Environment and Climate. —— Climate issues LIn its policy on climate, Iceland is guided by the goal of the Paris Agreement of 2015 to limit the average increase the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere to 1.5°C from the refer- ence level. The main aim of the government’s climate policy is to avoid negative effects of climate change on marine life. In no other part of the world has the temperature risen as much as it has in the Arctic. Thus, it is incumbent upon Iceland to conduct more extensive studies of acidification of the ocean in colla- boration with the academic community and the fishing industry. Iceland is moreover bound to achieve a 40% reduction in emis- sions of greenhouse gases, based on the 1990 level, by 2030. It is the government’s wish to go further than is envisaged in the Paris Agreement and to aim to have a carbon-neutral Iceland by 2040 at the latest. The aim is to achieve this by making a permanent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions and also through changes in land use in accordance with internationally recognised standards and by incorporating approaches that take account of the local ecology and planning considerations. Support will be given to industrial sectors, individual enterprises, institutions and local authorities in their attempt to set themselves targets pertaining to climate-change. The govern- ment aims to have all major public projects assessed in terms of their impact on the climate-policy targets. Concessions for new investment projects will be subject to the condition that the projects have been assessed in terms of their impact on climate and how they conform to Iceland’s international undertakings regarding reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. Emphasis will be placed on involving all players in society, and the general public, in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, and support will be given to innovation in this sphere. A climate council will be established and a plan of action on emission reductions will be drawn up, with a time-scale, and fin- anced. The plan of action will include targets regarding transport and the proportion of vehicles powered by environmentally- friendly fuels in the total number of vehicles in Iceland, utilisation levels of fuel and power in business and industry, the introduction of international conventions on the protection of the oceans, ‘green steps’ in state operations and a Climate Fund, and moves will be made to prohibit the use of heavy oil in vessels within Iceland’s economic zone. Collaboration will...
Environment and Climate. Change Canada commits to liaise with other federal government departments and agencies to undertake appropriate planning and habitat protection for caribou on federal lands (e.g. Parks Canada Agency, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Department of National Defence).
Environment and Climate. Change Canada has a requirement for the supply of one (1) Automated Capillary Electrophoresis System, including installation, manuals, training, and technical support. The system must include all of the following: • The instrument must allow fully automated sample processing. • The system must be able to process up to 16 samples in a single analysis using tube strips. • The required input sample volume must be 2ul or less. • The system must work with ready-to-use consumables allowing the analysis of different types of samples (DNA, RNA, PCR products) with variable concentrations and sizes. • The electrophoresis speed per sample should be 2 minutes or less. • The instrument must be able to quantify as little as 500 pg/ul of RNA and 10 pg/uL of DNA. • The instrument must have the capacity to generate an integrity number for both DNA and RNA. • Must be a compact system, small enough to fit our bench space. Maximum dimensions of the instrument: 300 x 530 x 430 mm (w x d x h). • The system must include a laptop computer and software package for control of the instrument and data analysis. • The laptop computer must be separate from the instrument for more flexibility and ensure workstation ergonomics. • The analysis software output must provide size, quantity and quality information for both DNA and RNA (DIN and RIN equivalent). • The software must generate analysis reports that can be exported for editing with Microsoft Word or Excel. • The software must display results in tabular format, electropherograms and electrophoresis gel images. The mandatory technical criteria are:
