Ecohydrology Professors Philippe Van Cappellen and Fereidoun Rezanezhad are co-Investigators on two new research projects on building sustainable net-zero emissions in Canada by 2050, funded by the Government of Canada's Environmental Damages Fund through the Climate Action and Awareness Fund (CAAF).
Philippe and Fereidoun are co-Investigators on Can-Peat: Canada's peatlands as nature-based solutions to climate change (Principal Investigator: Maria Strack, Geography and Environmental Management, $3,927,294): This project will create an open-access database on carbon stocks and reactivity, modelling peatland response to changing weather conditions, and disturbances caused by urban development and construction. This project will also train the next generation of peatland scientists, managers, and policymakers.
Fereidoun is also co-Investigators on Mitigation of methane emission hot-spots from municipal landfills (Principal Investigator: Laura Hug, Biology) ($1,099,770): This project aims to develop methods to reduce landfill emissions using methane-consuming microbes from landfill-cover soils. This project targets the emissions from Canadian landfills and will provide information, tools, and methods for practical solutions.
See the University of Waterloo press release here.
