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Publications

Reports, Papers & Proceedings

Bruce, J.P., H. Martin, P. Colucci, G. McBean, J. McDougall, D. Shrubsole, J. Whalley, R. Halliday, M. Alden, L. Mortsch and B. Mills.  2003.  Climate Change Impacts on Boundary and Transboundary Water Management.   Report submitted to the Climate Change Action Fund (Project A458/402), Natural Resources Canada.  161 pp.

Bruce, J., I. Burton, H. Martin, B. Mills and L. Mortsch.  2000.  Water Sector: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change.  Final report submitted to the Climate Change Action Fund, Natural Resources Canada.  Global Change Strategies International and Meteorological Service of Canada, Downsview.  141 pp.

Climate Change Task Group [L. Mortsch] .  2003.   Climate, Nature, People: Indicators of Canada's Changing Climate.  Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, Winnipeg, Manitoba.  45 pp.

Environment Canada [L. Mortsch].  2004.  Threats to Water Availability in Canada.  National Water Research Institute (NWRI) Scientific Assessment Report Series No. 3 and ACSD Science Assessment Series No. 1.  NWRI, Burlington, Ontario.

Field, C., L. Mortsch, M. Brklacich, D. Forbes, P. Kovacs, J. Patz, S. Running and M. Scott. 2007. Chapter 14 North America. In M. Parry, O. Canziani, J. Palutikof, P. van der Linden and C. Hanson (eds) Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. pp. 617-652.

Hebb, A. and L. Mortsch.  2007.  Floods: Mapping Vulnerability in the Upper Thames Watershed under a Changing Climate.  CFCAS Project Report XI.  Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario.  53 pp.     

Mills, B. (ed). 2008. SERA North: Economics of Weather, Climate, and Climate
Change
. Synthesis of a meeting held 21-22 February, Waterloo, Canada. Adaptation
and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada. Waterloo, Canada. 64p.

Mortsch, L., J. Ingram, A. Hebb and S. Doka (eds).  2006.  Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Communities: Vulnerability to Climate Change and Response to Adaptation Strategies.  Final report submitted to the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program, Natural Resources Canada.  Environment Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Toronto, Ontario.  251 pp. + appendices.

Mortsch, L., M. Alden and J. Klaassen.  2005.  Development of Climate Change Scenarios for Impact and Adaptation Studies in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin.  Report prepared for the IJC International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study Board, Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Technical Working Group.  Environment Canada, Downsview, Ontario.  21 pp.  (*The Scenario Data used for this report are also available for download).

Mortsch, L., M. Alden and J. Scheraga.  2003.  Climate Change and Water Quality in the Great Lakes Region: Risks, Opportunities, and Responses.  White paper prepared for the International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Quality Board.  135 pp.

Mortsch, L., S. Quon, L. Craig, B. Mills and B. Wrenn (eds).  1998.  Adapting to Climate Change and Variability in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin: Proceedings of a Binational Symposium.  Toronto, Ontario, May 13-15, 1997.  Environmental Adaptation and Research Group (EARG), Environment Canada.  193 pp. 

Scott, D., B. Jones, J. Andrey, R. Gibson, P. Kay, L. Mortsch and K. Warriner (eds).  2000.  Communication about Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities - Proceedings of an International Conference.  Kitchener, Ontario, June 22-24, 2000.  Adaptation and Impact Research Group (AIRG), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. 

Presentations

Presented by Mark Burrows (International Joint Comission) for Mortsch, L.  2008.  Climate Change: Implications for Water Resources Mangement in the Gerat Lakes Basin.  Presentation at the Climate Change Impacts on Water Systems Meeting. September 24, Vaughn, Ontario.

Mortsch, L.  2008.  Water Resources Implications of a Changing Climate: From the North American Perspective Down to the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence System.  Presentation to the McGill GEC3 Day. April 30, Montreal, Quebec.

Mortsch, L.  2008.  Effects of Climate Change: The Big Picture - Water Resources.  Presentation to the Conference Board of Canada. January 22, Ottawa, Ontario.

Mortsch, L.  2007.  Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - North America.  Presentation at ECCO.  June 19, Toronto, Ontario.

Mortsch, L., A. Hebb, J. Ingram and S. Doka.  2007.  Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Communities: Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Response to Adaptation Strategies. Presentation at the AWRA Annual Conference.  November 12, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Mortsch, L., T. Croley and D. Fay.  2006.  Impact of Climate Change on Hydro-electric Generation in the Great Lakes.  Presentation to C-CIARN-Water Hydro-power and Climate Change Workshop.  March 2-3, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Inn at the Forks).