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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release the third report as part of its sixth major assessment of the science of climate change, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, on Monday, April 4. Sarah Burch, IC3 Executive Director and Canada Research Chair in Sustainability Governance and Innovation, is a Lead Author for Chapter 17: Accelerating the transition in the context of sustainable development, and a contributing author for Chapter 13: National and subnational policies and institutions.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the second report for its sixth major assessment of the science of climate change; Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Robert McLeman, IC3 member and Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, is a Coordinating Lead Author for Chapter 7: Health, wellbeing and the changing structure of communities. He discusses the chapter’s findings and their impacts on Canada and around the world. 

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the second report for its sixth major assessment of the science of climate change; Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Linda Mortsch, IC3 member, adjunct professor with the Faculty of Environment, and retired Senior Researcher with Environment and Climate Change Canada, is a coordinating lead author for the North American chapter. She discusses the chapter’s findings.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the second report for its sixth major assessment of the science of climate change; Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Luna Khirfan, IC3 member and Associate Professor at the School of Planning, is a Lead Author for Chapter 6: Cities, settlements, and key infrastructure. She discusses the report’s findings and her research.

Luna Khirfan, Linda Mortsch, and Robert McLeman contribute to the new climate change report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC’s Working Group II (WGII) report, which provides a comprehensive scientific assessment of the impacts and adaptation strategies of a warming planet, is a key input for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and informs international negotiations to address climate change. 

New report co-authored by Blair Feltmate, IC3 member and head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, provides recommendations on how Canadians can limit flood risk. 

A new study by IC3 member, Nandita Basu, provides a roadmap to overcome the challenges associated with legacy nitrogen for faster improvements to our water quality. 

On February 9, Health Canada announced the release of Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Actionwhich will help inform policy development focused on protecting Canadians from the effects of climate change. The report provides a comprehensive assessment of the latest research on how climate-related hazards are affecting our health and wellbeing. This reports also documents the increasing risks and new information on Indigenous health impacts, mental health, health equity, and health system resilience. To find out more and continue the conversation, join IC3 on March 9 for an informative discussion with lead authors and a panel of Waterloo's climate change and health experts. 

The University of Waterloo is finishing their participation in an exciting new collaborative program, Climate Connect; involving 60+ students and 20+ researchers from across the world to gather and discuss climate change. IC3 member, Angela Carter, and IC3's managing director, Simon Glauser, reflected on the program's benefits with the help of upper-year students Simrit Dhillon, Nilusha Rattansi and Philip Zuidema. 

Kelly Skinner, associate professor in the School of Public Health Sciences and IC³ member, was appointed a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Applied Public Health Chair in Healthy environments for climate change and food security in northern Canada.