Please see the Civil Society Declaration Calling for a Critical Decade of Clean Energy Collaboration here.

And the press release here:  http://energyforhumanity.org/news-events/news/news/press-release-global-civil-society-call-high-profile-nuclear-presence-cop26/

 Please watch this inspiring video address here from Bertha Dlamini, President, African Women in Energy and Power.

5 March 2020

 “In this critical decade we must expand the suite of clean energy options to include nuclear products that…

In this role, Ambika will manage the Affordable Energy for Humanity (AE4H) global change initiative, a multi-stakeholder research and action initiative at the intersection of energy research and international development. She will also manage the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship program and will support WISE’s other interdisciplinary research and programmatic objectives.

Ambika received her Bachelor of Applied Science in systems design engineering from the University of Waterloo, and her Master…

The proposal by WISE, entitled ‘Mending Broken Lives Through Clean Energy Solutions’, seeks to end the vicious cycle of poverty fed by lack of access to energy. The ambition is to accelerate the deployment of clean distributed energy solutions, on a massive scale in order to reach more than a billion people globally, who otherwise would have no access. 

The comprehensive technical plan combines reliable support of energy with community self-sufficiency and self-determination. 

Income…

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Almost daily, scientists release another study documenting the growing influence of human-caused global warming. Driven by ever-increasing amounts of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, mostly from coal, oil and natural gas we burn for energy, the Earth’s average surface temperature has risen by almost 1ºC since the late 19^thcentury, with much greater increases predicted ahead.

With this seemingly inexorable rise in the concentration of atmospheric…

When wells are decommissioned, cement plugs are installed and well casings are cut a couple of metres below the ground, but this does not stop buoyant methane gas from gradually working its way to the surface, both from within and outside the casing. 

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Richard Jackson is a fellow at Geofirma Engineering and an adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo. Maurice Dusseault is a professor of geological engineering at the University of Waterloo. Christopher Holly…

New initiative seeks to develop workable solutions good for environment, economy and unity 

TORONTO, Dec. 16, 2019 /CNW/ - The Energy Future Forum (EFF), a new pan-Canadian initiative to develop policy answers that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the economy, was officially launched today at a meeting in Toronto. The forum includes senior representatives of Canada's business, government, academic, environmental and Indigenous communities, comprising participants from five regions.

T…

Recall history. Oil was discovered in Ontario in 1865. Today, oil extraction in Ontario is no longer of any economic significance and, yet, Ontario continues to thrive. There is no reason to assume that a different economic future for Alberta or Saskatchewan is not possible. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

WATERLOO, ONT.—The positive contribution to Canada’s economic well-being by the fossil fuels resource sector—oil, coal, gas—is well-recognized, a matter of record and fully accepted…

WISE invites you to explore the Summary Report from the Science and Technology in Society Forum held from October 6^th to 8^th, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. As Chair of the “Energy – Net-Zero Emissions” session, Jatin Nathwani, Founding Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute led the discussion which called for innovative solutions to meet the twin challenges of a low-carbon world combined with equitable energy.

This prestigious annual forum is organized by the Government of Japan and Chaired by the…

An engineering professor at the University of Waterloo with a lifelong interest in environmental protection has won a prestigious national award for scholars.

Keith Hipel, a professor of systems design engineering who earned his three degrees as a student at Waterloo, was named today as one of five winners of 2019 Killam Prizes through the Canada Council for the Arts.

Given annually to eminent, active scholars in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences and engineering,…