The “Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region” is a brief bulletin published jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Environment and Climate Change Canada, summarizing the latest season’s weather and water level conditions and weather and water level-related impacts over the Great Lakes and provides an outlook for the upcoming quarter. […]
Posted: May 6, 2021Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region – December 2020
The “Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region” is a brief bulletin published jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Environment and Climate Change Canada, summarizing the latest season’s weather and water level conditions and weather and water level-related impacts over the Great Lakes and provides an outlook for the upcoming quarter. […]
Posted: April 30, 2021Available for Public Review: Draft of Canada’s Great Lakes Strategy for PFOS, PFOA, and LC-PFCAs Risk Management
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) commits Canada and the United States to prepare and issue binational strategies for Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs), which may include research, monitoring, surveillance, and pollution prevention and control provisions. A Draft of Canada’s Great Lakes Strategy for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS), Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), and Long-Chain Perfluorocarboxylic Acids […]
Posted: April 26, 2021The Governments of Canada and the United States agree on 2020-2022 Great Lakes Binational Priorities for Science and Action
Pursuant to Article 5, Section 2(c) of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 2012, the Parties shall establish, in consultation with the Great Lakes Executive Committee, binational priorities for science and action to address current and future threats to the quality of the Water of the Great Lakes. The Governments of Canada and […]
Posted: March 2, 2021Great Lakes Executive Committee Meeting: December 2020
Below are materials documenting the GLEC meeting held virtually on December 9-10, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Posted: January 21, 2021Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region – September 2020
The “Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region” is a brief bulletin published jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Environment and Climate Change Canada, summarizing the latest season’s weather and water level conditions and weather and water level-related impacts over the Great Lakes and provides an outlook for the upcoming quarter. […]
Posted: December 21, 2020Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region – June 2020
The “Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region” is a brief bulletin published jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Environment and Climate Change Canada, summarizing the latest season’s weather and water level conditions and weather and water level-related impacts over the Great Lakes and provides an outlook for the upcoming quarter. […]
Posted: December 14, 2020Great Lakes Executive Committee Meeting: December 2019
Below are materials documenting the GLEC meeting on December 4-5, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Posted: July 31, 2020State of the Great Lakes 2019
The Governments of Canada and the United States are pleased to release the 2019 State of the Great Lakes reports, which provide an overview of the status and trends of the Great Lakes ecosystem. Overall, Great Lakes water quality is assessed as “fair and unchanging.” While progress to restore and protect the Great Lakes has […]
Posted: June 3, 2020