FORECAST NL

Hi, Everyone

We wanted to share something with you that our colleagues are working on--please feel free to share this with any young people that you know, and, to our young ForecastNL members, please consider taking part!

[Note: Open this article to see the attached images of each day's schedule of great events!]

"The Climate Collective is a project run through Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador with the goal of connecting youth to opportunities for climate innovation. We’re looking for youth that are passionate about our planet and motivated to act! We want to connect them with engaging mentors and speakers, and hands-on STEAM opportunities.

This summer, Climate Collective is holding our first virtual Youth Climate Summit: Thursday, July 29th to Saturday, July 31st! We’ll be kickstarting the event with a special Facebook live presentation, "The Importance of Youth Climate Activism," with Fridays for Future St. John's on Wednesday, July 28th, a.k.a. World Nature Conservation Day! The theme for this year’s summit is “Take Action!” and the summit will feature presentations and workshops on solar energy, conscious buying, environment-based writing, taking climate action in your community and more!

In addition, we will be offering a Climate Action Planning session where you can learn how to create a project plan to reduce carbon emissions in your school or community. If you register with a small group, take part in our Climate Action Planning session and share your plan with us, and then join up as a Youth Climate Action Chapter with us this Fall, we will give your team $500 towards your Climate Action project!

Take a look at the Summit schedule on our website, Facebook and Instagram, and register here: https://event-wizard.com/ycs2021/0/register/. (Registration is free!)

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out: climate.collective@mun.ca."

Today's session was about the impact of climate change on NL's society: our people, our employment, our vulnerable populations, our infrastructure, our food, and so much more.

View the recording here and take part in the discussion!

Join us for the fifth installment of our ForecastNL series on May 18th!

You can register by clicking here.

NEIA (the Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association) are holding a workshop on Friday, in partnership with NOIA (NL Oil and Gas Industries Association) and asked us to invite you all to attend:

"Discussions around net zero and the oil and gas industry's role related to its pursuit have accelerated substantially over the past 12 months. Join us on the morning of May 14, 2021 for a seminar exploring the latest international trends and Canadian investments into a low-carbon offshore oil and gas future, and what the next steps may be in Newfoundland and Labrador."

You can register to attend the workshop by clicking here.

Good Morning!

"Focus North: Labrador at the Front Lines of Climate Change" is happening in just over an hour.

Here is the link to join the Zoom webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89002460349

We hope to "see" you there!

Click here to access a PDF of this short report on the impacts of climate change on Labrador.

Our next session is happening in just over a week!

Focus North: Labrador at the Front Lines of Climate Change
May 6th, 12:00PM NT/11:30am ATL

Temperature increases, sea ice changes, melting permafrost - these are just some of the environmental changes already happening in Labrador as a result of climate change. For a region with a population so connected to the land, these changes will have tremendous impacts on the health, wellbeing and livelihood of the people who live there.

Join us as we speak with Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo, Derrick Pottle, Abigail Poole, Stanley Oliver, and Jodie Ashini to talk about these issues.

Click here to register to attend.
Registrants will be emailed a link to the Zoom session on the morning of the event.

We would love to hear your thoughts on our latest session, "Dollars and Cents: The Economic Impact of Climate Change in NL."

You can access the short survey here.

Thanks for your participation!

If you weren't able to view our third session live, don't worry! The recording for "Dollars & Cents: The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Newfoundland and Labrador" is available on our Youtube channel.

After watching, be sure to pop over to the relevant Discussion forum to share your thoughts and opinions!

Our third session, on the economic impacts of climate change on NL, is happening tomorrow (at 12PM--check back here tomorrow morning for a link to join the Zoom session). To help you prepare, we've put together a short document that lays out some of the necessary information. Here, you'll find some "Quick Facts" about GHG emissions and net-zero targets (and also, a description of what net-zero actually means!), as well as some details about Canada and NL's current challenges and opportunities when it comes to climate change and our economy. One of our panelists, Elizabeth Beale, will be referencing this brief tomorrow in her pre-Q&A presentation on the topic.

You can access these images as a PDF URL by clicking here.

Take a look! (And see you tomorrow!)