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Congratulations to Kwaku Owusu Twum for winning Fall 2023 Velocity Pitch competition on 30 November 2023. Out of 109 student entrepreneurs, 24 were selected for the semi-finals and Kwaku is one of the four finalists to receive $5000. His winning project Mapmate is a SaaS-based platform that enables food processors to seamlessly connect to small farmers.

In their recent book published by Cambridge University Press (2023) on Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons, Neil Craik, Tara Davenport, and Ruth Mackenzie examine emerging and prospective international legal rules addressing liability for environmental harm to areas beyond national jurisdiction.

Date:  January 10th, 2024 (Zoom) for a Book Launch & Panel Discussion

Time:  9:00 - 10:30 (EST)

Register here

See Faculty of Environment website for more information 

Thursday, December 14, 2023

V2V Thematic Webinar

Global community established a dedicated fund for loss and damage at UNFCCC. However, one of the most challenging issues is to assess the ecological and biological loss and damage and to address those with required financial and technical assistance. But COP28 advanced the global policy regime in terms of accessing technical and financial resources to address loss and damage. Adv. Hafij Khan will talk about the scope and challenges of the global policies related to ecological loss and damage considering the national context of Bangladesh with particular focus on the coastal fisher communities.


Title of the Webinar: COP28 Outcomes: Financing to address ecological loss and damage
Date: Dec 20, 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC (8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT - 1:00 PM WAT to 2:15 PM WAT - Convert to your local time here)
Speaker: 
Hafij KhanJoint Coordinator, UNFCCC. 


YouTube link here(watch this webinar live and participate in its Q&A session)

Please, find attached poster for more details about this webinar or click here

Friday, November 24, 2023

V2V Thematic Webinar

Floodplain wetlands of India are a critical resource for fish production and other ecosystem services. Beel (inland lake) dependent communities, mostly traditional fishers, face numerous livelihood challenges from both natural and anthropogenic drivers. ICAR-CIFRI has taken up culture fisheries interventions with a holistic perspective of nutritional security, increased production and enhanced income for long term viability. This talk is an outcome of Ganga Basin research under National Mission of Ganga which outlines the social, economic and ecological stressors causing livelihoods vulnerability for the artisanal fishers and Hilsa fisheries and suggests novel ways in which they can be supported.


Title of the Webinar: Small scale fisheries of wetlands and river Ganga with special emphasis on climate change
Date: Nov 24, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC (8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT - 1:00 PM WAT to 2:15 PM WAT - Convert to your local time here)
Speaker: 
Dr. Basanta DasDirector, ICAR - Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.


YouTube link (watch this webinar live and participate in its Q&A session)
 

This story originally was posted by the Faculty of Environment

Anshikha Kumar, graduate student in the Master of Development Practice (MDP) program, attended the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) UN Climate Week 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She reflects on her experience as a youth delegate and what she learned here.

The Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) are co-hosting a series of discourses on technology-based solutions for global challenges linked to UN Sustainable Development Goals.

We are pleased to present another discourse in our series: Circular Economies: Electronic and Electrochemical Devices.

When: November 2, 2023 @ 2:30 - 3:30 PM
Where: Faculty Hall, (E7-7303/7363)

The distinguished panel for this event comprises Komal Habib (SEED), Steven Young (SEED), Ting Tsui (ChE), Michael Fowler (ChE), and Asmae Mokrini from the National Research Council (NRC).
Registration is required! Refreshments will be provided.

Note: This seminar counts for a seminar credit for Nanofellowship awardees and graduate students.

Register here for in person

Register here for virtual

Friday, October 27, 2023

V2V Thematic Webinar in October:

This talk traces the implications of fisheries policy-making and management decisions on research and monitoring practices with a view to offering insights on the potential strengths and limitations of the evidence base for fisheries management. It then “turns the telescope around” so to speak and considers how data collected as part of fisheries monitoring programs typically contributes to decision-making in practice and the extent to which most fisheries management decisions are data-driven, evidence-based and transparent in nature. The talk draws from the Canadian experience but seeks to offer perspectives on fisheries management structures and practices more generally.


Title of the Webinar: Connecting data to Fisheries Decision-Making and Policy: Observations from A Practitioner in the field
Date: Oct 27, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC (8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT - 1:00 PM WAT to 2:15 PM WAT - Convert to your local time here)
Speaker: 
Trevor M. Swerdfager| Practitioner-In-Residence, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability & Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo


YouTube link (watch this webinar live and participate in its Q&A session)