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Strengthening Global Partnerships: Energy and Climate Action with Pakistan and Beyond.

We were privileged to hold productive discussions with world leaders, fostering partnerships to tackle global challenges.In a bilateral meeting with Dr. Musadik Malik, Federal Minister of Energy, Pakistan Read here

Proud to share that Dr. Azizur Rahman has represented Canada at the FAO of the United Nations program in Bangkok!

This remarkable opportunity allowed for meaningful engagement with global leaders, the exchange of innovative ideas, and the establishment of impactful partnerships to tackle critical global challenges.Read here

Congratulations to Dr. Rahman and his outstanding research team for their remarkable achievements over the past 18 months!

Their dedication and hard work have truly paid off, as evidenced by the exceptional recognition their research efforts have garnered.Here are a few impressive highlights : Read here

CBC News: Research on purifying collagen from marine resources
Our CEO, Dr. Azizur Rahman, has recently been interviewed by CBC News to discuss his groundbreaking research on purifying collagen from marine resources. Read here

A Scientific Exploration for Delaying Skin Aging
Congratulations to my team for a shifting perspective, and another groundbreaking publication! Check out the full post here

Zero Waste with Sobeys: Transforming Food Waste to Biofuel
After completing as one of the final winners of the Sustainable Innovation Challenge, we are proud to receive the first-place prize. Click here to read the full post

A message from the Member of Parliament, Michael Coteau, Don Valley East, Toronto, to the summer team 2022 at the Centre for Climate Change Research. About MP Micahel Coteau: Michael Joseph Coteau is a Canadian politician who currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Don Valley East in the House of Commons of Canada. Previously, he also served as a - Minister of Community and Social Services of Ontario in 2018 - Minister of Children and Youth Services of Ontario from 2016–2018 - Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport from 2014–2016 - Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of Government of Ontario from 2013–2014 - Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario from 2011–2021

Congratulations to our Summer 2022 Program interns! These past 8 weeks have been instrumental in developing research to mitigate climate change impacts. A special thanks to Dr. Paul Kortenaar and MP Michael Coteau for celebrating with us. And finally, thank you to our summer interns for all the work that you did in the program. We look forward to seeing what you will all accomplish in the near future!

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As we wrap up the summer program 2022 at Centre for Climate Change Research (CCCR), we are very excited to announce our closing day speakers, Micheal Coteau, Dr. Rahman and Dr. Kortenaar. We will also hear from members of the summer program and their research done at Centre for Climate Change Research. We are very excited to see everyone in person at the UofT St. George Campus (RBC Innovation Hub)!

We' re very excited to announce Dr. Rahman' s new book, "Collagen from Marine Biological Source and Medical Applications"

Check it out here: https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/5664

Dr. Rahman was also the recipient of the 2019 Global Peer Review Award presented by the Web of Science Group.

We' re very excited to announce Dr. Rahman' s new book, "Marine Skeletal Biopolymers and Proteins, and Their Biomedical Application."

About this Book: This book covers recent trends in all aspects of basic and applied scientific research on marine skeletal proteins and biopolymers (e.g., chitin, collagen), and their derivatives.

Check it out here: https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/4556

Meet the summer team 2022.

The CCCR would like to thank MP Yasmin Ratansi and Dr. Rahman for speaking at our closing ceremony 2021! Our team is feeling very inspired to take on leadership roles within the environmental sector on a national and international level!

The COVID-19 Treatment by Marine Sponge’s Bromotyrosines

One of our advisors - Prof. Hermann Ehrlich discovered a marine substance that can inhibit the new Coronavirus pathogen. See the press release.

Reduce GHG Emissions Through Urban Organic Agriculture

Our approach is to develop new technologies to produce agricultural products without using any synthetic fertilizers and pesticides...

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Carbon Capture and Use, an Innovative Approach

CO2 is not our enemy. We could use them for our benefit...

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Pest-Free Fruits - Control the Pest in Agri-Foods

Our innovative organic biotechnology replaces harmful pesticides with organic pesticides.

May 10th, we welcomed onboard our new team for the summer! Thanks to this group of punctual and hardworking people.