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Scientist Emeritus, Adaptation and Impacts Research Group (AIRG)
Meteorological Service of Canada
Adaptation and Impacts Research Group
Meteorological Service of Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street
Downsview, ON M3S 5T4, ON
Canada
Tel: +1 416-739-4314
Fax: +1 416-739-4297
Email:
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/airg
Dr. Burton is Scientist Emeritus with the Adaptation and Impacts Research Group (AIRG) of the Meteorological Service of Canada and an Adjunct Professor with the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto. He previously held positions as Director of AIRG and Senior Policy Advisor with Environment Canada. Prior to joining the federal government, Dr. Burton was Director of the International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study (IFIAS), a non-governmental network of research centres. From 1979-1984 he was Professor and Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto. His research interests include risk assessment of environmental hazards, water resources and supply, and environment and development. Dr. Burton has served as senior advisor to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (Ottawa) and as a consultant to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the U.S. Agency for International Development (US-AID), and numerous Canadian government agencies and engineering firms. He has worked for the Ford Foundation in India, Sudan, and Nigeria and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the World Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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PROJECTS
Water Management, Livelihoods, and Landscapes in the... Comision Fulbright (Quito)Waste Generation and Management. University of Calabar, Nigeria VISTA - Vulnerability of Ecosystem Services to... Université Joseph Fourier, France EVENTS
Fisheries Leadership and Sustainability Forum. September 22, 2008 ACS Summer School on Sustainability and.... July 9, 2008 Urban Research Symposium 2009. June 28, 2009 MEMBERS
Harald Heinrichs, Universität Lüneburg, Germany Yogesh Jadhav, Consultancy services Wolfgang Cramer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany PUBLICATIONS
A New Agenda for UK Sustainable Development Research. Sustainable Development Research Network
'Earth System Analysis' and the Second Copernican Revolution. Schellnhuber, H. J.
GAIM in 2002 and Beyond: A Benchmark in the Continuing....
Sahagian, Dork, and
Schellnhuber, John.
COMMENTARIES
The Biosphere, Health, and 'Sustainability'.
Tony McMichael,
The Challenges Posed by Sustainable Development to Science and Technology. Gilberto
Monitoring and Assessing Sustainability Indices. Francisco
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