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2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled!

Climate Change & Energy
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Addressing the Impacts of Canadian Mining on Communities in Africa

Human Well-being & Social Systems
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Should the Fraser River Estuary have legal rights?

Ecological Systems
Natural Resources
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Telling Stories: The Humanities in an Age of Planetary Agenda-Setting

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A podcast series on sustainability and climate action brought to you by the Sustainability Hub. In each episode, we’ll introduce you to what a UBC faculty member is doing to advance sustainability and climate action through research and teaching, and they’ll tell you what they want you to DO with all this new knowledge.

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This initiative exemplifies the school’s commitment to bridging academic research with practical business applications. The Clinic partners students with SMEs, providing tools for identifying and reducing their carbon emissions, with Mountain Equipment Company (MEC) as its first Supply Chain...
Cities are at the frontlines of the ecological crisis: urban and surrounding green spaces are shrinking, which comes at a cost for non-human nature and for more than half of the world’s people, who rely on such spaces for emotional, spiritual, and physical benefits. Local governments face numerous...
These events had various approaches and topics, from student-led clothing swaps and mending workshops to virtual sustainability scavenger hunts and a host of roundtable discussions on teaching the SDGs and charting institutional action pathways. Some campuses participated by hosting one or two...
This comprehensive plan, an update to the 2014 Zero Waste Action Plan (ZWAP), sets ambitious goals for transforming UBC’s waste management and consumption patterns. Most notably, this plan shifted UBC’s vision from a linear "take, make, use, dispose" model to a circular economy, where materials are...
In May 2023, the Canada Climate Law Initiative announced that it would be offering a new 8-week online educational program in partnership with the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. The genesis for this program was a desire to provide Canadian professionals with more...
The conference gathered local and regional partners and stakeholders to attend and share their perspectives as well as to learn, engage in and contribute to Canada’s approach to the global goals. With over 150 registrations, 95 attended the conference in-person. The event commenced with a heartfelt...
Canada is not on track to meet its 2030 target of reducing GHG emissions by 40-45 percent below 2005 levels, despite implementing several climate policies and initiatives. At the provincial level, British Columbia has set a climate action target of reducing GHG emissions by 40 percent below 2007...
In expanding students' understanding of the climate crisis and its impact on health, they are empowering future pharmacists to contribute to sustainable healthcare practices and advocate for positive change. With a Climate and Wellbeing Education Grant from the Sustainability Hub and the Office of...
New Sustainability Scholars report produced in partnership with Union Gospel Mission shows that unhoused people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) experience significantly more detrimental health impacts when facing extreme heat and extreme cold.
Photo courtesy of Tural Taqiyev via Unsplash The 29 th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29) summit is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. The Conference brings together countries, civil society, companies and people on the frontline of climate...

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