Stewart J. Cohen
Senior Researcher
Regional Assessments of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptatio
Environment and climate change
Canada
Biography
Member of the author team for the Intergovernmental Panel (IPCC) on Climate Change Fifth Assessment, Working Group II Member of IPCC Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA) Member of research teams for studies on climate change impacts adaptation and forestry in a) Kamloops BC, b) Skeena BC, and c) Williams Lake, BC Member of the editorial board of Climatic Change Member of research team of a GEOIDE funded study entitled "Future Visioning of Local Climate Change Scenarios with Integrated Geomatics / Visualization Systems" Member of author team for U.S. Climate Change Science Program Unified Synthesis Product, "Impacts of Global Warming on the United States" and "Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate" (2008 -2009) Member of advisory committee for Columbia Basin Trust program "Communities Adapting to Climate Change" Thesis supervisory committee for 14 students at University of British Columbia (1995 - present) Editorial Board member, Integrated Assessment- formerly Environmental Modelling & Assessment (1996 - 2003), Journal of Climate (1989 - 1994), Climatological Bulletin (1982 - 1993); Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN), Advisor - British Columbia node (2001 - 2007); World Conference on the Changing Atmosphere--Implications for Global Security, 27-30 June, 1988 (World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Environment Programme and Environment Canada), Working Group Coordinator, Conference Secretariat, (1987 - 1988)
Research Interest
Contributing to Environment Canada's mandate to develop and evaluate strategies to adapt to the impacts of weather, climate and climate change
Publications
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Cohen, S.J. with M.W. Waddell. 2009. Climate Change in the 21st Century. McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal. 379 p.
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Cohen, S.J., S. Sheppard, A. Shaw, D. Flanders, S. Burch, B. Taylor, D. Hutchinson, A. Cannon, S. Hamilton, B. Burton, and J. Carmichael. 2011. Downscaling and visioning of mountain snow packs and other climate change implications in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. DOI 10.1007/s11027-011-9307-9.
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Harma, K.J., M.S. Johnson, and S.J. Cohen, 2012. Future water supply and demand in the Okanagan Basin, British Columbia: a scenario-based analysis of multiple, interacting stressors. Water Resources Management, 26, 667-689.
