MaRS Climate Impact panel debate
A panel debate featuring our CEO Dr. Anya Waite with a focus on marine carbon dioxide removal and ocean alkalinity enhancement.
Can we alter the chemistry of the oceans to save the climate? Our oceans offer a way to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, permanently storing emissions. But are we tempting fate by interfering with such a rich and complex ecosystem? Panelists debate the pros and cons.
The following people will participate, with additional participants to be confirmed closer to the event:
Carbon Removal Canada
Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director, Ocean Frontier Institute
Chief Executive Officer, Planetary
Professor, UQAR ISMER
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, CarbonRun
The MaRS Climate Impact conference is a new innovation conference that brings together the global cleantech ecosystem.
The conference focuses on the most promising ideas and innovations that could help prevent the most disastrous consequences of climate change and build a cleaner economy.
This year, the conference will be held in downtown Toronto and online from November 29 to 30, 2023 and will feature interactive panel discussions, thought-provoking debates, company demos and more.
Dalhousie University operates in the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. These sovereign nations hold inherent rights as the original peoples of these lands, and we each carry collective obligations under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.
We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
