Global climate connections: How changes to our environment, food systems, and health will shape our future
Keynote and Panel
Presented by the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) and Faculty of Applied Health Sciences (AHS)
Presented by the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) and Faculty of Applied Health Sciences (AHS)
Climate Students is recruiting a graduate student executive team for the Fall 2020 to Fall 2021 term!
IC3 member Jason Thistlethwaite joins CBC host Laura Lynch on the new CBC Radio podcast What on Earth. In the episode "Will climate change make us retreat from the waterfront?" Jason shares his expertise on flood risk management in Canada. He discusses opportunities for government policies and management strategies to address climate change.
IC3 member Andrew Trant was recently featured in Waterloo Stories for his research looking at 100 years of ecosystem change across the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
This story was orginally published in Waterloo Stories by Media Relations.
On Wednesday, Feb. 5th, 2020, the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change and Water Institute co-hosted an evening event, “Ideas to Shape the Future: Fighting Climate Change", at THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener. This event was part of THEMUSEUM’s exhibit “ALARM: Responding to Our Climate Emergency”. Seven institute researchers shared their insights and big ideas on tackling climate change at the individual, community, and global level.
Hosted by the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Applied Health Sciences and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3), join us for an evening of hope and action: a screening of Beyond Crisis, Q&A with the film's director, followed by a reception with student groups and colleagues!
The Canadian Coastal Resilience Forum and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change are pleased to present our inaugral documentary screening of the film Anthropocene: The Human Epoch. A cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch is a four years in the making feature documentary film from the multiple-award winning team of Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky. The film follows the research of an international body of scientists, the Anthropocene Working Group who, after nearly 10 years of research, are arguing that the Holocene Epoch gave way to the Anthropocene Epoch in the mid-twentieth century, because of profound and lasting human changes to the Earth.
Waterloo Region’s next climate strike event as well as the global UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) are right around the corner!
Joins us on November 29th for the event: Canada's International Climate Responsibilities: Our Role in Madrid. This community panel is part of Waterloo Region’s November Climate Strike (#ClimateStrikeWR).
Join us for an evening hosted by the University of Waterloo’s Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) and Water Institute. One hour, seven topics, seven speakers, with seven minutes each. Leading experts from both institutes will share their knowledge and ideas on how climate change can be addressed at the individual, community, and global levels.
Part of The ALARM Dialogues.
Waterloo’s Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change are partners in the collaboration and will work closely with the institute to achieve its objectives. IC3 member and head of the Intact Centre, Blair Feltmate, will be a member of the new institute's Adaptation Expert Panel.