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Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance

*NEW* UBC Micro-certificate in Climate Action Planning: Foundations, Finance and Implementation

Developed by a team of faculty and experts associated with UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Sustainability Hub and Campus + Community Planning, the UBC Micro-certificate in Climate Action Planning is designed to help...
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2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled!

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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Addressing the Impacts of Canadian Mining on Communities in Africa

Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Policy, Economics & Governance
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Should the Fraser River Estuary have legal rights?

Ecological Systems
Natural Resources
Policy, Economics & Governance
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Telling Stories: The Humanities in an Age of Planetary Agenda-Setting

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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PODCAST: F IS FOR FACULTY

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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UBC’s Journey to a Circular Economy Transition

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...

NEW Micro-Certificate Program: Climate Risk & ESG for Corporate Governance and Decision-making

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...

TOGETHER ENSEMBLE @ UBC

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...

*NEW* UBC Micro-certificate in Climate Action Planning: Foundations, Finance and Implementation

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...

Integrating planetary health into pharmacy education

Robert, in collaboration with experts and the support of a Directed Studies student, developed a module titled “Pharmacists and the Environment,” where students learn about planetary health and climate change, healthcare systems impacts, and medication waste management. In expanding students'...

New Sustainability Scholars report shows dire link between the climate crisis and homelessness

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.

COP29 in Baku this November - Will you be there?

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...

UBC Students, Staff, and Faculty in the News

UBC Receives Public Sector Leadership Award at the Second Annual BC Embodied Carbon Awards 2024

UBC shines as a leader in reducing embodied carbon in British Colombia. Recognized in the Carbon Leadership Forum BC Embodied Carbon Award, UBC's commitment to province-wide emission reduction is highlighted.

Campus as a Living Lab: Campus Trees, Microbes and Insects

Supported by UBC's Campus as a Living Lab , the CTMAIN project aims to investigate how the selection of urban trees based on their robustness to city living has affected local insect and microbial communities. Student researchers led by Dr. Michelle Tseng and Dr. Tara Moreau select trees across the...

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