Faculty of Environment welcomes new director of Partners for Action
The Faculty of Environment and IC3 would like to welcome Shawna Peddle as the new Director of Partners for Action (P4A).
The Faculty of Environment and IC3 would like to welcome Shawna Peddle as the new Director of Partners for Action (P4A).
Blair Feltmate, IC3 member and Intact Chair, Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo has been featured extensively in the media on the topic of responding to extreme weather in Canada and implementing climate adaptation strategies.
His latest opinion piece appeared in the Globe & Mail Strategies for Sustainability section today.
The Co-operators and Farm Mutual Reinsurance Plan today announced the creation of the Partners for Action (P4A) Network at the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Environment. The two founding partners have committed $1.1 million to the new applied research network, which will work to advance flood resiliency in Canada in the face of a changing climate.
This coming Earth Day, April 22nd, the University of Waterloo, in partnership with the Kitchener Public Library, will host a free public lecture discussing climate change featuring three leading researchers and IC3 members: Blair Feltmate, Ian Rowlands, and Maria Strack.
Two researchers from the University of Waterloo recently received funding for Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships. Among the two is professor and IC3 member, Susan Elliott.
Two members of UW's Climate Students group are currently in Lima, Peru for the 20th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), commonly referred to as "COP20".