Congratulations to Paola Vasquez, a PhD Rural Studies student who took part in a project that is receiving the United Nations' Moment for Change Climate Award (1 of 16 globally) to be awarded in Paris, France. The Momentum for Change [1] initiative is spearheaded by the UN Climate Change secretariat to shine a light on some of the most innovative, scalable and replicable examples of what people are doing to address climate change.

Paola's project titled "Fostering Cleaner Production | Colombia" can be found at the link here [2].

Photo courtesy of UNFCCC

As Paola said to her Advisor, Prof. Al Lauzon, that she is " Happy to know all this was possible by applying my PhD framework...my PhD is paying off !!"

See At Guelph news article here [3].