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Congratulations to Monica Emelko, an IC3 member and professor of civil and environmental engineering, who has been awarded more than $3.5 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through its Innovation Fund. This funding will help analyze threats to the quality of drinking water and year-round access to, and instrumentation for, watershed observatories.

Congratulations to Paul Parker, IC3 member and Faculty of Environment professor, for receiving the Community Leader award for his outstanding volunteerism and community outreach.

Adrien Côté sits down with University Relations to discuss the role of entrepreneurship as a power tool to build back our economy and tackle climate change.

Corporate Knights announces Top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2020

The list highlights young Canadians who are working hard and finding creative ways to help build a sustainable future.

Climate Disaster Risk Reduction & Managed Retreat

In the second half of this two-part interview for the CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, interviews IC3's Brent Doberstein and Anna Ziolecki, Director, Partners for Action, about disaster risk reduction and managed retreat.

IC3's Kirsten M. Müller is one of 289 signatories calling for a new marine protected area in the Antarctic

A new commentary piece published in Nature outlines the current threats to the Western Antarctic Peninsula and identifies actions necessary to protect the area, including the region’s precious biodiversity and the surrounding seas.

UWaterloo students explored the topic of divestment in a recent webinar presented by the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) and Faculty of Applied Health Sciences (AHS). The webinar “Unpacking Divestment: What it means for UWaterloo” was held on October 20^th, 2020.

Global climate connections: How changes to our environment, food systems, and health will shape our

Last month, the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) and Faculty of Applied Health Sciences (AHS) hosted the “Global climate connections: How changes to our environment, food systems, and health will shape our future” webinar event.

Nandita Basu is this year's recipient of the Sulzman Award for Excellence in Education and Mentoring. Basu is an IC3 member and a Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences.

The University of Waterloo's applied research network, Partners for Action (P4A), released a new report "Canadian Voices on Flood Risk 2020: Findings from a national survey about how we should manage an increasingly costly and common peril". The report looks at Canadian’s perceptions and attitudes on flood risk awareness and management.