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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has  and ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts are available to comment on the findings and actions required to address the climate crisis.  

AVAILABLE ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV EXPERTS

KIRSTEN ZICKFELD, professor of climate science and director of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Climate Research Lab, geography     
kzickfel@sfu.ca           

• Lead author of the special report on the Global Warming of 1.5 Degrees for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2018; worked on two of the six reports summarized in today’s report
• Climate science, carbon budgets and net zero

JUDE CRASTA, project lead for Moving in a Livable Region, Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue   
jude_crasta@sfu.ca

• Role of cities in advancing multilevel climate action
• The power of convening through dialogue
  

YOLANDA CLATWORTHY, mitigating wildfire program manager, Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
yolanda_clatworthy@sfu.ca

• The need to take urgent climate action and how this involves re-imagining our societies and ecosystems
• Building multi-stakeholder proactive approaches to mitigate intensifying wildfires and other climate threats
  

MARK ZACHARIAS, executive director, Clean Energy Canada 
(contact Keri McNamara, senior communications specialist keri_mcnamara@sfu.ca and Trevor Melanson, communications director trevor_melanson@sfu.ca to arrange interviews)

• The global energy / economic transition to a low carbon economy and what this means for Canada’s industries and its workers
• Canada’s energy future and the choices that governments will need to make over the coming years and decades

ZAFAR ADEEL, professor, School of Sustainable Energy Engineering & executive director, PWRC (Pacific Water Research Centre) 
zadeel@sfu.ca

• Climate change adaptation, water security, safe drinking water, integrated water resources management 

ALISON SHAW, executive director, ACT – Action on Climate Team, adjunct professor, Resource and Environmental Management, (Available March 21) 
alison_shaw@sfu.ca

• Climate change resilience and adaptation, rapid decarbonization, future-proofing communities and accelerating the sustainability transition
  

CONTACT 

MELISSA SHAW, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV  Communications & Marketing 
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca

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