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Waterloo researchers contribute to new science led by Nature United, which concluded that by protecting, better managing, and restoring nature, Canada can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The new study, Natural Climate Solutions for Canada, published in Science Advancesshows that Natural Climate Solutions can help Canada mitigate up to 78 Mt CO₂e annually in 2030—an amount equal to the current greenhouse gas emissions from powering every single home in Canada for about three years.

The University of Waterloo has committed to reducing the carbon footprint of its pension and endowment investment portfolios by 50% by the year 2030 and is committing to achieving full carbon neutrality by 2040.

The University of Waterloo has declared a climate emergency. In doing so we are joining communities, governments and other post-secondary institutions around the world.

Sarah Burch, Canada Research Chair and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) author, has been appointed executive director of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3). 

The University of Waterloo has launched its first Environmental Sustainability Strategy (PDF) and it was clear that it would take a community to make this happen. 

You can help make campus more sustainable. Meet the team on a mission to green our home away from home and find out how you can get involved. 

IC3 member and Associate Professor Angela Carter joins CBC host Laura Lynch on the CBC Radio podcast What on Earth. In the episode “Canada’s climate policy has an oil and gas problem” Angela Carter discusses her recent report “Correcting Canada’s “one eye shut” climate policy”, which highlights the need to begin the phase out of oil and gas production.

IC3 hosted the International Climate Change Governance webinar on April 22 as the first event in the UWaterloo's Road to COP26 series. 

Unpacking the international governance framework of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Moderated by Waterloo Professor Ian Rowlands, the discussion explored how COP fits into the global climate change governance system, and featured guest speakers who shared their own COP experiences.

Sarah Burch, IC3 member and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environment, receives the Clean50 Individual award for 2021. Sarah is recognized for her incredible international research partnership TRANSFORM.

IC3 is pleased to partner with Concept and the Problem lab to support University of Waterloo students through the WE Accelerate Program. The ​​​​​​new program will offer one-term work projects, with mentorship support from industry partners