Our climate is changing. What impacts will there be? What are our options? (Photograph of Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park)

CCIRC (Climate Change Impacts Research Consortium) is a group of researchers at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. We are investigating impacts of climate change on our environment, our economy, our health and our quality of life.

Our mission is to advance scientific research on the effects of climate change while improving our ability to communicate levels of risk.

The results of our project will provide us with a greater understanding of climate change impacts, enabling decision-makers to better manage associated risks.

At the same time we will be contributing to the global community of scientists who specialise in climate change and its effects.
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FEATURE PROJECTS

Climate-Change and Related Water-Use Risks to Aquatic Ecosystems in Mountain Regions
The overall objective of this research program is to assess climate change and related water-use risks to aquatic ecosystems in mountain regions.
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Multi-Dimensional Visualization of Risk-Analysis Simulations for Pacific Salmon Fisheries
One member of the research team for this proposal (Randall Peterman), along with graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, has been studying the impact of environmental and human effects on fish populations, especially salmon, for many years. That group has been creating empirically based computer models that simulate many possible environmental and management scenarios to study their impacts on salmon populations at various locations in BC and Alaska. These analyses typically include evaluations of user-controlled input management options such as ‘Escapement target’ (number of spawning...
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CCIRC NEWS & EVENTS

Presentations for 2nd CCIRC Student Research Day, April 2, 2012
Presentations of the November 2010 CCIRC Emergency Management Workshop are now online
On November 5, 2010, CCIRC organized a half-day CCIRC workshop to examine climate change impacts research-needs from community disaster risk reduction and...
Presentations for CCIRC Student Research Day, April 12, 2010
On April 12, 2010, CCIRC held a student workshop. The goal of this workshop was to provide a platform for the CCIRC students to present their research and...
Presentations for CCIRC Mini Workshop on Climate Data, Models and Downscaling, November 6, 2009
On November 6, 2009, CCIRC held a mini workshop on Climate Data, Models and Downscaling. The goal of this workshop was to provide an overview of climate models...
Presentations of the October 2008 Workshop on Risk Assessment and Climate Change are now online
On October 30, 2008, CCIRC held a workshop on Risk Assessment and Climate Change. The main objective of the workshop was to develop a "common framework" or...
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