/channels/taxonomy/term/24980/all en /channels/channels/news/uncertainty-measuring-biodiversity-change-could-hinder-progress-towards-global-targets-nature-355491 <p>More than ever before, there is a growing interest in dedicating resources to stop the loss of biodiversity, as recently exemplified by the <a href="//Users/../../../../../../../Users/andy/Downloads/The%2520GBF%2520focuses%2520on%2520understanding%2520why%2520biodiversity%2520is%2520declining%2520and%2520what%2520actions%2520are%2520needed%2520to%2520reverse%2520this%2520trend.%2520However,%2520implementing%2520the%2520plan%2520is%2520challenging%2520because%2520information%2520about%2520biodiversity%2520changes%2520is%2520not%2520evenly%2520available%2520everywhere,%2520meaning%2520that%25</body></html>"></a></p> Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:41:59 +0000 webfull 197875 at /channels /channels/channels/event/ose-breakfast-club-hope-anthropocene-empowering-students-sustainability-education-352763 <p><em>Hosted by the Office of Science Education</em></p> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:25:39 +0000 webfull 194822 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-establishes-research-chair-address-climate-change-north-352101 <p>As Canadians experience a year of record-breaking wildfires, floods, and extreme heat, experts are warning that these conditions will persist and likely intensify over the coming decades as we experience the escalating effects of climate change and global warming. These impacts are being felt even more acutely in northern regions of the planet, where temperatures are rising at four times the global rate.</p> Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:25:13 +0000 webfull 194067 at /channels /channels/channels/event/book-talk-philippe-bieler-fortune-favours-bieler-351780 <p>Join Philippe and Marc Bieler for the launch of Philippe's new book, <em>Fortune Favours a Bieler: Adventures in Life, Love, and Business</em> and introducing their initiatives in addressing the world's environmental challenges through their suppo</p> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:08:20 +0000 webfull 193704 at /channels /channels/channels/news/masters-student-will-hein-writes-about-his-odyssey-heart-arctic-351424 <h2>Wonder found chasing bugs: A summer in the Yukon Arctic</h2> <p>In a new McGill Reporter article, Renewable Resources<em> </em>Master's student Will Hein writes about his journey to the heart of the remote Arctic wilderness to study wildlife interaction in the face of climate change.</p> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:41:19 +0000 webfull 193272 at /channels /channels/channels/news/montreal-2140-hopeful-futures-science-and-storytelling-350399 <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/fullwidth_breakpoints_theme_moriarty_small_1x/public/channels/image/screen_shot_2023-06-20_at_11.50.12_am.png?itok=RB35MwkV&timestamp=1687276264" title="" /></p> <p> </p> <p><b>A Solvathon at the Bieler School of Environment, �㽶��Ƶ</b></p> <p><b>Keynote speakers: Kim Stanley Robinson and Annalee Newitz</b></p> <p><b>October 12-13, 2023</b></p> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:32:11 +0000 webfull 191730 at /channels /channels/channels/event/2023-environment-public-lecture-gernot-wagner-350398 <p align="center">The Bieler School of Environment presents:</p> <p align="center">Professor Gernot Wagner</p> <p align="center">2023 Environment Public Lecture</p> <p align="center"><i>“Climate Risks, Uncertainties, and Opportunities"</i></p> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:19:58 +0000 webfull 191729 at /channels /channels/channels/news/2023-environment-public-lecture-gernot-wagner-349944 <p class="note" style="text-align:center"><a href="/environment/news/video-archives"><strong>Here is the video recording of the 2023 Public Lecture.</strong></a></p> <br /> <br /> <p align="center"><strong>The Bieler School of Environment presents:</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>Professor Gernot Wagner</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>2023 Environment Public Lecture</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><i>“Climate Risks, Uncertainties, and Opportunities"</i></strong></p> Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:55:57 +0000 webfull 191319 at /channels /channels/channels/news/teaching-hope-during-climate-crisis-346018 <p><em>Forty-five undergraduate students at McGill participated in new Climate Crisis and Climate Actions course</em></p> <p>The COVID-19 pandemic slowed down almost everything. For <a href="/ose/people/diane-dechief">Diane Dechief</a>, PhD, and <a href="/ose/people/diane-dechief">Marcy Slapcoff</a> of the Office of Science Education (OSE), the two leads of the new Faculty of Science course <a href="/ose/courses/fsci-198">FSCI198: Climate Crisis and Climate Actions</a>, there was a positive aspect to the delays.</p> Fri, 10 Feb 2023 15:02:38 +0000 webfull 187155 at /channels /channels/channels/news/freshwater-biodiversity-loss-has-been-out-sight-out-mind-344086 <p>A silent mass extinction is occurring in lakes, rivers and wetlands. Freshwater species are rapidly disappearing in North America and throughout the world. Conservation-minded people might be unaware of this, because of the media’s longstanding focus on land-based ecosystems and charismatic animals.</p> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:19:41 +0000 webfull 185105 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-receives-48-million-advance-climate-change-science-and-technology-343905 <p>The Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), is investing more than $4 million in three McGill-led projects through the Climate Awareness and Action Fund (CAAF).The projects will fill knowledge gaps about the environmental and economic impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen Canada's capacity to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.</p> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:41:22 +0000 webfull 184917 at /channels /channels/channels/event/2022-environment-public-lecture-jean-lemire-340973 <p style="text-align:center">The <strong>Bieler School of Environment </strong>is proud to host</p> <p style="text-align:center"><strong>Jean Lemire</strong></p> Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:24:01 +0000 webfull 181622 at /channels /channels/channels/news/interactive-sustainability-dashboard-montreal-and-beyond-339214 <p>What if you could gather as much sustainability-related information as possible about a city, and use it to create an interactive website to be used by wide and diverse audiences? That is essentially what three McGill professors have assembled with Sus – a new, interactive and fully bilingual English and French-language sustainability dashboard for the Montreal urban area will be launched on April 25 (in French) and April 26 (in English). Its name is a playful reference to “sustainability” but its value to the city can be of great consequence. </p> Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:30:07 +0000 webfull 179735 at /channels /channels/channels/news/quand-une-histoire-de-canneberges-se-conclut-par-un-don-pour-lenvironnement-334967 <p>Grâce au don de Marc Bieler, l’Université McGill peut offrir un meilleur soutien à la recherche en environnement.</p> <p>« La canneberge est la culture maraîchère la plus écologique qui soit, déclare Marc Bieler. D’une part parce qu’elle est cultivée sur des terres classées impropres à l’agriculture, les sols étant trop humides et acides, et d’autre part parce que la loi nous oblige à conserver à l’état naturel 35 % de la superficie de la ferme. »</p> Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:29:17 +0000 webfull 174863 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-cop-26-united-nations-climate-change-conference-334505 <p>The twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be hosted by the United Kingdom, in partnership with Italy. The summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC. More than 190 world leaders will participate, along with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks. (<a href="https://www.un.org/en/un-climate-change-conference-cop-26" target="_blank">United Nations</a>)</p> Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:19:27 +0000 webfull 174410 at /channels