Truzaar Dordi (PhD Candidate, Climate Finance, University of Waterloo) is selected to be featured as one of this year's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders by Corporate Knights! His research focuses on pathways for low-carbon transition through social and financial movements. He is also a recipient of the Energy Policy Research Fellowship with the Energy Council of Canada (ECC) in partnership with the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE). 

Truzaar’s research on stranded assets in…

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The global destructive effects of carbon dioxide emissions and the importance of energy storage for grid stability and peak shaving applications are in deep concern. In this regard, this paper investigates the recycling of carbon dioxide from gas-fired power plant emissions into synthetic natural gas based on a novel power-to-gas process with the aim of chemical energy storage and emission reduction. The hybrid power-to-gas process proposed in this paper…

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere keep rising, warming up our planet. And that has many researchers looking at two key catalytic reactions — photocatalysis and electrocatalysis — that can convert CO₂ into hydrocarbons. It’s an exciting idea, using either sunlight or electricity to activate a catalyst that transforms CO₂ pollution into fuels and other valuable chemicals. 

However, current techniques tend to create products with just a single carbon atom. That’s a problem, because…

Access to energy is a powerful catalyst of sustainable development. Energy access has large impacts on 13 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, ranging from alleviating poverty through the creation of micro-enterprises, to improving health by limiting indoor air pollution created by traditional cooking fuels, to strong climate action by creating decarbonized energy systems. Approximately a third of humanity (2.5 billion) does not have access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable sources…

On this week's show: Three Green leadership candidates outline their plans for the party and two experts debate the merits of nuclear energy. One of them is Dr. Jatin Nathwani. He is the Executive Director of WISE and Professor at the Department of Management Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering of University of Waterloo. Dr. Nathwani was also the Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy and Sustainable Energy.

Link to Dr. Nathwani's Talk: https://wise.uwaterloo.ca/download/documents/j…

More than a third of the world’s electricity comes from coal-fired generating plants — and so does a hefty chunk of carbon emissions. WISE researcher Xiao-Yu Wu and his colleagues set out to make the process greener.

In the next-generation coal-fired plants, integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) is used to increase power output. High pressure and temperature is used to convert coal into syngas — a mix of carbon and hydrogen — that is burned to drive turbines. The more carbon you can…

Amid much fanfare, Canada's Big 3 telecom companies introduced fifth-generation networks in major cities earlier this year and a few smartphones with 5G capabilities are now available for sale.

Yet after years of promises about next-generation wireless powering self-driving cars and robotic surgery, it's still unclear exactly what the newly launched networks are currently able to do.

The short answer, experts say, is that it will take years to understand the true potential of 5G.

Catherine…

The Youth Network Coordinator is the official representative of SDSN Youth for Canada. They oversee and coordinate local SDSN Youth activities in Canada and help to push the mandate to students across the country. The Coordinator will develop and implement a network strategy focused on youth engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including enabling local SDG hubs to make an impact in their communities. The Coordinator will also be responsible for overseeing the success of SDG…

We must reduce the burning of fossil fuels to save our planet — but should nuclear energy be part of the solution? Prof. Jatin Nathwani argues yes while Prof. M.V. Ramana and Schyler Edmunston argue no.

“Truth is the daughter of time,” Francis Bacon noted four centuries ago. Perhaps the time has come to acknowledge the near existential threat posed by climate change to our collective well being and recognize the importance of one compelling solution — nuclear energy — in solving this problem.

The…