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With spring around the corner, Canadian cities score an uninspiring C+ on flood preparedness, the costliest type of natural disaster, a new national study has found. The study, conducted by the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo, shows that many cities have made little progress to limit their risk of flooding over the past five years.

Juan Moreno-Cruz is an IC3 member and professor at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development at the University of Waterloo.

The original article is featured in Waterloo Stories.

Hot Planet Cool Athletes collaborates with world class athletes to provide a free climate change education platform for students and teachers across Canada. Developed in partnership with leading climate researchers and educators at the University of Waterloo’s Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change, this revolutionary platform features a variety of ready-made, virtual education tools for high school students and educators nationwide.

Illuminate is a new simulation game developed by UWaterloo's Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) in partnership with the Games Institute. The game is featured in a CTV news story by Tegan Versolatto Virtual game by University of Waterloo to highlight climate crisis to students.

Waterloo launched a new simulation game providing an educational experience that sheds light on strategies to fight climate change.

The Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) is excited to partner with UWaterloo's Concept and Problem Lab to launch the Climate Innovation Discovery Stream. It’s your time, be a change maker: join the Climate Innovation Discovery Stream!

Christine Dow, IC3 member and professor in the department of Geography and Environmental Management, discusses her research in the Antarctic and how the Antarctic Ice Sheet is destabilizing faster than we thought.

The original article is featured in Waterloo Stories.

The Government of Canada has just announced the newest group of Canada Research Chairs (CRC). Congratulations to all nine professors across the University of Waterloo appointed in 2020. This list of new and renewed Canada Research Chairs includes three IC3 members.

IC3's Executive Director Daniel Scott joins CBC host Laura Lynch on the CBC Radio podcast What on Earth. In the episode "The future of winter" Daniel discusses the future of tourism and winter sports in our changing climate. Daniel sheds light on the reality of Canada's ski industry as well as the future of the winter olympics in a warming climate. 

Yimin Wu, IC3 member and professor in the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering department, sits down with University Relations to discuss the artifical leaf, an innovative technology that will help reduce emissions and fight climate change.

The original article is featured in Waterloo Stories.