Net Zero – Not a Zero-Sum Game: Canada’s Opportunities in a Climate Positive Energy Transition

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Join the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering Disruptors & Dilemmas speaker series featuring Climate Positive Energy executive committee members Jody Grewal, Laura Tozer, and David Sinton. Disruptors & Dilemmas asks a multi-disciplinary panel of experts in engineering, management, philosophy and political science whether the transition to Net Zero will be a zero-sum game for Canada or whether there is a better path economically, socially and politically.

Climate Positive Energy Kick-off Meeting

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We are very excited to kick off programming for our initiative and we want your input. Join our meeting to learn about funding opportunities for faculty, students and PDFs; and give feedback on our plans for the year ahead.

Climate Positive Energy Grad Student and PDF Network Kick-off

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The Climate Positive Energy initiative invites graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from all disciplines to join our Grad Student and PDF Network. Join our kick-off meeting to give feedback on our plans for the year ahead and learn about funding opportunities.

Sustainable Plastics vs Sustainable Systems

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This talk, hosted by the centre for sustainable health systems, will explore the complex nature of our plastic environment, the interdependency of plastics on our goals for lowering our carbon footprint and increasing our expected lifespan, while also showcasing our own work on how polymer chemistry has the opportunity to shape a new sustainable future […]

Centre for Climate Science and Engineering: The science of net zero

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Climate policy goals are increasingly expressed in terms of a target date for reaching net zero emissions. Net-zero targets now cover almost two-thirds of global emissions. This talk will present the climate science that underpins the requirement for net zero emissions to stabilize Earth’s climate. I will illustrate how the long residence time of carbon […]