IMPACT Lab - Climate Policy & Action

PhD researcher focuses on clean energy justice for underserved communities Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, Emmanuel Taiwo developed a deep interest in how environmental and social issues intersect to influence lived experiences and outcomes for different communities. During hi...

Brilliant to see our doctoral student, Emmanuel Taiwo, and lab director, Dr. Laura Tozer recently in the news, featured by the University of Toronto! www.utoronto.ca/news/phd-res...

A new strategy is keeping young people at the table throughout Toronto's ambitious carbon-reduction plan For young climate activists in Toronto, policy discussions often feel like a closed door. A new strategy, developed by a team of U of T researchers in collaboration with youth leaders and the City of ...

Our lab director, Prof. Laura Tozer, and post-doc, Dr. Grace Nosek, spearheaded the City of Toronto's Youth Climate Engagement Strategy development process! Congrats team.

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Our lab member @emmanueltaiwo.bsky.social's new paper on Community Energy Justice has been published! Read more: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/labs/climate...

Our post-doc fellow Elisa (Lizzy) Privitera's new book chapter on prison environmental justice has just been published!
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Our director, Prof. Laura Tozer, engages Canadian policymakers on community climate action. www.utsc.utoronto.ca/labs/climate...