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With temperatures rising, many of central Canada's ski hills could be shuttered by end of century: report

The Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3)'s Executive Director, Daniel Scott, shares his expertise on the impacts of climate change on Canada's ski industry on CBC's The Current with Matt Galloway.

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.

As the longest United Nations climate talks on record end with a compromise in Madrid, new research from the University of Waterloo has found that higher emission reduction pledges consistent with the Paris Climate Agreement are needed to preserve ski tourism in Eastern Canada and the U.S.

To have a closer look at Canada's party platforms through the lens of climate change, IC3 hosted a pre-election party platform panel discussion on October 10, 2019. The event brought together four of the University of Waterloo's climate research experts to discuss how the federal parties are addressing climate change.

Climate change will have widespread consequences on the future of tourism, a new study from the University of Waterloo has found. 

Researchers identified the highest levels of climate change vulnerability in regions where tourism growth is expected to be the strongest, and often coincides with countries that invest most heavily in their tourism sector