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		<title>May Climate Law Newsletter Now Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that Edvard Munch&#8217;s famous painting the Scream has a link to climate change? Read about this plus information on the 2012 Federal Budget, a recent report released from the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy on Climate Change Resilience and more in our May Newsletter. &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://zizzoclimate.com/2012/05/17/may-climate-law-newsletter-now-available/</link>
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		<title>Laura Zizzo to speak at Women&#8217;s Law Association Event on Small Practice Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Laura Zizzo will discuss starting and running a small law practice at the Women&#8217;s Law Association of Ontario event on April 16, 2012: Hanging Out Your Single CPD Series Practice Management. Monday, April 16, 2012 Ontario Bar Association Conference Centre 20 Toronto Street, Toronto 5:30pm to 8:00pm Expert Panel Discussion: Cheryl Goldhart, Goldhart &#38; Associates, Victoria Starr, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zizzoclimate.com/2012/04/10/laura-zizzo-to-speak-at-womens-law-association-event-on-small-practice-management/</link>
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		<title>Federal Budget: Environment and Climate get Short Changed.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Budget,  released on March 29, has a number of problematic environmental and climate related impacts.  The budget streamlines the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, eliminates the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) and gives the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) more power to scrutinize &#8220;green&#8221; charities. It generally provides insignificant “green” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zizzoclimate.com/2012/04/04/federal-budget-environment-and-climate-get-short-changed/</link>
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		<title>Air Pollution and Climate: Towards an Integrated Approach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Air quality and climate change are two very closely linked environmental problems. Many air pollutants that are toxic for human health are also greenhouse gases (GHGs) or GHG precursors. Additionally, the warming climate may increase chemical reaction rates, making smog in cities worse. The International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project working under the umbrella of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zizzoclimate.com/2012/04/01/air-pollution-and-climate-towards-an-integrated-approach/</link>
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		<title>NRT Highlights Need for Business Resilience to Climate Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Climate Change affects business, and responding to it makes business sense. This is communicated through The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy’s (NRT) recently released ‘Climate Prosperity – Facing the Elements: Building Business Resilience in a Changing Climate’, a report that “presents successes, challenges, and key lessons of thirteen Canadian and international [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zizzoclimate.com/2012/03/25/nrt-highlights-need-for-business-resilience-to-climate-change/</link>
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		<title>Toronto WeatherWise Partnership Looks at Adaptation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An increase in extreme weather events and a need for climate change adaptation spurred the foundation of the Toronto WeatherWise Partnership in 2011.  It involves representatives from more than 50 public private and non-profit organizations from across Toronto, including Travis Allan, aiming to identify key risks associated with weather events and develop a strategic action [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zizzoclimate.com/2012/02/21/toronto-weatherwise-partnership-looks-at-adaptation/</link>
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		<title>Western Climate Initiative Releases GHG Offset Protocol Recommendation Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 19th the Western Climate Initiative’s offsets committee released the Final Offset Protocol Review and Recommendation Process [1]. This document provides final recommendations for a four-step process for setting up offset protocols. Existing offset protocols include landfill gas capture, reforestation, and forest conservation.  The recommended steps for creating new offset protocols in the WCI [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zizzoclimate.com/2012/01/03/western-climate-initiative-releases-ghg-offset-protocol-recommendation-process/</link>
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		<title>UNFCCC Update: Durban and Canada&#8217;s Kyoto Participation both come to a close</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After two weeks of climate talks in Durban, South Africa, a deal was reached to negotiate a comprehensive climate agreement by 2015 and if ratified, have it come into force by 2020. Other goals, such as building upon the Cancun Agreement, were also accomplished. Despite these developments, there is criticism that the Durban Platform is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zizzoclimate.com/2011/12/19/unfccc-update-durban-and-canadas-kyoto-participation-both-come-to-a-close/</link>
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		<title>Opportunities to Address Transportation-based GHGs Abound</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today half of the world&#8217;s population live in cities, therefore transportation in and around cities, especially during people&#8217;s daily commute to work and back, can have a significant environmental impact.  Jean Mercier, one of the leading scholars of environmental policy in Canada, and professor at the University of Laval spoke at the University of Toronto [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zizzoclimate.com/2011/12/16/opportunities-to-address-transportation-based-ghgs-abound/</link>
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		<title>Changing Climate, Changing Legal Responsibilities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Laura Zizzo and Travis Allan contributed to Briefly Speaking, the Ontario Bar Association&#8217;s monthly magazine&#8217;s December issue. The article highlights some of the current legal concerns lawyers should be aware of related to climate change, despite the stalled international and national regulatory regimes. From a legal perspective, there are many reasons to start dealing with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zizzoclimate.com/2011/12/07/changing-climate-changing-legal-responsibilities/</link>
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