Climate Change

Resource Futures International (RFI) has extensive experience working on factors related to climate change, including the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), adaptation mechanisms and best practices, multi-stakeholder workshops, and environmental technology options for greenhouse gas mitigation. Our range of services includes:

  • Action plan development, consultation and implementation
  • Capacity building
  • Adaptation frameworks
  • Clean Development Mechanism
  • Assessment of technology options and facilitation of technology transfer

Project Examples

Action Plan Development, Consultation and Implementation

Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Strategic Framework for Environment Canada's Bilateral Climate Change Cooperation with China and India; Environment Canada (2004)
  • Review of Canada's National Action Program on Climate Change; Natural Resources Canada (1996)

Capacity Building

  • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Component of the Canada-China Cooperation on Climate Change (C5) Project; Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) (2002-2004)
  • Project to Facilitate Clean Development Mechanism Projects in India; Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) (2002-2004)
  • Training on Compressed Natural Gas as a Transportation Fuel for Environmental Improvement in Bangladesh; Environment Canada (2001-2002)
  • Study to Survey Technology Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Reductions in China and Canadian Supply Capabilities; Environment Canada, Industry Canada and DFAIT (1999-2000)
  • Sino-Canada Workshop on Advancing Joint Collaboration on Climate Change; Environment Canada (1999)

Adaptation

  • Large-scale effects of freshwater inflows on the ecological integrity of marine ecosystems with particular reference to the cumulative effects of hydroelectric projects and other land-based changes in river hydrology. Prepared by RFI science associate Dr. Andrew Hamiltonfor the Nunavut Hudson Bay Inter-Agency Working Group (2005).
  • Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for the Walpole Island First Nation; Natural Resources Canada (2003-04)
  • The State of Play of Climate Change Adaptation: A Policy Review; CIDA (2001-2002)
Updated November 14, 2007