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Water Institute member Blair Feltmate, professor in Waterloo's School of Environment, Enterprise and Development and the head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo, is part of a new Pan-Canadian Expert Collaboration team on climate change, green energy, and adaptation. 

Professor Janusz Pawliszyn, Professor Mark Servos

Antiquated city infrastructure not built to withstand changing climate, says Water Institute member Jason Thistlethwaite.

Canada's warming temperatures will result in more expensive and less comfortable city living, an environment and business expert warns.

Earth is warming. The vast majority of climate scientists have spent many years warning the public of that reality and the dangers it poses for life on our fragile planet.

Now, there’s evidence that Canada will experience the effects of climate change more severely than many other regions of the globe.

"Canada's climate has warmed and will warm further in the future, driven by human influence,” reads a new report commissioned by Environment and Climate Change Canada. “Both past and future warming in Canada is, on average, about double the magnitude of global warming.”

Water Institute member Blair Feltmate, Head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, comments on the new report in an interview with CBC.