CRRG Members
Disasters 101
Policy
Climate Abundance
Waterloo Potpourri
100

This CRRG member founded a start-up

Who is Kwaku?

100

This type of flooding is now considered the most costly insured peril in Canada.  

What is pluvial flooding

100

This term describes losses that are not covered by insurance and often fall to governments and households.

What is the protection gap?

100

This economic phenomenon explains the growing decline of GHGs despite increases in GDP.  

What is decoupling? 

100

The City of Kitchener used to be called. 

What is Berlin?

200

This CRRG member is applying to do a PhD 

Who is Karen

200

This continent consistently suffers a higher rate of mortality from natural disasters than any others. 

What is Asia?

200

This Hurricane informs the flood line for some of Ontario's regulated floodplains. 

What is Hurricane Hazel?

200
This regulation is widely cited for restricting the supply of electrification and renewable energy. 

What is environmental assessment? 

200

In 2011, this city voted to amalgamate with the City of Waterloo.

What is Kitchener?

300

This CRRG member tested among the top 1% in math. 

Who is Fahimeh

300

This disaster is considered the costliest in history. 

What is the 2011 Japanese Tsunami?

300

This research organization is secretly jealous of CRRG's success. 

Who is ICLR?

300

The lack of this technology leads to more deaths annually in Europe than guns in the United States. 

What is air conditioning?

300

In 1974, this Waterloo Region city's downtown flooded. 

What is Cambridge? 

400

This CRRG member for some reason cheers for Manchester United 

Who is Aidan?

400
Until the Ft. McMurray wildfire become the most expensive insured loss event in Canadian history, this event was #1. 

What is the Ontario/Quebec ice storm

400

This flood convinced insurers and governments that an overland flood insurance should be made available?

What is the Calgary or Southern Alberta flood in 2013?

400

This political movement believes capitalism is naughty, and we should go back to living in huts and washing eachothers clothes. 

Who are the de-growthers?

400

This uptown establishment just celebrated it's 20 year anniversary and is proud to own Waterloo's only sidewalk beer store. 

What is Princess Cafe?

500

This CRRG member pays more for vehicle insurance than anyone here. 

Who is Dan?

500
Among the top 5 most expensive insured loss events in Canada, this peril is responsible for 3. 

What is a hailstorm?

500

This policy initiated the first large effort to advance scholarship and practice on flood risk management. 

What is the 2007 European Flood Directive?

500

According to some tech optimists, this technology will has the potential to reverse droughts. 

What is desalination?

500

Rumour has it that Waterloo's road system is so confusing because it was designed based on this form of travel. 

Drunken mennonites 

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