Theme 3 : Mitigating climate change
Crédits : Ville de Québec
The third research theme covers the role of trees in an urban environment in the context of climate change. Thus, we aim to identify approaches to increase the diversity of species available to ensure the resilience of the forest to different biotic and abiotic stresses.
Project 3 : Evaluating the influence of root cutting on environmental factors pertaining to methane emissions and associated gas interactions
Project 6 : Assisted migration of trees in urban areas
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Trees in cities are already under quite significant stress and we anticipate that under climate change, conditions will be more difficult, including higher temperatures and more frequent droughts. Assisted migration is a proposed strategy in natural forests to help forests cope with these changes. Assisted migration is the movement of species to new locations that should better match their adaptation to a future climate. We want to start an assisted migration approach in the city as well. We are working with the City of Quebec to identify the species that would be more adapted to future climate conditions in a context of higher temperatures and more frequent and intense drought. We are also developing a social component in this project.
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Project 8 : Mitigation of GHG from urban soils using biochar: a multi-city study
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A new NSERC Alliance Mission project, based at University of Toronto (Sean Thomas) addresses GHG emissions associated with urban waste and in urban tree trenches, in several cities across Canada (Toronto, Quebec City, Mississauga and Edmonton). The project evaluates hotspots of emissions while working to mitigate these problems using biochar as an amendment to improve carbon sequestration in urban soils, reduce direct GHG emissions and increase the growth of urban vegetation and its resilience to stress.
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Thanks to all of our research partners and funders !
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