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s (CFCAS) was Canada's main funding body for university-based research on climate, atmospheric, and related oceanic work. It is now the Canadian Climate Forum. As an autonomous, charitable foundation established in 2000, CFCAS funded research that improved the scientific understanding of processes and predictions, provided relevant science to policy makers, and improved understanding of the ways in which these challenges affect human health and the
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in addition to strengthening Canada's scientific capacity.CFCAS Home web page.
Its chair is
Gordon McBean Gordon McBean is a Canadian climatologist who serves as chairman of the board of trustees of the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences. He is a professor at the University of Western Ontario and Chair for Policy in the Insti ...
. CFCAS fosters partnerships in support of innovation, investment, policy, skills development, and service delivery. It funds the generation of new knowledge that is essential to the competitiveness of industries and to the health and safety of Canadians. The foundation has invested over $117 million in university-based research related to climate and atmospheric sciences, in 24 collaborative networks, two major initiatives, and 158 projects. Several of the networks are linked to international research programs; all involved multiple partners. Complementary (leveraged) support for networks has doubled the resources available to them. The Foundation has also hosted or co-hosted a number of workshops and symposia on topics such as
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and Arctic climate, and provides support to international project offices.


Research

Research funded by CFCAS informs decision- and policy-makers in government and industry, including those working in: *Municipalities – for building regulations; emergency planning; snow clearing *Energy Industry – for load forecasting; pipeline routing; pricing *Health sector – for anticipating flu/allergy seasons; tracking spread of toxins, pollutants or new diseases *Transportation industry – for plane de-icing; aviation routing; ship loads *Resource industries – for winter roads, selection of disease resistant species for reforestation planning, water stewardship *Financial services industry – for insurance rates; trade in weather derivatives *Tourist industry – for seasonal planning at resorts; hazard management; cruise routes *Sovereignty – for security infrastructure; siting of bases and support structures *Agriculture – for crop choices; pest control, tilling techniques *Weather services – for storm alerts, regional forecasts, anticipating severe events


See also

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Experimental Lakes Area IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA, known as ELA before 2014) is an internationally unique research station encompassing 58 formerly pristine freshwater lakes in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada. In response to the International Joint Comm ...


References


External links


Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
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2010-2011 Final Report
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CFCAS Letter to PM, November 25, 2005

Western Canadian Cryospheric Network - University of Northern British Columbia

Canadian climate research fund drying up (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) November 23, 2010

Scientists warn of decline of Canadian climate research (CTV News) March 14, 2010



Further reading

*{{cite book, last=Christie, first=Peter, title=The Sky's the Limit: Ten Years of Achievements, year=2010, publisher=Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, location=Ottawa, ON, isbn=978-0-9689270-2-1, pages=52 Climatological research organizations Foundations based in Canada Scientific organizations based in Canada