BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682e0082b3b58 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240321T190000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240321T200000 URL:/climate-institute/events/understanding-our-feeling s-about-climate-change-impacts-our SUMMARY:Understanding our feelings about climate change: Impacts on our hea lth CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nHow we feel about climate change is really importan t - so we need to\nthink about it and measure it. There are a lot of words being used to\ndescribe how we feel about climate change: worry\, anxiety \,\neco-anxiety\, decreased well-being\, and so on. This talk will be lead \nby Susan Elliott\, Professor of Geography and Environmental Management.\ nSusan Elliott's research interests are environment and health\, the\nglob al environment\, urban social geography\,and philosophy and method\nin the social sciences.\n DTSTAMP:20250521T163410Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682e0082b7178 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240118T190000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240118T203000 URL:/climate-institute/events/85-green-supporting-clima te-action-through-sustainable SUMMARY:85 Green: Supporting Climate Action Through Sustainable Tourism CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nJoin the ݮƵ Climate Institute and Kitchener P ublic Library for\nthis co-hosted event at the Central Library in Kitchene r. Using\nnational and regional examples from her research\, Dr. Michelle Rutty\nwill highlight the key climate change risks facing the tourism sect or\,\nfollowed by an interactive discussion on how a shift to sustainable\ ntourism can support our local climate goals.\n DTSTAMP:20250521T163410Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682e0082b794e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160201T180000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160201T180000 URL:/climate-institute/events/cop21-climate-summit-what -happened-paris-and-whats-next SUMMARY:The COP21 climate summit: What happened in Paris\, and what’s nex t\nfor Canada? CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nLast fall\, the global media spotlight was on the U nited Nations\nclimate change summit (a.k.a. “COP21”) when 195 countri es came to\nan agreement to act on climate change.\n\n_Are you curious abo ut what this might mean for our community\, our\ncountry and the world?_\n DTSTAMP:20250521T163410Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682e0082b8240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160121T190000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160121T190000 URL:/climate-institute/events/environmental-refugees-ne xt-wave SUMMARY:Environmental refugees… the next wave? CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nOne million migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 seek ing asylum from war\nand conflict. Yet many researchers warn these numbers are small\ncompared with the number of people who will be displaced globa l in\ncoming decades because of climate change. Will the next great waves \nof international migration have environmental causes? What are the\npote ntial implications for North America? What can we do now to\nprepare for f uture climate migration? Join Canadian and American\nexperts in an open d iscussion of what we know about global\nenvironmental migration\, and what research has yet to tell us.\n DTSTAMP:20250521T163410Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682e0082b8a26 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150606T090000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150606T170000 URL:/climate-institute/events/world-wide-views-climate- and-energy-canadian-initiative SUMMARY:World Wide Views on Climate and Energy: Canadian initiative CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nWORLD WIDE VIEWS ON CLIMATE AND ENERGY is a global citizen\nconsultation that will be held on June 6th\, 2015. One of the Can adian\nchapters of this worldwide event will be held in ݮƵ\, ON. \n \nOn June 6\, beginning at dawn in the Pacific Islands and ending at dusk\ nin the West Coast of the United States\, citizens around the world will\n take part in the largest ever public consultation on climate change\nand e nergy. Citizens will be asked an identical set of questions on\nclimate ch ange and energy policy\, targets\, and measures. \n DTSTAMP:20250521T163410Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682e0082b93ed DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150327T080000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150327T180000 URL:/climate-institute/events/global-climate-governance -and-canadian-policy-looking SUMMARY:Global Climate Governance and Canadian Policy: Looking Forward to\n Paris 2015 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nWHY ARE THE UPCOMING UN CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS IMPORT ANT? \n\nThe twenty-first session of the conference of the parties (COP21) to\nthe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will be hel d\nin Paris in December 2015. COP21 is considered to be a pivotal moment\n in international climate negotiations\, with the objective to achieve\,\nf or the first time in over 20 years\, a binding and universal agreement\non climate\, from all the nations of the world.\n DTSTAMP:20250521T163410Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR