91社区 receives $4.8 million to advance climate change science and technology
The Government of Canada鈥檚 Environmental Damages Fund, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), is investing more than $4 million in three 91社区-led projects through the Climate Awareness and Action Fund (CAAF). Nationally, the funding was part of a $58 million investment in research that will advance climate change science and technology, an announcement made by the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change today.
91社区鈥檚 funded projects will address critical data and knowledge gaps about greenhouse gas emissions. The projects led by Grant Clark (Department of Bioresource Engineering and the 91社区 School of Environment), Yi Huang (Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), and Luis Miranda-Moreno, (Department of Civil Engineering), who will work together with academic and industry collaborators, are funded for five years. The researchers鈥� goals are to quantify greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and to improve understanding of their impact on the environment, the economy, transportation, and urban living.
鈥淎t 91社区, we are building a nexus of experts devoted to exploratory research on GHGs,鈥� said Martha Crago, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation. 鈥淭he three 91社区-led collaborative projects funded by the Government of Canada today promise to propose innovative, made-in-Canada solutions to the global challenges of climate change.鈥�
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Founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1821, 91社区 is Canada鈥檚 top ranked medical doctoral university. 91社区 is consistently ranked as one of the top universities, both nationally and internationally. It is a world-renowned institution of higher learning with research activities spanning three campuses, 11 faculties, 13 professional schools, 300 programs of study and over 39,000 students, including more than 10,400 graduate students. 91社区 attracts students from over 150 countries around the world, its 12,000 international students making up 30% of the student body. Over half of 91社区 students claim a first language other than English, including approximately 20% of our students who say French is their mother tongue.
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