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St. Paul’s student Kaitlin Murray (fourth-year International Development) is the recipient of a Mitacs GlobalinkResearch grant, worth $5,000, which will allow her to work with a non-governmental organization called NIRMAN in India this term. Mitacs is an internationally known Canadian not-for-profit organization that supports research, training, and social innovation.

Dr. Olaf Weber discusses a recent analysis of Corporate Knights' Eco-Fund Ratings for 424 equity funds available to Canadian investors. The study analysed the impact of both carbon intensity and exposure to green companies listed on the Rating list.

Professor Jason Thistlethwaite discusses the opportunities to use data coming from the NASA satellite in decision making to protect coastal communities vulnerable to storms strengthened by an increase in the sea level. Read the full article on the Toronto Star.

Dr. Jenn Lynes chatted with Craig Norris on the Morning Edition on CBC KW about why budget airlines tend to emit fewer emissions. Read the whole story on CBC

Dr. Amelia Clarke and Stephanie Cairns discuss the potential for Market Based Tools in aiding municipalities to meet their Sustainable Community Plans with National Newswatch. Read the full article on National Newswatch.

Development Practice students in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development sought out an extremely valuable and unique opportunity in aiding the delegation representing the Island Nation of Kiribati, in the Central Pacific. Read the full article .

Olaf Weber recently spoke with Dene Moore, National Affairs Contributor for Yahoo Canada News about the top seven things to know about the upcoming COP 21 Conference in Paris, beginning next week.

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Dr. Olaf Weber chats with Jeff Pickel of 570 News about what needs to happen at COP 21, coming up later this month.

SEED students visit Greentec Plant for tour and discussion on e-waste issues and opportunities

Professors Steve Young and Jennifer Lynes took a group of students from the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development on a tour at the Greentec Plant in Cambridge, Ontario. Greentec specializes in helping clients manage their end-of-life information technology equipment (electronics) in full compliance with all government regulations. It is the second largest ‘steward’ of electronic waste in Ontario.

originally posted on opencanada.org

The Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney recently delivered a well-received speech in London, U.K., to a community of financial sector representatives emphasizing the impact that climate change could have on financial sector stability.

The impact could be threefold. The first type of risk is direct — the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods could have impacts on the insurance sector in particular, which will have to pay for the damage to insured property caused by these events.