CIRANO was present at the « Forum d'orientation de la recherche sur les impacts économiques des changements climatiques » organized by the Fonds de recherche du Québec, the Government of Quebec and Ouranos which gathered nearly 150 participants. Several CIRANO researchers participated in the workshops, including Justin Leroux (HEC Montréal / CIRANO researcher and Fellow and main researcher of the Sustainable Development theme) and Charles Séguin (ESG UQAM and CIRANO researcher).

Ingrid Peignier (Senior Director of Partnerships and Research Valorization at CIRANO) intervened as a panelist to underline the importance of taking into consideration the interdependence of sectors of activity and the economic structure of a region when assessing the economic impacts of climate change.

The day began with speeches by Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change, and Rémi Quirion, Chief Scientist of Quebec, and continued with a very enlightening conference by Stéphanie Bleau and Ursule Boyer-Villemaire on Quebec's economy and climate change - a sectoral overview.