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Water Canada

Roy Brouwer, a professor at the University of Waterloo and executive director of the Water Institute, is leading a new project called “Valuing Canada’s Water Resources and Aquatic Ecosystem Services.”

Water Canada

It’s difficult to overstate the importance of wetlands. They provide habitat for wildlife, filtration for water and play a role in protecting us from drought.

Mirage News

It's difficult to overstate the importance of wetlands. They provide habitat for wildlife, filtration for water and play a role in protecting us from

Water Canada

As 2022 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the topics that piqued our interest, that got us talking, and had us asking for more! Nowhere else is this better exemplified than in our ongoing Water Canada Webinar Series, where we touched on everything from green infrastructure to source water.

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Quantifying carbon-capture potential while building a stronger green economy.

University of Lethbridge News

Wetlands provide habitat for wildlife, filtration for water and even play a role in protecting us from drought. Now a group of Canadian researchers, including Drs. Larry Flanagan and Matthew Bogard from the University of Lethbridge, will study them to learn more about their exact role in combating climate change.

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Returning valuable ecosystems like wetlands to the landscape can help bring biodiversity back.

University of Toronto Scarborough News

It’s hard to overstate the importance of wetlands. They provide habitat for wildlife, filtration for water, and even play a role in protecting us from drought. Now a group of Canadian researchers led by Professor Irena Creed will study them to better understand their exact role in combating climate change.

Global News

These landscapes make up a small fraction of the earth's surface, but they play this really big role in cycling carbon and nutrients.

Ducks Unlimited Canada

John Pattison-Williams uses his farm to demonstrate sustainable practices.

Lethbridge News Now

A study involving multiple researchers across Canada will take a deep dive into the role wetl...

Government of Canada

The Climate Action and Awareness Fund (CAAF) is investing up to $206 million over five years to support Canadian-made projects that help to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Government of Canada

On November 22, 2022, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced up to $58 million in investments through the Climate Action and Awareness Fund to support 24 projects that will advance science and technology to combat climate change. Led by 12 universities and one non-governmental organization, these projects will strengthen Canada’s science capacity to identify, accelerate, and evaluate actions toward achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Water Canada

Decisions made today at every level of government and civil society will determine the future of summer holidays and day trips to local lakes in Canada. Hundreds of ponds, rivers, and lakes are increasingly impaired each year by algal and cyanobacterial outbreaks that affect more and more watersheds.

WWF

As the climate crisis intensifies, how can we address people’s rising risk from rapid environmental change while also helping people and wildlife adapt?

World Bank News

What exactly are nature-based solutions, and how are they making a difference? We asked Garo Batmanian, Lead Environment Specialist at the World Bank, to explain.

Nature Saskatchewan

Nature-based climate solutions present a unique opportunity for Saskatchewan to make important progress in tackling two environmental crises; mass extinction and climate change.

Wetland-Based Solutions

Wetland-based Solutions is a collaboration between 15 partners raising awareness for the critical role coastal wetlands play as resilient Nature-Based Solutions.

Nature United

New science led by Nature United shows that Natural Climate Solutions can reduce Canada’s emissions by up to 78 megatonnes of CO2e annually in 2030.

Irving Oil

Wetlands are a vital part of our coastal ecosystems and provide important benefits for humans and animals alike. For more than 50 years, Irving Oil has worked in partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada to help protect Atlantic Canadian wetlands and the wildlife that call them home.

Frontiers In

This study advances scientific understanding of the magnitude of carbon sequestration that could be achieved through conservation (securing existing carbon s...

Ducks Unlimited Canada

New research showcases the potential of wetlands as nature-based climate solutions

American University

Overview of nature-based solutions to climate change ("natural climate solutions") and their role in climate change policy

Government of Canada

Nature-based solutions uses tools such as restoration, conservation, and management of wetlands, grasslands, coastlines and forests, to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change while supporting biodiversity.

WWF Canada

Nature is one of the most powerful tools in the fight against climate change - yet it is largely overlooked. Learn more about nature based solutions.

Pacific Institute

Today, on World Wetlands Day, it is crucial to acknowledge the role wetlands play as the site for many nature-based solutions. Wetlands filter and store water, while also supporting a healthier environment as the planet’s natural water treatment facilities.

The Narwhal

Wetlands in farm fields across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba could be a climate change solution — if we stop destroying them

Policy Options

Protecting and restoring forests, wetlands and shorelines are measures gaining recognition, but they need a connected approach to be most effective.

Ontario Nature

Wetlands are crucial to addressing the ongoing and related crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. They provide a wide range of functions and values that contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience for the benefit of all life. This primer introduces some of those benefits.

Nature Canada

This toolkit will provide you with the idea, resources and contacts you need to implement nature-based climate solutions in your community.

Ontario Nature

Less than 30 percent of our original wetlands remain in southern Ontario despite their incredible value

University of Saskatchewan News

A team of University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers has built a tool designed to estimate a value for wetland services to help farmers, land planners and policy makers understand the benefits of wetland conservation in agriculture.

CCA Reports

As a signatory to the Paris Agreement, the Government of Canada has committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to at least 40% below 2005 levels by 2030.

Yale E360

Nature-based initiatives, such as planting mangroves and revitalizing wetlands, have proven effective in making communities more resilient to climate change. But international funding has shortchanged such solutions in favor of more costly and less efficient engineering projects.

Conservation Ontario

Conservation Ontario is currently working directly with 20 conservation authorities to deliver 81 projects from 2021 to 2025 that deliver on multiple nature-based solutions through funding granted from Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund for Place-based Actions (Environment and Climate Change Canada).