Environmental Law

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: The CAFLP conference is inviting interested persons to submit proposals for individual presentations or panels on any topic related to food law and policy. Send in yours by April 20, 2020!

The Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability has received funding from the University of Ottawa, through the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue, Public Policy Initiative, to organize a campus-wide Game Jam!

Climate change has been called the biggest challenge of our time. Not only will changing
temperatures lead to devastating environmental impacts, it will also drastically affect our
economy. Consider this: soybeans are one of Canada’s top five agricultural exports and their
crop yield drops significantly in hotter temperatures. According to Professor Nic Rivers, “humans are just like soybeans” ––as the global temperature increases, crop yields drop and so
does human productivity in the workforce. This was just one of many memorable take-aways
from last week’s Climate Teach-In.

Get ready for the big Climate march on Sept 27! Five uOttawa experts will speak about the different dimensions of climate change, its impacts and solutions, leading to a broad discussion with all attending.