Conferences & lectures

Sustainability and the Climate Crisis: A week of discussion

Date & time

Monday, March 15, 2021 –
Friday, March 19, 2021
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Speaker(s)

Concordia Sustainability researchers

Cost

This event is free and open to the public

Organization

4th Space

Contact

Rebecca Tittler (Loyola Sustainability Research Centre)

Where

Online

During the unfolding environmental emergency, when the effects of global warming and biodiversity loss are beginning to be felt acutely across the globe, our common future depends on researchers across disciplines working together to address the issue. This need is as important at Concordia University as it is elsewhere. In fact, as a Next Generation institution recently recognized as the leading Canadian University under 50, the Concordia community arguably is especially well-positioned to do so. With this in mind, in March 2021, the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre and the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability will collaborate with Concordia's 4th Space to host a week of online discussion and conversation on the environmental crisis, focussing particularly on the climate emergency.

We hope you will join us as we bring together faculty and student researchers and the broader community from across Concordia and beyond to discuss sustainability research in general and the climate emergency in particular.

SEE THE FULL PROGRAM AND RECORDINGS HERE

Sub-event(s):

Current topics in sustainability science
March 15, 2021, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Insects: Indicators and agents of global change?
March 15, 2021, 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Implications of the remaining carbon budget for climate policies and emissions targets
March 15, 2021, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Emissions targets and a challenge to capitalism?
March 15, 2021, 4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Climate change and natural systems
March 16, 2021, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Climate action at Concordia: A panel discussion
March 16, 2021, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Sustainable research through open scholarship
March 16, 2021, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Next generation cities. Now.
March 16, 2021, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
The future of biodiversity in a changing planet
March 17, 2021, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Decarbonizing and carbon catching for planet positive futures
March 17, 2021, 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sustainability on land and in the water
March 17, 2021, 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Keeping fossil fuels in the ground: The future of climate policy?
March 17, 2021, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Using life cycle assessment: A workshop
March 18, 2021, 10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Applications and issues in Life Cycle Assessment: Examining the impacts
March 18, 2021, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Careers in sustainability
March 18, 2021, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Confronting the climate crisis: Coffee agroforestry and sustainability
March 18, 2021, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Concordia campus as a Living Lab
March 19, 2021, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Urban sprawl and sustainability
March 19, 2021, 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
The Climate Emergency Committee presents Climate Geopardy
March 19, 2021, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

SEE THE FULL PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION DETAILS HERE

Sustainability and the Climate Crisis: A Week of Discussion is hosted by the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre in collaboration with 4th Space and with the support of the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies; the Faculty of Arts and Science; the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Communities and Cities; the John Molson School of Business; and the Departments of Biology; Communication Studies; Economics; Geography, Planning and Environment; Management; and Political Science at Concordia University. Learn more about this week-long discussion series on Sustainabilty and the Climate Crisis here.