"Antarctica Challenge" Spotlights Climate Change Impacts

A Toronto film director's award-winning documentary spotlights how climate change impacts unfolding in Antarctica may have disastrous results in the rest of the world.

Ontario assisted with the showing of "The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning" at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to draw attention to sobering new findings of the effects of climate change.  Prominent among the issues are the rising sea levels caused by melting glaciers.

The documentary by Toronto filmmaker, Mark Terry, also calls attention to how the international community is working together in Antarctica — an ideal message for world leaders meeting in Copenhagen to reach a deal on climate change.

In Ontario, the province is implementing an aggressive Climate Change Action Plan that includes collaborating with the public and other governments.  Actions include phasing out coal-fired electricity generation — the single largest greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction initiative in Canada, investing in green energy and transit, promoting conservation, protecting greenspace and setting tough GHG reduction targets.

Ontario is also considering advice from an expert panel on adaptation measures to improve the province's resilience to current and future climate change conditions. 

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