Speaker: Dr. Tuomas Ylä-Anttila
Title: Comparing Climate Change Policy Networks
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Abstract
Faced with the threat of climate change, some countries have managed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while in other countries emissions keep growing. What explains this national variation? The 20-country comparative research project Comparing Climate Change Policy […]
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Title: Understanding Tipping Points in Climate and Sustainability
Date: Monday, August 18, 2014
Abstract:
The term “tipping point” describes the moment when a system suddenly changes state, with no obvious trigger other than a slowly changing environment. Tipping points are difficult to predict and difficult to reverse. Examples […]
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Mary Lou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
Waterloo Mathematics – Public Lecture
Monday, August 18, 2014
QNC 2502
4:30 p.m.
(Refreshments at 4:30 p.m., lecture begins at 5:00 p.m)
Abstract
The term “tipping point” describes the moment when a system suddenly changes state, with no […]
Marisa Beck is a PhD student in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), University of Waterloo, specializing in Global Environmental Governance. Her research focuses on the interactions between three types of complex systems—the Earth’s climate, the global economy and social value and belief systems. Specifically, she investigates […]
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Speaker: Mike Stone
Title: A Wildfire Case Study in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Category: Seminar
The Southern Rockies Watershed Project was established shortly after the 2003 Lost Creek wildfire (> 210 km2) to describe both the early magnitude, and subsequent trajectory of recovery of a broad range […]
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Speaker: Victor Galaz
Title: Can Information Technology Really Help Save the Planet?
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Category: Talk
Abrupt climate change, “planetary boundaries” and the failure of international institutions to deal with multiple interacting global crises have gained considerable scientific and political attention over the last years. Few sustainability scientists however, […]
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