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Saturday, June 5, 2021

New study reveals that nature can deliver immediate impact in Canada’s fight to tackle the climate crisis

Waterloo researchers contribute to new science led by Nature United

By protecting, better managing, and restoring nature, Canada can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, concludes Nature United’s ground-breaking Natural Climate Solutions for Canada. The new study published in Science Advances shows that Natural Climate Solutions can help Canada mitigate up to 78 Mt CO₂e annually in 2030—an amount equal to the current greenhouse gas emissions from powering every single home in Canada for about three years.

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

University of Waterloo commits to reduce carbon footprint of its pension and endowment investments 50 per cent by 2030, achieve net-neutral by 2040

This article was originally published by Media Relations.

Board and administration endorse recommendations from Responsible Investing Advisory Group

The University of Waterloo has committed to reducing the carbon footprint of its pension and endowment investment portfolios by 50 per cent by the year 2030 and is committing to achieving full carbon neutrality by 2040.

Thursday, May 20, 2021

University of Waterloo declares a climate emergency

This message was originally circulated by President and Vice-Chancellor Feridun Hamdullahpur on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.

Today the University of Waterloo declared a climate emergency. In doing so we are joining communities, governments and other post-secondary institutions around the world.

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Waterloo’s climate centre welcomes new executive director

Dr. Sarah Burch, Canada Research Chair and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) author, appointed executive director of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3).

Waterloo’s Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) is pleased to welcome Dr. Sarah Burch, leading climate change and sustainability researcher, as the new executive director.

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

The Greenprint: There's a bold plan to make your home away from home more sustainable

Students visiting Sustainability Office booth

You can help make campus more sustainable - Meet the team on a mission to green our home away from home

Written by: Faculty of Environment

The University of Waterloo is a big place. All told, the campus community makes up roughly 30,000 students, staff and faculty. If it were a city, the University of Waterloo would be bigger than the capital cities of Yellowknife or Whitehorse.

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Registration is now open for 2021 summer school!

Climate Change and Water Security in Urbanized Watersheds

Monday, May 3, 2021

In the media: Angela Carter on CBC's What on Earth podcast

IC3 member and Associate Professor Angela Carter joins CBC host Laura Lynch on the CBC Radio podcast What on Earth. In the episode “Canada’s climate policy has an oil and gas problem” Angela Carter discusses her recent report “Correcting Canada’s “one eye shut” climate policy”, which highlights the need to begin the phase out of oil and gas production.

Monday, April 26, 2021

Written by: Media Relations

New program will offer one-term work projects, with mentorship support from industry partners

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