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
IC3 and the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) hosted the Solve Climate by 2030 webinar on April 7th, 2021. The event featured incredible speakers from the University of Waterloo and Waterloo community.
A team of Waterloo researchers led by Geography and Environmental Management Professor and IC3 member, Merrin Macrae, are proposing a five‐step plan to provide guidance and bring regionally‐tailored, adaptive and cost‐conscious conservation practices into watershed planning.
Fighting against the harmful effects of climate change can take many different forms. Reducing, reusing, and recycling are helpful and have been staples of eco-friendly campaigns for decades, but with technological advances and an increased urgency we as a species must do more.
Waterloo’s Juan Moreno-Cruz is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine(NASEM) committee who developed the report on Solar Geoengineering (SG): “Reflecting Sunlight: Recommendations for Solar Geoengineering Research and Research Governance”
The Association of Commonwealth Universities has announced the new Commonwealth Futures Climate Research Cohort. This cohort includes 26 researchers who will be working to accelerate climate action in the lead-up to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).
Our climate crisis is often considered a scientific or technical problem, but IC3 member, Imre Szeman, argues that it's fundamentally a cultural one.
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.
IC3 has teamed up with UWaterloo's Concept to offer grant funding for business ideas aimed at solving climate change problems. This funding will be awarded to student teams to directly support innovation and entrepreneurship focused on climate solutions.
In January 2021, IC3 partnered with UWaterloo's Concept and Problem Lab to launch the Climate Innovation Discovery Stream. Throughout the 3 week program, students from across campus spent their time researching climate change related problems and developing potential innovative solutions.