Environment students tackle climate-change problems

In [Bieler School of Environment course] ENVR 401, advanced undergrads team up to conduct research on behalf of actual “clients,” such as not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and operating units of the University. The students scope out their projects at the start of the fall semester. By the end of the semester, they submit final reports for dissemination to the research community and to the people affected.

So it was that Laura Jardin, Léalu Que-Trépanier and the six other students on their team spent much of the fall analyzing the vulnerability of McGill’s Macdonald Campus Farm to climate change. Their client for the project was McGill’s Climate Officer, Divya Sharma. Based in McGill’s Office of Sustainability, Sharma is responsible for supporting McGill on its path to carbon neutrality by 2040 and assisting the various climate-action projects on campus.

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