US EditionNew climate institute at University of Toronto launched with $60M gift
- The University of Toronto is launching the Lawson Climate Institute with a $60-million gift from Brian and Joannah Lawson to focus on climate solutions and policy innovation.
- The gift will create three endowed chairs and provide 100 scholarships for climate research.
- U of T President Meric Gertler emphasized that Canadian universities must prioritize climate change and plans to make its campus carbon positive by 2050 while divesting from fossil fuels by 2030.
- Joannah Lawson stated that without continued funding for climate initiatives, Canada risks being left behind economically and emphasized that climate change impacts all philanthropic goals.
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New climate institute at University of Toronto launched with $60M gift
The University of Toronto is launching a new climate institute with the help of a $60-million gift. The interdisciplinary Lawson Climate Institute is expected to focus on sustainable technologies, climate policy and efforts to turn the campuses into "living labs" with real-world experiment...
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New climate institute at University of Toronto launched with $60M gift – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — The University of Toronto is launching a new climate institute with the help of a $60-million gift. The interdisciplinary Lawson Climate Institute is expected to focus on sustainable technologies, climate policy and efforts to turn the campuses into “living labs” with real-world experiments on new climate solutions. The multi-year gift from Brian and Joannah Lawson will also create three endowed chairs in policy innovation, sustainable…
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