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Speaker: Jack Gibbons Topic: Moving Ontario to a Zero-carbon Electricity Grid and Lower Energy Bills by 2030. | 2022-11-02 Time: Nov 2, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: The presentation will provide a critique of Premier Doug Ford’s plans to ramp up the use of fossil gas for electricity generation and home heating. […]
Presenter: Dr. David Harries Topic: Human security: Its past, its present and a more relevant future Time: Nov 9, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: CACOR Session #122 Human Security has had a checkered history since its formal announcement in the 1994 UNDP HDR. I suggest current circumstances should be exploited to recontextualize security […]
Speaker: Dr. Michael Marien Topic: 50 Years of Fragmented Futures: From WFS/CAFS to WAAS/CACOR and SSG/SDGs. CAFS - Canadian Association for Futures Studies WAAS - World Academy of Art and Science CACOR - Canadian Association for the Club of Rome SSG - Security and Sustainability Guide SDGs - sustainable development goals Time: Nov 16, 2022 13:30 Eastern […]
Speaker: Garth Mihalcheon Topic: A Thinker’s Guide to Surviving the Anthropocene: Essential Tools for our Cognitive Toolkits. Time: Nov 23, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: As residents of the Anthropocene—the geological Age of Humans—we live in times of unprecedented novelty, ambiguity, and uncertainty. As never before, the quality of our lives—and the […]
Speaker: Devon Cantwell-Chavez. Topic: City Climate Action Planning. Time: Nov 30, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada). Summary: Although cities have played critical roles in climate mitigation and adaptation efforts for some time, they have only recently been of interest to wider policy and academic communities. In an effort to legitimize the work of […]
Speaker: Raymond Leury Topic: Current EV Market and Impact of Battery Technology Developments Time: Dec 7, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Raymond will provide an update to the current EV situation in Canada and the rest of the world. There have been significant changes on a number of fronts over the last […]
Speaker: John Schmidt Topic: Complex Global Problem Management using Foresight and Synthesis. Time: Dec 14, 2022 16:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Our civilisation faces several mutually reinforcing existential threats arising from myriad compounding factors, many of our own making. It is a volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous, and dangerous world. Most of those who do try […]
Speaker: Phil Helwig Topic: Comparison of Renewables: Hydro, solar, and wind. Time: Jan 4, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: The objective of this presentation is to explain the attributes of hydro, wind and solar renewables, and to challenge the notion that hydro is not “sustainable.” This presentation has evolved from a lecture presented at […]
Speaker: Dr. Brian Czech Topic: Degrowth Toward a Steady-State Economy. Time: Jan 11, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) SUMMARY: Dr. Brian Czech will define and describe degrowth and the steady state economy as the sustainable solution to our overshoot of planetary limits. Some over-developed countries (including the USA) will need a reasonable period of degrowth toward […]
Speaker: David Dougherty Topic: New book--Do Yourself a Favour: Live Lightly, Live Better. | 2023-01-18 Time: Jan 18, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: This book provides a catalogue of things a person can do in his/her personal and family lives to help limit climate change. Included are over two hundred tips, each evaluated by […]
Speaker: Alison Woodley Topic: We can't wait! Delivering on Canada's land and ocean protection commitments Time: Jan 25, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Canada has committed to protect at least 30% of our land and ocean by 2030 -- more than doubling current protection levels over the next 7 years. A 30% by […]
Speaker: Dr. Sheldon Williamson Topic: Electrification 2.0: Current Status and Future Trends. Time: Feb 1, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: This presentation will highlight the current status and future opportunities in transportation electrification and other modes of autonomous e-mobility. The main themes of this presentation will include: Introduction to key issues and […]
Topic: "Socio-economic changes to consider" Speaker: Dr. Derek Paul Time: Feb 8, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Derek has been preparing a new edition of his book, “A leap to an Ecological Economy.” He will run through some of the items in the chapter on recommendations, with a view to helping the Cacor Board to […]
Speaker: Dr. Peter MacKinnon Topic: Planetary Limits: Coming Future Threats. Time: Feb 15, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: The world is faced with a growing range of planetary-scale threats to the environment, the biosphere and humankind. Climate change is the most widely discussed of these, yet it is only one of nine […]
