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Assunta Krehl

Waterloo researchers release historic climate change report - University of Waterloo - ... - 1 views

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cleantech environment climate change

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  • Assunta Krehl on 29 Jun 12
     
    "On June 11th, 2012 Dr. Blair Feltmate and Dr. Jason Thistlethwaite launched, Climate Change Adapation: A Priorities Plan for Canada at the MaRS Centre."
Sarah Hickman

Office of Climate Change, UK - Our activities - Stern Review - 0 views

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cleantech*&physical*sciences environment

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  • Sarah Hickman on 10 Aug 09
     
    The first half of the Review focuses on the impacts and risks arising from uncontrolled climate change, and on the costs and opportunities associated with action to tackle it. A sound understanding of the economics of risk is critical here. The Review emphasises that economic models over timescales of centuries do not offer precise forecasts - but they are an important way to illustrate the scale of effects we might see. The second half of the Review examines the national and international policy challenges of moving to a low-carbon global economy. Climate change is the greatest market failure the world has seen. Three elements of policy are required for an effective response.
Assunta Krehl

Canadian Consulting Engineer - Ontario aims to become centre of water expertise - May 3... - 0 views

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Cleantech Water Environment

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  • Assunta Krehl on 04 May 10
     
    The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers held its second symposium related to climate change on April 29 in Toront,.Entitled, "Engineering in a Climate of Change: Making the Lakes Great." This event was held at the MaRS Centre, in cooperation with the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster University.
Assunta Krehl

Climate Change Debate - How Urgent is the problem? CBC - Power & Politics with Evan Sol... - 0 views

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Tom Rand Advisors climate change cleantech

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  • Assunta Krehl on 21 Sep 11
     
    Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Advisor, Cleantech and Physical Science and Bjorn Lomborg, Director, Copenhagen Consensus Centre debate about climate change and talks about how canada can cut back on emissions.
Tim T

Climate change after Copenhagen: China's thing about numbers | The Economist - 0 views

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social innovation cleantech

shared by Tim T on 30 Dec 09 - Cached
  • overall aim: to move from a world in which carbon dioxide emissions are rising to one in which they are falling, fast enough to make a difference.
  • How fast is enough? A fair measure is carbon and other greenhouse emissions in 2050; if by that date they are only half their 1990 level, most people agree, then things would be on the right track. Another widely accepted calculation: if developing countries are to grow a bit between now and then, rich countries would need to slash emissions to a level at least 80% below what they were in 1990.
  • The numbers that China had resisted were those that could be read in any way as commitments.
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  • They secured the removal of language contained in early drafts that spoke of a Copenhagen deal as a step on the road to a legally binding treaty. As the world’s largest emitter (without which any agreement is dead), China was in a strong position, and it took full advantage.
  • China also gave some ground. It satisfied the Americans on one sticking-point: the principle of “monitoring, reporting and verification” of actions promised by developing countries.
  • Unless China, in particular, can be shown to live up to its promises, it will be very difficult to get a climate bill through America’s Senate.
  • And there is money on the table: an initial promise of $10 billion a year, for three years, from developed countries to help poorer states mitigate climate change and adapt to it.
  • Copenhagen Green Climate Fund
  • A bid to reinsert the notion of a future binding treaty was firmly quashed by China, India and Saudi Arabia.
  • the next full conference will be in Mexico on November 29th
kathryn mars

Climate Change - Cape Farewell Canada - 0 views

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innovation

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    Innovative program to raise awareness of climate change
Sarah Hickman

SDTC Application Advice - 0 views

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technology sustainability canada cleantech & physical sciences innovation commercialization later stages marketing strategy

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  • Sarah Hickman on 04 Sep 09
     
    Clean Tech Funding\n\nIf you have a new, innovative technology that helps address climate change or promotes clean water, land or air, then Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) wants to hear from you.(\n\nSDTC supports late-stage development and pre-commercial demonstration of clean technologies by Canadian companies.( (The Statement of Interest (SOI) is an initial application used for preliminary screening and is subject to a competitive review process by SDTC and a panel of independent experts. ( (Applications are evaluated on the basis of their fit with SDTC's mandate, selection criteria, and the quality of technology, marketing and business capabilities. ( (IMPORTANT - Prior to submitting an application and to ensure a good fit:\n\n 1. First review the "Application Advice" section and subsections on SDTC's web site, starting at http://www.sdtc.ca/en/funding/advice/index.htm.\n 2. Register for one of their free online webinars or workshop to learn more - see http://sdtc.ca/en/news/events/200803-61120.htm for details. \n 3. Then discuss your proposed project with one of their Applications Managers.\n
Assunta Krehl

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Tom Rand cleantech energy solar water Green or Green Wash

shared by Assunta Krehl on 04 Aug 09 - Cached
  • 2009 Cleantech Issue
  • exclusive look at the continent’s greenest hotel: The Planet Traveler Hotel in Kensignton Market, Toronto.
  • The big talk by the cleantech lead at the MaRS Discovery District, and the man behind VCi Greenfunds and Green Bonds, is backed by bigger action. Rand’s latest project is what he claims to be “the continent’s greenest hotel”, which Corporate Knights first told you about in October 2008.
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  • Speaking to a full house at Toronto's MaRS Centre on July 9, 2009, Tom Rand explains why he has decided to focus on buildings in his approach to climate change. “Buildings are responsible in our large urban centres for between a half and three quarters of our carbon emissions. That’s a huge part of our footprint,” he says. “In terms of climate change, buildings are the lowest hanging fruit, as far as I can tell.”
  • Tom Rand’s talk Green or Green Wash? Lessons from Building North America’s Greenest Hotel in Toronto
  • According to Tom Rand, if you’re not talking low carbon, you’re greenwashing.
  • Tom Rand believes any building can and should achieve in the immediate future using sustainable technologies that already exist.  Moreover, he claims to have found a magic bullet, alleging that these carbon cuts can be made without spending a dime.
  • and has come a long way since then, transforming the Planet Traveler hostel into a kind of cleantech gallery. Utilizing solar-voltaic and solar-thermal heating, geo-exchange, 100% LED lighting, and a wastewater heat re-capturing unit called the Powerpipe, it boasts a rich collection of renewables. It also seeks to educate. The geo-exchanger and Powerpipe are featured behind a glass wall in the basement, and the rooftop mezzanine bar offers a full view of the solar panels in the foreground of Toronto’s skyline.
  • Rand had to look to an adjacent alley to bury the pipe.
  • Rand, a carbon tax, widespread education campaigns, and third party support for green infrastructure via green bonds or a geo-utility are sure-fire ways “to build a cleantech economy in Canada without spending a dime.”
  • If any country wants to participate in the next economic revolution they had better start dealing with clean-tech and they had better start dealing with it quickly.”
  • Assunta Krehl on 04 Aug 09
     
    An exclusive look at the continent's greenest hotel: The Planet Traveler Hotel in Kensignton Market, Toronto. Tom Rand talks about Cleantech and the lessons he has learned from Building North America's Greenest Hotel in Toronto
  • Assunta Krehl on 04 Aug 09
     
    An exclusive look at the continent's greenest hotel: The Planet Traveler Hotel in Kensignton Market, Toronto. Tom Rand talks about Cleantech and the lessons he has learned from Building North America's Greenest Hotel in Toronto.
Sarah Hickman

SIX - 0 views

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social innovation social entrepreneurship collaboration

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  • Sarah Hickman on 15 Oct 09
     
    The social innovation eXchange (SIX) is a network that has been set up by a group of organizations to help build the emerging field of social innovation. They believe that many of the big problems that the world faces - from climate change to the care needs of an aging population - will only be solved by experiment, enterprise and innovation, and that innovation needs to tap into the creativity of every part of civil society, business and the public sector.
Assunta Krehl

Marfa Dialogues schedule and speakers set for Labor Day weekend - Big Bend Now - August... - 0 views

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cleantech climate change entrepreneurship Advisors Tom Rand

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  • Assunta Krehl on 17 Aug 12
     
    The Marfa Dialogues 2012 will be held August 31 to September 2. Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor and Managing Director of the Cleantech Fund, will be speaking at the Marfa Book Company at 3:30pm on September 1, 2012.
Assunta Krehl

Clean energy comes to the coffee table - Clean Break - 0 views

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cleantech Tom Rand

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  • Is green, renewable energy a sexy enough topic to be the centrepiece of a coffee table book? Tom Rand, who leads cleantech development at Toronto’s MaRS Centre, believes so
  • a book that will expose a broader section of the population to the issues, technologies and opportunities around renewable energy. Rand has written a soon-to-be-released book called Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies To Save Their World.
  • This is an accessible package, cleverly assembled and pleasant to look at, while at the same time making it enjoyable to learn about the technologies that, while seemingly “alternative” or “new” today, are destined to become a dominant and permanent way of energizing future generations and the economies that support them.
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  • The plan is to distribute it through mainstream outlets such as Starbucks to coincide with the big climate-change conference coming up in December in Copenhagen. It will be released in October.
  • Assunta Krehl on 03 Sep 09
     
    Tom Rand, MaRS Practice Lead in Cleantech, will be releasing his book called Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies To Save Their World in October 2009. This book will expose the broader population to the issues, technologies and opportunities around renewable energy.
  • Assunta Krehl on 03 Sep 09
     
    Tom Rand, MaRS Practice Lead in Cleantech, will be releasing his book called Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies To Save Their World in October 2009. This book will expose the broader population to the issues, technologies and opportunities around renewable energy. Aug 30, 2009
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