Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Climate change is a real and undeniable threat to the entire planet. SDG 13 requires urgent collaborative action to combat climate change. The EUC is committed to acting with urgency to tackle climate change and its global impacts through education, innovation, and capacity building.
The demise of Trudeau鈥檚 promising carbon pricing policy
This research by Gurneet Singh was presented at the inaugural Undergraduate Research Fair at EUC and received an Honourable Mention. In a world of unprecedented environmental destruction and a looming climate crisis, successful policies mean the difference between decisions that bring us closer to or farther from a sustainable existence on the planet. After decades of inaction against climate change, the Canadian federal government united the provinces and territories in 2015 and developed the Pan-Canadian Framework (PCF), a historic intergovernmental policy brief to address environmental protection and set guidelines to achieve Canada鈥檚 Paris Agreement targets (Harrison, 2019).
Understanding how and why environmental geohazards are impacting ecosystem sensitivity across Canada
Our planet鈥檚 surface is constantly being reshaped by natural processes and occurring on a range of timescales. Today, however, human activities are accelerating these changes faster than ever before. To better understand these rapid shifts, EUC Professors Adeyemi Olusola and Joshua Thienpont from 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change are carrying out cutting-edge research across Canada, supported by infrastructure funded through the . Using the latest technological advancements in field-based surveying, laboratory sample analysis, and computing, the project aims to understand how and why environmental geohazards are impacting ecosystem sensitivity across Canada.
International Working Group seeks to address the severe environmental degradation in Nigeria鈥檚 Bayelsa State
In May 2026, the held a week of activities that included a town hall meeting and engagement with environment and health stakeholders in light of the alarming impact of oil pollution on the environment and the health of the people of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The meeting reviewed and advanced health research and policy engagement following the initial findings of the on the socio-ecological impacts of fossil fuel pollution.
Addressing climate vulnerability through nature-based solutions
Rural communities in the semi-arid regions of the Volta basin are at an existential tipping point. Human- and climate-induced land degradation in wetlands and riparian zones of the basin undermine the livelihoods and well-being of local communities in multifaceted and complex ways. Thoughtful, sustained transdisciplinary and transboundary research and interventions are needed to develop locally relevant and appropriate responses. Weather- and climate-related disasters have become more frequent in the basin with the impacts felt in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Flooding events have affected tens of thousands of people in Ghana alone, and unknown numbers in Burkina Faso.
Climate justice and participatory Imprints of large-scale climate oscillations on river flow in selected Canadian river catchments
River flow is essential in basin management, and a careful monitoring program ensures adequate water and resources are provided. Professor , Samuel Ogunjo, and Christiana F. Olusegun, investigated the impacts of six major climate oscillations on river flow at three stations within the Humber catchments (located in Ontario, ON and Newfoundland and Labrador, NL) from 1970 to 2020 using sensitivity and wavelet analyses. Results indicated that the discharge at East Humber River near Pine (ON) exhibits the highest statistically significant sensitivity, with 0.304 and 0.394 monthly units to the Dipole Mode Index (DMI) and Tropical North Atlantic (TNA), respectively.
Climate Solutions Park
The (CSP) headed by is a testament to EUC鈥檚 dedication to tackle the climate crisis through innovative solutions. With a focus on community-based agriculture, renewable energy, electric mobility, First Nations knowledge, sustainable construction and eco-tourism, and experiential learning, CSP is providing students with tangible capacity and resiliency building in the face of climate change.
Climate justice and participatory research
has edited a new book titled (University of Calgary Press, 2023). The book offers ideas and inspiration for climate justice action by describing the work of activist scholars in the Majority World whose research is contributing to livelihood commons and community-based climate resilience. It brings together articulations of the 鈥渨hat, why, and how鈥 of climate justice through the voices of energetic and motivated scholar-activists who are building alliances with community-based organizations across Latin America, Africa, and Canada.
Pathways to decarbonization and sustainability in Canadian energy systems
has a new co-edited book on (UBC Press, 2023), examining decarbonization and sustainability in Canadian energy systems. The book deals with the broad conceptual aspects of energy transitions, investigating such topics as energy justice and poverty, the decolonization of energy, community energy planning, the role of energy systems modelling, and links between energy and climate change policy. Additionally, the book provides a series of case studies covering Canada鈥檚 major regions and key sectors, such as transportation and space heating.
Envisioning Indigenous-derived climate change futures
Knowledge is foundational to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and impact reduction. , , and 鈥檚 research investigates the climate crisis through Indigenous-derived solutions and knowledge systems. To address the crisis and live well with the Earth, a transformational shift in how global society relates to all life must take place; and this can only be learned through Indigenous communities.
Finding common ground for environmental activism and ethics
Understanding climate change through multiple lenses is integral to making the necessary changes to address it. Researcher and activist approaches climate change in both Western and Eastern philosophies and has found long-term sustainability in the world鈥檚 faith traditions, especially in Buddhism and environmental activism in South and Southeast Asia. Timmerman is finding climate solutions in global unity and activism.
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