IJC Town Hall Session 7: Climate Change Impacts
Ryan Graydon, International Joint Commission, [email protected]
Abstract
Annex 9 of the GLWQA commits the Parties “to identify, quantify, understand, and predict the climate change impacts on the quality of the Waters of the Great Lakes,” and to “sharing information that Great Lakes resource managers need to proactively address these impacts.” The annex also commits the Parties to coordinate actions where appropriate with water quantity management actions taken by or in conjunction with the IJC. A recent report by the IJC’s Water Quality Board to the IJC calls for the Canadian and US governments to jointly develop a binational approach to climate change adaptation and resilience in the Great Lakes. The report also calls on governments to make investments in research, information sharing and knowledge management to carry out a binational vulnerability assessment. Participants will be invited to provide input on questions related to binational approaches to climate change adaptation and resilience in the Great Lakes, priorities for responsive adaptation actions , especially that impact water quality, and stakeholder and rights holder engagement.