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What is climate change?

The term «climate change» has been on everyone lips for many years now, but what exactly is it? What is climate change?

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What are the effects of climate change on the environment and health?

Climate changes have different impacts on our environment and health depending on where we live on the planet. What are the consequences of climate change in Canada, but also in the different regions of Quebec?

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What are greenhouse gases (CO²)?

Certain gases, of which carbon dioxide (CO²) is one of the best known, participate in a natural phenomenon: greenhouse gases. What exactly is this?

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What is a carbon footprint?

Each person, by their lifestyle and consumption, has an impact on Earth and its resources. How do we calculate a carbon footprint? What is the carbon footprint of Canadians? For more information

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International legislation to national commitments

The first environmental concerns were expressed some time. For several decades scientists have been warning us about climate change and its effects on the environment and man. Where are we today legislation-wise? What are the positions of Canada and Quebec?

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What are the effects of climate change among the First Nations?

For millennia, First Nations have been practicing sustainable development and living in harmony and respect with Mother Earth. Climate change disturbs daily lives and well-established traditions, but how?

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