Connaught Global Challenge Symposium on CO2 Solutions to Climate Change

The concentration of CO₂ in our atmosphere has now risen from 290 ppm, recorded at the beginning of the industrial revolution, to 405 ppm today. We are now confronted with the problem of how best to curb this increase and meet the demanding CO₂ reduction targets of the 2015 Paris agreement. To rise to this global challenge, one of the strategies proposed, which forms the centerpiece of this symposium, focuses attention on different ways of utilizing CO₂ as a chemical feedstock for making chemicals, materials and fuels. The “CO₂ Chemistry Solutions to Climate Change” symposium will bring together the world’s leaders in scientific research and economic solutions to turn this vision of a CO₂ economy into a reality.

Join the Solar Fuels Cluster at the University of Toronto on May 9-10, 2017 at the beautiful downtown University of Toronto campus to be a part of the discussions!

**The U of T Solar Fuels Cluster is an interdisciplinary research team devoted to developing scalable, cost effective materials solutions towards using CO₂ as a chemical feedstock for valuable products. Leveraging the expertise of some of Canada’s leading chemists, engineers, and material scientists, we hope to initiate a paradigm-shifting zero-emission CO₂ economy. Having recently been awarded the prestigious $1M Connaught Global Challenge Award, our dynamic team is well positioned to be at the leading edge of CO₂-to-fuel technology development in the coming years.**