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Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance
UBC’s delegation will take part in the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties being held in Belém, Brazil this November.

How UBC's Sustainability Hub is helping reduce embodied carbon in the construction industry

Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy

Q&A: A how-to guide to mushroom toilets, by the team that made one

Natural Resources
Production, Consumption & Waste

New Sustainable Cities Certificate from UBC SCARP

Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Policy, Economics & Governance

Sustainability Scholar maps ecosystems to inform adaptation strategies to preserve Maplewood Flats

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems

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By Maisha Morshed — Undergraduate student, Mathematics of Information, Faculty of Science, UBC COP30 Delegate, UBC Sustainability Ambassador What does a math student from Bangladesh have to do with United Nations Climate Change Conference in Brazil? A year ago, even I wouldn’t have known how to...
By David Tindall, Professor of Sociology, UBC. Originally published in the Conversation . We live in a time often characterized as a polycrisis . One of those crises is human-caused climate change, an issue currently being discussed by delegates at the COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil. Another...
By Philippe Le Billon Professor, Geography Department and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs. Originally published in the Conversation . Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has dubbed COP30 the forest COP . Taking place in Belém, a large urban centre in the Amazon, this choice...
Following the fifth annual open competition managed by the UBC Sustainability Hub and the Office of Global Engagement , a delegation of 14 students, staff, and faculty will be participating in-person and virtually at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Belém...
By Nazia Ahmed (she/her), Senior Evaluation Specialist, Faculty of Medicine and UBC COP30 Delegate As a delegate representing the Faculty of Medicine, I am honored to join this global conversation with a focus on an often-overlooked dimension of climate change: its disproportionate impact on...
From January to June 2025, UBC researchers participated in the International Laboratory Freezer Challenge , a campaign promoting best practices in laboratory cold storage management. Over the challenge, participants took steps to defrost and de-ice freezers, clean coils and filters, create or...
On September 24 the Sustainability Hub invited UBC students to the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability for the Student Sustainability FEST!
Untreated human waste is a leading cause of disease and mortality among the 2.3B people who lack access to adequate sanitation globally1. Current centralized approaches to waste treatment are energy intensive and require significant amounts of water. While decentralized approaches, such as chemical...
How can textiles be made more sustainably? Slow Fashion Season launched this year as a forum to exchange knowledge, build skills, and present exciting initiatives and creative production techniques aimed at more sustainable, conscientious use, and production of fibres and apparel. Slow Fashion...
A number of SEEDS Sustainability Program collaborative applied research partnerships, informed by the Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research and Demonstration (CBRID) Steering committee , are helping to identify key campus biodiversity priorities and test out monitoring strategies. These include...

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