/newsroom/taxonomy/term/16008/all en /newsroom/channels/news/uncertainty-measuring-biodiversity-change-could-hinder-progress-towards-global-targets-nature-355491 <p>More than ever before, there is a growing interest in dedicating resources to stop the loss of biodiversity, as recently exemplified by the <a href="//Users/../../../../../../../Users/andy/Downloads/The%2520GBF%2520focuses%2520on%2520understanding%2520why%2520biodiversity%2520is%2520declining%2520and%2520what%2520actions%2520are%2520needed%2520to%2520reverse%2520this%2520trend.%2520However,%2520implementing%2520the%2520plan%2520is%2520challenging%2520because%2520information%2520about%2520biodiversity%2520changes%2520is%2520not%2520evenly%2520available%2520everywhere,%2520meaning%2520that%25</body></html>"></a></p> Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:41:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 307802 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/interactive-sustainability-dashboard-montreal-and-beyond-339214 <p>What if you could gather as much sustainability-related information as possible about a city, and use it to create an interactive website to be used by wide and diverse audiences? That is essentially what three 平特五不中 professors have assembled with Sus 鈥� a new, interactive and fully bilingual English and French-language sustainability dashboard for the Montreal urban area will be launched on聽April 25 (in French)聽and聽April 26 (in English). Its name is a playful reference to 鈥渟ustainability鈥� but its value to the city can be of great consequence.聽</p> Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:30:06 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288100 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-cop-26-united-nations-climate-change-conference-334505 <p>The twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be hosted by the United Kingdom, in partnership with Italy. The summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC. More than 190 world leaders will participate, along with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks. (<a href="https://www.un.org/en/un-climate-change-conference-cop-26" target="_blank">United Nations</a>)</p> Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:19:26 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 282996 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-international-day-biological-diversity-may-22-331100 <p>As the global community is called to re-examine our relationship to the natural world, one thing is certain: despite all our technological advances, humans are completely dependent on healthy and vibrant ecosystems for water, food, medicines, clothes, fuel, shelter, and energy, just to name a few. The 2021 theme, 鈥淲e鈥檙e part of the solution鈥�, was chosen to be a continuation of the momentum generated last year under the over-arching theme, 鈥淥ur solutions are in nature鈥�, which served as a reminder that biodiversity remains the answer to several sustainable development challenges.</p> Mon, 17 May 2021 18:22:25 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 265915 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-apple-users-can-say-no-being-tracked-new-software-update-330714 <p>Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties. Services such as Facebook and others currently have the ability to track users on mobile devices in order to learn more about them to target advertisements and other location-based services to them. In some instances, the tracking is in place even if the user is not actively using the app in question.</p> Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:09:36 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261899 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-earth-day-april-22-330545 <p>Earth Day, celebrated annually on 22 April, will again see more than 1 billion people participating in activities around the world to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis and environmental degradation and the need for immediate action. Many important environmental events have happened on Earth Day since its inception in 1970, including the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2016. The theme for this year 鈥� the second Earth Day Live digital event - is: Restore our Earth.</p> Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:08:04 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 260677 at /newsroom