State of the Climate 2024 and the Role of Nature-Based Climate Solutions
November 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
| Location: | 5345 Herzberg Laboratories |
| Cost: | Free - RSVP Required |
| Audience: | Carleton Community, Current Students, Staff and Faculty |
| Contact Email: | [email protected] |
CUIDS Distinguished Speaker Series
State of the Climate 2024 and the Role of Nature-Based Climate Solutions
Join Prof. Damon Matthews as he provides an update on the state of global climate change, including anticipated future trajectories and the consequent implications for Canada and the world. He will speak about the potential role of nature-based climate solutions: efforts to leverage natural systems to store and sequester carbon while also contributing to other environmental and social goals. In this context, he will present some recent research showing that investing in natural systems has climate value, but that this value is of a different character than fossil fuel emissions reductions, raising questions about the appropriate use of carbon offsets as a contribution to climate mitigation goals.
Prof. Damon Matthews is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University. Damon holds a PhD in climate science from the University of Victoria, and is a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada. He has published more than 130 research papers on topics ranging from quantifying the remaining carbon budget to assessing equitable approaches to allocate emission allowances to individual countries. He is internationally recognized for his work in policy-relevant climate science, as well as for initiatives such as the Climate Clock that use digital visualization and web-based technologies to motivate and accelerate climate action. Damon is the Scientific Director of Sustainability in the Digital Age, and directs the NSERC CREATE in Leadership in Environmental and Digital Innovation for Sustainability (LEADS) program, which aims to train graduate student researchers at the intersection of sustainability science and digital innovation.
Moderator: Tracey Lauriault – Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication
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