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Reflecting on Sustainability through Photography

In January 2024 the UBC community was invited to engage with sustainability themes through photography. Learn more about the project and enjoy some of the resulting works.
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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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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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The future of climate policy under Trump

While Canada’s climate policy is steadily moving in the direction of carbon pricing, policy south of the border is in disarray with the Trump administration taking office this month. Trump’s picks for key positions—namely, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy—suggest...

What 2017 could mean for the green economy

On January 1, Alberta became the second province in Canada to implement a carbon tax , after British Columbia’s was put in place nearly a decade ago. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has promised that her NDP government will create green jobs, even as the province’s economy sags after the plunge in...

UBC’s Seasonal Shutdown

Trans Mountain Pipeline Decision

Last week, Prime Minister Trudeau made a major announcement about three pipelines across Canada and approved a replacement line that transports oil east into the United States and the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline that terminates in Burrard Inlet in Vancouver. The reaction from NGOs and...

Food insecurity a growing problem in B.C.

The number of people turning to food banks to keep meals on the table is growing, raising questions about food security in the province that's home to Canada's most expensive city. More than 103,400 people visited food banks in B.C. in March 2016 alone, according to Food Banks Canada’s annual...

Does Canada face a water crisis?

Looking at a hydrological map of Canada , it’s hard to imagine how a country with so much water might face a water “crisis.” But academics are warning Canadians not to be complacent about their water supply. In a her recently published book Boiling Point: Government Neglect, Corporate Abuse, and...

US Climate Policy Trumped?

Donald Trump’s successful election campaign has set the world abuzz, and led to questions about the effect he will have on the economy. Trump was openly critical of the Federal government’s stance on climate policy, its commitment to the Paris Accord, and, presumably, the bilateral agreement...

B.C. making slow progress on energy-efficient buildings

Nearly one quarter of British Columbia’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the built environment, including buildings, deforestation, and waste. That figure is higher in urban centres. According to one estimate, energy use in buildings in Vancouver accounts for 55 per cent of the city’s emissions...

Industrial land crunch could have sustainability upshot

Metro Vancouver’s hot real estate market has many young people wondering whether they have a future in a region where home ownership is increasingly unattainable; but skyrocketing housing prices also threaten to drive out the reason Vancouver was built in the first place. Metro Vancouver lost 865...

Climate Change may prevent volcanoes from cooling the planet

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