Great Lakes Connection

More frequent and severe storms have brought unprecedented amounts of additional water to the Great Lakes basin since 2013, resulting in a rapid rise in water levels and devastating storm wave attacks on almost 11,000 miles of US and Canadian coastlines.

How can enough energy be provided to support growing populations and rising standards of living while reducing heat-trapping gases from burning fossil fuels that are driving global heating and the climate crisis?

The International Joint Commission has been chaired by Pierre Béland of Canada and Jane Corwin of the United States since May 2019. The two grew up in different areas of the Great Lakes basin and have different histories with the IJC.