Impacts of climate change in Canada

Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 73-88

  Bruce, James P ^a,b   Cohen, Stewart J ^c,d  

^a Global Change Strategies International Inc   (Canada)

^b Soil and Water Conservation Society   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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