Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptationt campus in St. Peter's

Dr. Adam, Fenech discusses Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI’s campus in St. Peter’s Bay, Prince Edward Island

Dr. Adam Fenech of the School of Climate Change and Adaptation at the University of Prince Edward Island will present on the new Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation being built in rural Prince Edward Island. The Climate Centre will be a new 45,000 square-foot research facility being built in the community of St. Peters Bay, PEI. The building will house state-of-the-art research centres, including the internationally recognized UPEI Climate Research Lab, the UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation, as well as a professional development program (ClimateSense). The facility and the lands surrounding it will serve as a living laboratory that allows for unlimited access to nearby wetlands, forests, and coastal habitats. The UPEI Climate Centre will be a world leader in understanding and adapting to the climate change impacts on economies and ecologies. The focus will be on applying leading technologies such as drones, big data analytics, and virtual reality to the climate change challenge.

Dr. Fenech has worked extensively in the area of climate change since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change First Assessment Report in 1988. He has edited 8 books on climate change, most recently on Global Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainability in the Middle East. Dr. Fenech has worked for Harvard University researching the history of the science/policy interfaces of climate change. He has represented Canada at international climate negotiating sessions; written climate policy speeches for Canadian Environment Ministers; and authored Canadian reports on climate change to the United Nations. Dr. Fenech has taught at the University of Toronto as well as the Smithsonian Institution for over 20 years, and lectures regularly at universities across Canada and around the world. Dr. Fenech shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is presently the Director of the University of Prince Edward Island&#x27;s Climate Research Lab that conducts research on the vulnerability, impacts and adaptation to climate change, where his virtual reality depiction of sea level rise has won international awards including one from MIT for communicating coastal science. He maintains the largest fleet of drones at a Canadian university including the largest drone in the country with a four metre wingspan.

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