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Dr. Raymond Desjardins | The Evolution of Agrometeorological Research in Canada
January 17 @ 13:30 - 16:30 EST
Speaker: Dr. Raymond Desjardins, CM, OOnt, FRSC, FAIC, FCSAM, FASA
Topic: The Evolution of Agrometeorological Research in Canada – Emphasis on Mitigating Climate Change.
Time: Jan 17, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Summary:
He will briefly review some of the research done in Agricultural Meteorology in Canada during the last 70 years. He will describe the various techniques that his research team developed to quantify greenhouse gas emissions. He will present estimates of the carbon footprint of the main agricultural products in Canada and demonstrate the potential role of producers and consumers to help reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. He will discuss the positive or negative feedback on the earth’s energy budget associated with biogeochemical and bio geophysical effects due to a whole series of management practices. He will present pathways in agriculture that he and his colleagues have identified that could help mitigate climate change.
Biography:
Dr. Raymond L. Desjardins is an emeritus scientist with the Ottawa Research and Development Centre within the Science and Technology Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He is a member of the Order of Canada and member of the Order of Ontario, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Agricultural Institute of Canada, Fellow of the Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. He studied Physics at Ottawa University, Meteorology at the University of Toronto, and Micrometeorology at Cornell University. He is renowned for his innovative techniques to quantify greenhouse gas emissions. He has worked with national and international teams to help understand the role of terrestrial ecosystems in North America on climate change as well as the role of climate change on these ecosystems. He also worked with scientists, producers, and consumers to help minimize the impact of the agriculture sector on the environment. He was a long-standing contributor to the Commission of Agricultural Meteorology of the World Meteorological Organization. In 2008, he was recognized by the Government of Canada for his significant contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. In 2012, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his national and international contribution to the science of climate change.