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December 2019
December CMOS Ottawa Lunch Meeting: Canada’s Changing Climate, Moving Ahead with Partnerships in Science
Speaker: Nancy Hamzawi, Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Technology, Environment and Climate Change Canada Title: Canada's Changing Climate, Moving Ahead with Partnerships in Science Speaker Bio: Nancy Hamzawi was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Technology Branch at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) on October 1, 2018. Previously, she was the Director General of the G7 Task Team at ECCC, supporting Canada's Presidency of the G7 throughout 2018. A chemical engineer by training, Nancy has over 20 years of experience as…
Find out more »Population Hits 10 Billion
https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_c_mann_how_will_we_survive_when_the_population_hits_10_billion?language=en#t-103401 By 2050, an estimated 10 billion people will live on earth. How are we going to provide everybody with basic needs while also avoiding the worst impacts of climate change? In a talk packed with wit and wisdom, science journalist Charles C. Mann breaks down the proposed solutions and finds that the answers fall into two camps -- wizards and prophets -- while offering his own take on the best path to survival. David Dougherty's YouTube of the week.
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Plan to Survive
"Plan to Survive", a CACOR publication is available now. PDF link...
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