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Metro Vancouver moves to Stage 2 water restrictions as of Friday (August 4) in response to severe drought conditions and the ongoing hot and dry summer, which is also contributing to a record-breaking wildfire season across the province and country. 

´óÏó´«Ã½ experts are available to discuss issues of water security, management, climate change and natural hazards.  

AVAILABLE ´óÏó´«Ã½ EXPERTS

ZAFAR ADEEL, professor of professional practice, School of Sustainable Energy Engineering   
zadeel@sfu.ca
Expertise: Water security, climate change adaptation, safe drinking water, water-energy-food nexus, integrated water resources management, water-health nexus, desertification, flooding and the economic impacts.

JOHN CLAGUE, professor emeritus, Earth Sciences, CRC Chair in Natural Hazard Science   
jclague@sfu.ca 
Expertise: The link between extreme weather events and climate change, natural disasters

BRENDAN MURPHY, assistant professor, School of Environmental Science 
brendan_murphy@sfu.ca
Expertise: Geomorphology, ecological dynamics of river streams, climactic controls on landscape evolution. Leads the  at ´óÏó´«Ã½. 

CONTACT 

MELISSA SHAW, ´óÏó´«Ã½  Communications & Marketing 
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca 

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