Tag: University of Waterloo
Intact doubles down on municipal climate resiliency grants program
Intact Financial Corporation recently launched its enhanced 2024 Municipal Climate Resiliency Grants program. Intact is doubling its investment by providing $2 million over two...
Researchers warn of unprecedented arsenic release from wildfires
The wildfire season of 2023 was the most destructive ever recorded in Canada and a new study suggests the impact was unprecedented. It found...
Waterloo launches first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary grad diploma in climate change
University of Waterloo graduate students across all six faculties will soon be able to obtain a new interdisciplinary diploma in climate change to help...
New tech can remove microplastics from water with 94 per cent...
University of Waterloo researchers have created a new technology that can remove harmful microplastics from contaminated water with 94 per cent efficiency.
The amount of...
Interdisciplinary report indicates air pollution expected to worsen with climate change
Air pollution is the main environmental cause of early death, and new research from experts in Canada and the United States finds that, in...
Waterloo scientists capture carbon dioxide and turn it into clean fuel
Scientists at the University of Waterloo in Ontario have achieved a historic breakthrough in transforming the carbon dioxide emissions driving climate change into clean...
Intact Centre bringing physical climate risk into institutional investing
Incorporating physical climate risk into portfolio management – think flooding, wildfire or hurricanes that disrupt business operations for weeks at a time – has...
The significance of S-5, Canada’s new environmental legislation
Bill S-5 is federal legislation that amends the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). While the amendments have received some criticism for various shortfalls, many...
Canada’s e-waste more than triples in past 20 years
A new study from researchers at the University of Waterloo reveals that the amount of electronic waste (e-waste) in Canada has more than tripled...
New CSA Group report on Canada’s costliest climate impact – flooding
Developers and contractors across the country are increasingly aware of the critical need to design dwellings to address climate change and limit flood risk....