The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research is pleased to invite you to the webinar "The Climate Emergency", which will take place on Thursday, October 15th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm EDT.
Xuemei Bai and collaborators share their thoughts on how cities need to be rebuilt after the COVID-19 pandemic. Most major cities across the globe, the authors claim, need to strengthen their health-care systems, improve communications with citizens, ensure sourcing of food and services, fight for equality, and make nature a priority.
We are delighted to announce that the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has recognized the research contributions of five of our Affiliate Members. Congratulations to all!
Read more about "Five GIER Affiliate Members awarded federal funding"
You can access the second issue of our quarterly GIER newsletter here. And if you would like to subscribe, please send us an email to info.gier@uoguelph.ca.
Science Literacy Week showcases Canadian science and the culture it's embedded in. Several institutions —such as libraries, museums, science centres, schools and not-for-profits— come together to show that science is not only exciting but also critical to our every day life!
Dr. Katie Clow's research is featured in the September-October issue of The Walrus. Katie Clow is a GIER Affiliate Member and Assistant Professor of One Health in the Department of Population Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College. Her research focuses on the ecology and epidemiology of vectors and vector-borne zoonoses, with a specific emphasis on the blacklegged tick and Lyme disease.
Read more about "Inside the quest to track one of humanity’s tiniest deadly predators"
A new study published in Science by Andrew Dobson and collaborators estimate that the cost of monitoring and preventing zoonotic diseases driven by deforestation and wildlife trade, for a period of 10 years, would amount to only 2% of the economic losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more about "Cost of preventing next pandemic equal to 2% of COVID-19 economic damage"
We are happy to announce that the Andean Initiative kicks off this week! The Andean Initiative aims to support the well-being of vulnerable rural communities in the Andes of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. You can follow them on Facebook to be part of their International Launch (July 22, 10:00 am EDT) and International Dialogue (July 23, 10:00 am EDT) events.
In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which represent global objectives to improve both nature and people’s lives by the year 2030. According to Robin Naidoo and Brendan Fisher, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two-thirds of those goals are no longer achievable.
Read more about "Sustainable Development Goals: pandemic reset"
The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) hosted the webinar "COVID-19, the Environment, and You" on Thursday, June 25th, 2020.
Read more about "Recording available! COVID-19, the Environment, and You: A GIER Webinar"
