Alpine areas, such as BC's Selkirk Mountains, are threatened by climate change. Photo: David Gluns

Website: http://www.meltingmountains.org

The Alpine Club of Canada, Mountain Equipment Co-op and the David Suzuki  Foundation joined forces to produce a brochure, Melting Mountains, that explores the impacts of climate change on the alpine environment.

Launched in February 2003, the brochure is being distributed across the country by Mountain Equipment Co-op and the Alpine Club of Canada.

The dynamic brochure maps out the impacts of climate change on the Canadian alpine, including some effects from around the globe. It also outlines solutions to climate change and calls our response to climate change our "peak challenge."

Read sections of the brochure:

Our mountain culture at risk
In Canada, mountains are part of our
identity. But however vast, remote and
rugged, these environments are
very vulnerable to climate change.


What the science says
Climate change will result in increased
global temperatures, increased frequency
and severity of extreme weather events
and altered precipitation patterns.

Impact map of the Canadian alpine
Climate change is speeding up glacier
melting, affecting the breeding success of
alpine animals, causing treelines to advance
upslope and decreasing summer water flows
from glacier-fed rivers.

Climate solutions and our "peak challenge"
Join the journey to reach a cleaner, more
energy efficient future. The decisions we make,
whether in town on in the mountains, can make
a real difference in protecting our valuable
alpine areas.

For more information on this program email: mountains@davidsuzuki.org

 

 

 

 

Photos: Linda Bily, Alex Taylor, Rob Buchanan