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The University of Waterloo is going to be the home a new research centre focused on helping communities become more resilient to climate change. The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (ICCA) was created after Intact Financial Corp. provided $4.25 million in funding to the university.

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The Breakthrough Energy Coalition launched in Paris over the weekend. The initiative is a group of more than 25 investors from 10 different countries, including the United States, China, the United Kingdom, South Africa, France, Saudi Arabia and others, that aims to stimulate zero-emission energy innovation.

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Canada needs to get its act together on clean energy or it risks losing out on a big part of the global opportunity to countries in Asia and even the Middle East, according to Wal van Lierop, CEO at Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital. He tells Canadian Green Tech in an interview that high natural gas prices – four times the price in North America – are encouraging these regions to explore cheaper alternatives in the form of renewables.

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