Climate-Smart Agriculture – Overcoming Barriers and Financing the Transition
A vital keynote address of the 2023 Critical Conversation forum organized by the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), one of CGLR’s Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium institutional members. The agriculture sector is on the front lines of climate change that threaten production across the US. Climate-smart […]
The Great Lakes Aviation and Space Technology Alliance Symposium
Hosted By: In 2022, The Great Lakes Aviation and Space Technology Alliance (GLASTA) was formed with a bi-national Memorandum of Understanding between the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI), Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) Canada and USA, and Aéro Montréal. The purpose of GLASTA is to strategically explore our regional opportunities for collaborative innovation, supply […]
Supply Chain Resilience for Agri-Food in the Great Lakes
Watch the webinar recording below! Nearly everyone has been impacted in some way in recent years by supply chain disruption – from foods we love that are not reliably stocked on grocery store shelves to prices of those items increasing. We don’t have to look far to comprehend the underlying causes behind these disruptions and […]
Business and Sustainability in the Great Lakes Region
A sustainable Great Lakes region – the well-being of its people, the health of the environment, and the competitiveness of its economy – cannot be achieved without the leadership, involvement, and commitment of businesses across all industries and sizes. As a result, businesses hold a unique opportunity to make decisions and investments that can quickly […]
Exploring the Connections Between Climate Change and the Foods We Eat
Watch the webinar recording below! What’s going on with the foods we love and the ingredients we need? Prices are increasing, aromas and flavors are changing, nutritional quality is declining, and some foods are even more difficult to find and source – all because of climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report […]
Lake Erie’s “Pollution Diet” – New Phosphorus Pollution Limits are a Crucial Step Towards the Restoration of Lake Erie’s Western Basin
Watch the recording from the webinar below! In May 2023, a federal judge in Ohio approved a consent decree that will require limits for agricultural pollution runoff to help alleviate the frequent toxic algae blooms that impact western Lake Erie almost every summer. The consent decree, which concludes six years of public interest litigation, requires […]
Re-Energizing the Ecosystem Approach in the 21st Century
Watch the recording from our webinar below! The Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the U.S. Clean Water Act, as well as many programs implemented across the Great Lakes region, are grounded in sound principles giving effect to ecosystem-based management. They recognize that healthy lakes are crucial to healthy economies and communities. Since the […]
WEBINAR: Climate Migration – Is the Great Lakes Region a Climate Haven?
Watch the recording from the webinar by clicking below! The climate crisis and environmental pressures are increasing at an alarming pace. It is projected that within the next 50 years, at least 1 billion people globally could be left needing to migrate due to climate change and climate disasters. People will move to where the […]
WEBINAR: The ESG Landscape and Contextualizing it for the Great Lakes Region
Watch the recording from the webinar below! The ESG movement is indicative of a fundamental shift in the global economy. Companies that develop a thoughtful approach to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance to help manage risks and build resilience have an opportunity for competitive advantage and improved long-term performance, benefiting their business and […]
WEBINAR: The Overlooked Link of a True Net Zero Strategy – Efficiency and Technology
Watch the recording of the webinar below! Price spikes, market volatility, project delays, tariff and regulatory uncertainty have upended plans and impaired strategies formed by organizations to fulfill their decarbonization objectives. We’ve gone from a world of plentiful and ever lower cost on-site and off-site renewable energy resources – really a buyers market – to […]