FORECAST NL

We recently published the 7th edition of Vital Signs, which contains a 4-page spread on Climate, Economy, and Society of NL, with a focus on the ForecastNL series!

Take a look at the online PDF now by clicking here!

Here's a peek inside:

"The Broadcast with Jane Adey - Oct. 27, 2021" featured moments from our recent ForecastNL session on oceans, fisheries, & climate change!

Listen here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-122/clip/15874954

From the United Nations (for Climate Change) [UNFCC]:

"The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21 in Paris, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016.

Its goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.

To achieve this long-term temperature goal, countries aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible to achieve a climate neutral world by mid-century.

The Paris Agreement is a landmark in the multilateral climate change process because, for the first time, a binding agreement brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects."

To learn more about the Paris Agreement and how it works, check out these videos below:

"Newfoundland and Labrador's post-secondary institutions are seeing a steep drop in enrolment in oil-focused engineering programs as the province's offshore oil industry tries to claw its way out of a downturn.

And many of those who have enrolled say they did so because they want to bring change to the industry in the era of climate change.

"What I would like to do is to make it more sustainable," said Brooklyn Hollett, a fourth-year undergraduate student in process engineering at Memorial University in St. John's. "To make it so there's less emissions and it's not so hard on the environment."

Figures from the College of the North Atlantic show the number of students in its programs geared toward the oil industry— petroleum and chemical process engineering technology — declined steadily from 157 students in 2016-2017 to 73 in 2020-2021. The school did not provide data for this academic year.

At Memorial University, the number of students completing a master's degree in oil and gas engineering went from 56 in 2016-17 to 69 in 2017-18, before falling to 30, then 20, then 19 in successive years."

Read Sarah Smellie's full article here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/oil-and-gas-enrolment-drop-nl-1.6232095?fbclid=IwAR3-LBVVYKbHhzsBi0UYKGwrd4jHAomkgtwhb-jDOpSfvimaZOz-Tdb8lUw

We spoke with Brad deYoung (Memorial), Cyr Couturier (Marine Institute), Erin Carruthers (FFAW), and Mariano Koen-Alonso (DFO) on October 26th about the impacts of climate change on NL's oceans and fisheries.

Watch the recording below and take part in the online discussion!

Dr. Angela Carter provided us with the slides from her presentation on October 5/2021, on the future of oil and gas in Newfoundland and Labrador, in case anyone would like to read and learn more.

Click here to view the full presentation!

In case you missed today's session (or want to re-watch it), you can access the video recording below, or view it directly on YouTube.

Once you've finished watching, be sure to head over to the Discussions forum to take part in the conversation! We'll be posting some comments and questions from the session that we weren't able to air live.

Around the world, climate change is manifesting itself in extreme temperatures, heavier rainfall, increasing wildfires and drought. The heat dome in western Canada in June 2021 caused fatalities and also exposed vulnerabilities in infrastructure, the energy grid and building systems. What strategies will municipalities, businesses and infrastructure providers need to adopt in order to avert loss and damage? This webcast will bring climate, infrastructure and preparedness experts together to discuss how cities, towns and industries can become safer and more resilient in the face of a changing climate.

Thursday, September 23 | 1:30 P.M. - 2:40 P.M. ET (3:00 P.M. in NL)

Click here to visit the website and register to attend this free event!

Check out this recent article from CBC NL, with information from ForecastNL's Steering Committee Co-Chair, Memorial's Dr. Brad De Young.

Dr. De Young spoke with On The Go's Ted Blades recently about the impact the warming of the Gulf Stream can have on NL's weather and climate--you can listen to their conversation here!

(And read the report cited in the article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01097-4)

In May of this year, Abacus Data conducted a survey for Iron & Earth, entitled:

CLIMATE EMERGENCY POLLING & TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE SOURCES WITH OIL & GAS SECTOR WORKERS

This online survey was conducted with 300 Canadian residents working in the oil, gas, or coal sectors . A random sample of panelists were invited to complete the survey from a set of partner panels. (These partners are typically double opt-in survey panels, blended to manage out potential skews in the data from a single source.)

CLICK HERE to view the results.
Below is an example of one of their findings: