SEED professor works on solving the sustainability puzzle
Dr. Amelia Clarke has been working on environment and sustainability issues for decades. She is currently a professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED).
Dr. Amelia Clarke has been working on environment and sustainability issues for decades. She is currently a professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED).
"The companies studied in our research are accountable for roughly $1 billion in community investment every year," said David Benjamin Billedeau, PhD candidate in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development.
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It was a winter break to remember for two University of Waterloo students.
Emily Meissner and Millie Balmer are completing a placement in Kampala, Uganda, as part of the United College and Faculty of Environment-run International Development (INDEV) program that sees students complete an 8-month oversees placement, facilitated by the World University Service of Canada.
Launched by the University of Waterloo, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and ICLEI Canada, the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership (N-ZAP) is developing resources to support Canadian municipalities to monitor, measure, report and achieve climate action.
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
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 Khan| Joint Coordinator, UNFCCC.
YouTube link here(watch this webinar live and participate in its Q&A session)
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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 Das| Director, ICAR - Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
YouTube link (watch this webinar live and participate in its Q&A session)
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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.
This story originally was posted by the Faculty of Environment.
Nguénar Yacine Cissé, 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.