Environmental Impacts
“Climate change is posing challenges to environment, infrastructure, health, and economy in NL. We also bear an outsized share of responsibility for creating this problem. Fortunately, this means that the province also has an outsized (relative to our small population) to contribute to climate solutions – both by enabling lower-carbon lifestyles and economies, as well as by judicious approaches to oil & gas production (current and future).”
– Dr. Joel Finnis
Watch the recorded session:
Dr. Joel Finnis
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Memorial University.
Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo
Vice-Provost, Memorial University Labrador Campus and Dean of The School of Artic and Subarctic Studies.
Ashley Smith
Owner and Managing Director, Fundamental Inc.
Additonal sources
- View the Discussion Forum: Environment
- Read our Infographic: General Impacts of Climate Change in NL
- Read our brief: Carbon Reduction
- Read Vital Signs (2021) (2022)
- Read Dr. Joel Finnis's Presentation