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We are now accepting applications for our 2025-2026 cohort. The deadline to complete applications is January 6, 2025.

Upcoming Events

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Pathways Day 2024

November 7, 2024

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Book Launch: Law, Humans and Plants in the Andes Amazon: The Lawness of life by Dr. Ivan Dario Vargas-Roncancio

November 8, 2024

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Surviving the Anthropocene

November 11, 2024 to November 12, 2024

Recent News

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The net zero wave: identifying patterns in the uptake and robustness of national and corporate net zero targets 2015–2023

A new report from the Toronto Climate Observatory, a research hub based at the School of the Environment, University of Toronto, has calculated that Toronto’s largest financial institutions were responsible for over $1.43 trillion CAD ($1.1 trillion USD)

New Report: Bay Street’s Carbon Footprint Rivals Nations

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COVID-19 and protection measures adopted in rural amazon communities during the first months of the pandemic

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