The Ontario government announced November 28 that it has appointed an Advisory Panel on Climate Change. The panel will provide expert advice on the implementation of the province's climate change actions. It consists of experts on climate change resiliency who have experience in a variety of fields, including the not-for-profit, agriculture and insurance sectors.
The announcement coincides with the one-year anniversary of the release of the Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan.
Panel members:
• Chair: Paul Kovacs, founder of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction at Western University.
• Vice Chair: Lynette Mader, Manager of Provincial Operations for Ontario for Ducks Unlimited Canada.
Advisory Panel Members
• Alex Gill, Executive Director of the Ontario Environment Industry Association.
• Dr. Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo.
• Georjann Morriseau, Director of Indigenous Affairs and Public Relations at Resolute Forest Products.
• John Riley, science advisor to the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC).
• Katherine Balpataky, Director of Corporate Partnerships and Business Development for Alternative Land Use Services Canada.
• Keith Currie, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA).
• Patricia Koval, Director on several boards and a lawyer in Toronto.
• Todd Jerry, Director of Government Relations at the Insurance Bureau of Canada.