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road flooded with water

Pilot project to rip up asphalt to protect cities from floods

IC³ member Blair Feltmate was interviewed by the Star on a University of Waterloo project designed to protect homes, businesses, and infrastructure from the devastating flooding that can result from sudden, heavy downpours.

CAN WE ADAPT TO A MUCH WARMER WORLD?

Exploring the challenges of a climate change "hotspot"

With development support from IC³, students from seven high schools gathered at Hagey Hall on Thursday, March 20 to learn about climate change adaptation from visiting professor Dr. Diana Liverman, co-director of the University of Arizona Institute of the Environment.

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This two-day workshop held on October 25-26, was designed to elucidate how different disciplines conceptualize the topic of climate change and how these different disciplinary lenses provide different courses of action to deal with the Grand Challenge of climate change.

The workshop was co-hosted by IC3 and the

New one-year Master’s program on Climate Change will be accepting applications for September 2013 entrance. You can read the full story on the Environment website.