Social-ecological vulnerability roles an important aspect in coastal sustainability. Research on assessing social-ecological vulnerability and risk to coastal flooding was conducted by research team members led by Dr. Mohamad Shad and his co-author. Abstract Traditional flood risk assessment studies mainly looked at potential exposures and damage to human settlements, without Read more…
Ouranos, in partnership with the World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP) and the Government of Canada, hosted the 7th Adaptation Future 2023 conference in Montreal on October 02 – 06, 2023. The conference brought together more than 2000 researchers, policymakers, practitioners, industry representatives, and communicators from over 120 countries to present Read more…
Climate Smart Lab members, including Dr. Quan Dau, Dr. Xander Wang, Dr. Aminur Shad, Dr. Pelin Kinay, and Sana Basheer, recently published a study about assessing the potential impacts of climate change on current coastal ecosystems in the Remote Sensing journal. Abstract Understanding how climate change affects coastal ecosystems is Read more…
Dr. Xander Wang, the Director of the Climate Smart Lab, along with four members of the lab, actively participated in the CWRA 2023 National Conference held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from June 18-21, 2023. The conference, attended by numerous individuals from academia, industry, and public sectors across Canada, focused on Read more…
Members of Climate Smart Lab presented their research at the CSCE 2023 Conference, held on 24-27 May 2023 in Moncton City, New Brunswick, Canada. The theme of this conference is changing tides and ingenuity.
-By Xander Wang, Pelin Kinay, Aminur Shah, and Quan Dau- Many people believe that, due to global warming, a longstanding myth about Greenland might be the reality – a ‘green’ land, resembling its name – ‘Green’, instead of the snowwhite ice-covered land that exists now. Recent scientific evidence suggests the ice sheets Read more…
PEOPLE 2022 – A Hybrid International Conference on Persistent, Emerging, and Organic Pollution in the Environment – Challenges and Solutions under Climate Change was held on August 23–26, 2022 in Charlottetown, PEI. This is an annual conference of the PEOPLE Network, funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Read more…
Dr Aminur Shah and his co-authors contributed interesting research on how ecosystem-based adaptation can help to archive sustainable development goals. Climate change is here, and the impacts we are already being seen around the world, from higher temperatures, rising sea levels, more frequent and intense droughts, floods, and wildfires, and Read more…