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Deep-sea impacts of climate interventions
Waterloo professor is part of an emerging field that calls for establishing a governance framework for ocean-based climate interventions
Dr. Neil Craik, law professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development and Waterloo Climate Interventions Strategies Lab member, is part of a growing area of research critically assessing the impacts and governance challenges of large-scale climate interventions in the world’s oceans.
Canada’s first zero-carbon, net-positive energy building is on track to propel Ontario’s energy transition
In the first case study of its kind in Canada, researchers from the University of Waterloo, including Waterloo Climate Institute member Paul Parker, analyze data-driven improvements in Canada’s first zero-carbon, net-positive energy building showing how they play a vital role in that building generating more energy than it consumes.
Small isolated wetlands are pollution-catching powerhouses
Small isolated wetlands that are full for only part of the year are often the first to be removed for development or agriculture, but a new study, led by researchers at the University of Waterloo, including Waterloo Climate Insitute member Nandita Basu, shows that they can be twice as effective in protecting downstream lake or river ecosystems than if they were connected to them.