Response to Climate Change" - Presentation Slides, Abstract
October 21, 2009	2:00 pm	Robert Gifford, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria	"Changing climate change behaviour: Individual-level barriers and solutions" - Presentation Slides, Abstract
November 18, 2009	2:00 pm	Rajesh Shrestha, W-CIRC	"Application of SWAT in Hydrologic and Nutrient Transport Modelling of the Lake Winnipeg Watershed" - Presentation Slides, Abstract
December 16, 2009	2:00 pm	Eric Higgs, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria	"Resilience, Novelty, and the Future of BC Ecosystems" - Presentation Slides, Abstract
January 20, 2010	2:00 pm	George Jost, WC2N-UBC	"A quick hydrological screening tool to assess the impact of landscape changes on streamflow regime." - Presentation Slides, Abstract
February 17, 2010	2:00 pm	Ben Kangasniemi, A/Head, Science and Adaptation, Climate Action Secretariat, BC Ministry of Environment	British Columbia’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy - Presentation Slides
March 17, 2010	2:00 pm	Tomas A Okey, Director of Ecosystem Sciences, West Coast Aquatic, Port Alberni, BC; Adjunct Professor, UVic School of Environmental Studies; Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation	"Progress in assessing climate-related impacts on marine biota and ecosystem services, and in coping with these changes through adaptation frameworks and strategies"- Abstract
April 21, 2010	2:00 pm	TBA	TBA

Live webcast

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Other PCIC Seminar Presentations

On occasion, PCIC hosts other seminar presentations by visitors to our institute.

DATE	TIME	SPEAKER	TITLE
September 21, 2009	11:00 am	Marco Braun, UQÀM	"Validation of Hydro-Meteorological Variables and their Projected Changes for North American Basins in an Ensemble of Canadian Regional Climate Model Simulations" - Presentation Slides, Abstract
September 28, 2009	2:00 pm	Nadine Salzmann, Department of Geography, University Zurich-Irchel	"RCMs — Performance and applications of RCM results in high-mountain regions - Analyses for cryospheric process modelling" - Presentation Slides, Abstract
December 8, 2009	2:00-3:30 pm	John Pomeroy, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan	Canadian Water Resources Association/Canadian Society of Hydrologic Sciences (CWRA/CSHS) Discussion Group meeting "modelling snow processes for climate change impact analyses: challenges and insights" - Presentation Slides, Itinerary, Abstract
December 15, 2009	3:30-4:00pm	Duncan Knowler, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University	"Bio-economics of an Exotic Plant that Invades Rangelands: Hound’s Tongue and Livestock Production in British Columbia" - Presentation Slides, Abstract
March 25, 2010	10:00-11:00 a.m. Wright A319	Claudia Tebaldi, Adjunct Professor, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia	"Using multi-model ensembles to characterize uncertainty in projections of future climate change" Abstract

This list of seminar presentations includes presentations by invited speakers. --> The PCIC Web site also includes a list of Presentations given by PCIC staff.