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PUBLIC LECTURE – Canada’s 2030 Greenhouse Gas Emission Target is Unachievable: What should Civil Society do about it?
					
 Mar 29, 2023 
 7:00PM to 8:00PM

									

				

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	Date(s) - 29/03/2023
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm







McMaster Climate Centre and McMaster Alumni Association Presents

A Public Lecture by Dr. Danny Harvey


Speaker: Dr. Danny Harvey, Professor, University of Toronto

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 7:00 PM

Location: McMaster Innovation Park (MIP), Room 1 ABCD, 175 Longwood Road South, Hamilton


This talk will present an update on and an action-oriented breakdown of Canadian greenhouse gas emissions, the Canadian 2030 Climate Action Plan and the prospects for achieving our targets, the global outlook, and what concerned citizens can do about it. Central to the discussion will be the need to avoid actions that make other problems worse and which do not represent sustainable, long-term solutions to the global warming problem.


For in-person, doors will open at 6:30 PM and Parking is Free.

Make sure to register for in-person or live streaming spot here: https://alumni.mcmaster.ca/Climate2023




Danny Harvey is a Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Toronto, where he teaches courses related to climate, global warming and energy use. His recent work has focused on scenarios that make the transition to a fossil-fuel free energy system sufficiently rapidly that there is still a chance of meeting the Paris target of limiting global mean warming to no more than 2?C above pre-industrial. Among his books are (1) A Handbook on Low-Energy Buildings and District Energy Systems: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Examples published in 2006 and (2) Energy and the New Reality, Volume 1: Energy Efficiency and the Demand for Energy Services and Volume 2: C-Free Energy Supply, published in 2010.