Canadian Pacific Teck Award for Environmental Innovation
Congratulations to M.Sc. student, Christine Leclerc, who was recently awarded the Canadian Pacific Teck Award for Environmental Innovation to fund her 2024 -2025 research.
11th Annual Postdoctoral Research Day
Post-doctoral research fellow, Jayakrishnan K. U., presented his research at this year’s Post-doctoral Research Day.
European Geophysical Union (EGU) 2025
All climate lab members presented at the European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna, Austria.
Faculty of Environment Three Minute Thesis Competition Heat
MSc. student, Pierre Etienne Banville, was awarded the People’s Choice Award at the 3MT Faculty of Environment Competition Heat. Congratulations Pierre Etienne!
South Korea Climate Corps Summer School
PhD. student, Rachel Chimuka, attended the South Korea Climate Corps Summer School an initiative that unites higher education institutions to co-generate impactful solutions for climate crisis. Her team won second place for their business proposal in the carbon dioxide removal space.
Contributing Lead Author (CLA) for the IPCC 7th Assessment Report (AR7)
Congratulations to lab director, Kirsten Zickfeld, on her selection as a Contributing Lead Author (CLA) for the IPCC 7th Assessment Report (AR7). She will be contributing to Chapter 9 (“Earth system responses under pathways towards temperature stabilization, including overshoot pathways”). Well done, Kirsten!
Young Earth System Scientists Community Elections
Congratulations to MSc. student Christine Leclerc who was recently re-elected as North American Regional Representative for Young Earth System Scientists (YESS), an international organization focussed on building the capacity of early career researchers in Earth system science. Great job, Christine!
HOW TO KEEP EARTH COOL: A climate solutions modelling workshop
Msc. student Christine Leclerc co-hosted ‘HOW TO KEEP EARTH COOL: A climate solutions modelling workshop‘ at the 2023 Burnaby Festival of Learning. The workshop focused on exploring how solutions can be combined to keep Earth cool in an equitable way using the En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator.
New Publication: Quantifying land carbon cycle feedbacks under negative CO2 emissions
PhD. student, Rachel Chimuka, recently published a paper with lab director, Kirsten Zickfeld, and former lab member, Claude-Michel Nzotungicimpaye, on “Quantifying land carbon cycle feedbacks under negative CO2 emissions” in the Biogeosciences journal. The article was also selected by the journal as a highlight paper and featured by SFU’s Faculty of Environment.
Climate Ambassador with Climate Interactive
To compliment her climate solutions research, Christine Leclerc recently became a Climate Ambassador with MIT Management affiliated Climate Interactive. As an ambassador for the En-ROADS Integrated Assessment Model, Christine will build upon knowledge gained in completing the “Mastering En-ROADS” training program and deliver climate solutions workshops.