CCTC 2015

A Word from the Minister
Today, at a time when Earth is experiencing unprecedented upheaval and when we face truly extraordinary environmental challenges, technological developments have never been more crucial and determinant for us.

The Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques proudly supports the 4th Climate Change Technology Conference. This world-class event brings together specialists in a variety of fields, who are busy leveraging their expertise to fight climate change.

Québec has set an ambitious target for itself: Reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2020. In order to achieve this goal, we have made the carbon market our leading tool in the strategy to fight climate change. Thanks to income from this market, which is paid into the Green Fund to support the measures set out in the 2013-2020 Climate Change Action Plan, our government can provide funding to local businesses in the transition to a low-carbon world. In all, some 3.3 billion dollars will be reinvested in the Québec economy between now and 2020 for the benefit of both businesses and individuals.

Research and innovation are among the fields on which we are counting. On the one hand, technological developments offer multiple promising and vital avenues for reducing our environmental footprint and making our people and our living environments more resilient to climate change. On the other, these advancements enable us to trace a new path and set the course of our society in the direction of tomorrow’s green and prosperous economy. They also help to re-launch the economy and create hi-tech jobs.

Today, by sharing our knowledge and developing our know-how together, we are building the world of tomorrow, a world that will be greener and more responsible for our children!

I am certain that this event will enable innovating ideas and new courses of action to emerge. Please accept my wishes for fruitful exchanges!

David Heurtel
Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment
and the Fight against Climate Change

Carbon dioxide global levels surpass daunting milestone
In March. Entire globe reached CO2 levels not seen in about 2 million years. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/carbon-dioxide-global-levels-surpass-daunting-milestone-1.3064837

Vatican urges action on climate change. Will this prove persuasive? http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32487874

We're on the edge of climate catastrophe! If we warm the world another 2 degrees Celsius, experts say we risk super droughts, extinctions and worse. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/opinions/sutter-climate-two-degrees/index.html

Le marché du carbone, c'est quoi au juste?
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/acces/suite.asp?lien=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/environnement/2015/04/17/001-marche-carbone-californie-quebec-ontario-fonctionnement.xml

Beneath the tar sands is even dirtier oil, and industry is salivating over it Oil companies are buying rights to extract crude from bitumen carbonates in Alberta, even though it's hard-to-reach, expensive, and filthy.

Campaigners in the Netherlands are taking the government to court for allegedly failing to protect its citizens from climate change.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32300214

Des milliers de manifestants à Québec pour dire aux provinces de réduire les GES http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/acces/suite.asp?lien=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/quebec/2015/04/11/002-manifestation-action-climat.xml

We are proud to announce that Mr. Réal Ménard, Member of the City of Montreal's Executive Committee in charge of sustainable development, the environment, large parks and green spaces, will be the keynote speaker at CCTC 2015.

Nous sommes fiers d'annoncer que M. Réal Ménard, Membre du comité exécutif de la Ville de Montréal à titre de responsable du développement durable, de l’environnement, des grands parcs et
des espaces verts sera le Conférencier d'honneur à la CTCC 2015.

Pro-nuclear environmentalists? Isn't that an oxymoron? Apparently, not so much anymore. http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/03/world/nuclear-energy-climate-change-scientists/index.html

The Third Industrial Revolution: the future of Renewable Energy Sources

How the forthcoming future economy is going to change radically thanks to the new energetic technologies and their application.

Four years ago, Jeremy Rifkin (American social and economic scientist and luminary) published The Third Industrial Revolution – How lateral power is transforming the energy, the economy and the world. He explained how the forthcoming future economy is going to change radically thanks to the new energetic technologies and their application.

http://closeupengineering.it/the-third-industrial-revolution-the-future-of-renewable-energy-sources/?lang=en

CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS - THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CANADIAN FOREST SERVICE TO SUPPORT THE ADAPTATION OF THE FOREST SECTOR
Presenter at CCTC 2015: CATHERINE STE-MARIE, PH.D.

Rise in forest fires in boreal region might be due to climate change, researcher says.

Russia and Canada led the world in the loss of tree cover in 2013, according to analysis of new satellite images by researchers and Global Forest Watch.

The Réseau des ingénieurs du Québec partners with The Engineering Institute of Canada for CCTC 2015! Conference participants can request a certificate acknowledgment of 15 hours for the entire conference and 7 hours for one-day participation that can be used towards their continuing education OIQ requirement.

Le Réseau des ingénieurs du Québec devient partenaire avec l'Institut canadien des ingénieurs pour la CTCC 2015 ! Les participants à la conférence recevront une attestation de 15 heures pour l' ensemble de la conférence et sept heures pour une participation d'une journée. Ils pourront inscrire cette activité à leur formation continue de l’OIQ.

We are grateful for the participation of the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, the City of Montréal, and our many guest speakers and authors of technical papers and session presenters.

It is a duty for the engineering profession to contribute to finding solutions to problems created by a changing climate to which we are all subjected. CCTC 2015 is a unique opportunity to present engineering solutions in the context of a changing climate and its physical and sociological impacts.