Previous Collective Events

  1. November 21, 2023

    Unpacking COP28: A Panel Discussion

    If you missed this event, read a summary here or watch a recording here.With COP28 in the United Arab Emirates just around the corner, join our panel of experts for a primer on how United Nations climate summits work, the pressing issues up for negotiation this year, and a question and answer…

  2. November 15, 2023

    Climate Café: Connecting Research and Policy

    Emerging from the Climate Collective’s launch event were several conversations regarding the challenges and opportunities for connecting research to policy and action. We will extend this conversation to explore how the research being conducted by participants may or may not connect to policy…

  3. November 14, 2023

    Unpacking Policy: A Graduate Student Discussion

    Many researchers who are exploring climate solutions have a strong desire to connect their work to policy.  But what does that mean and how does one go about doing it?  In this session, graduate students from all fields and disciplines are welcome to unpack what “policy” means within the…

  4. October 18, 2023

    Brown Bag: Meet the Solutions Scholars - the second in a series

    In our second "Meet the Scholars" Brown Bag session, join us as we hear from more Solutions Scholars about the projects that they will be working on throughout the year.  Each scholar will provide a very brief presentation and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. At this session you…

  5. October 10, 2023

    Brown Bag: Meet the Solutions Scholars

    Join some of our Solutions Scholars as they introduce the projects that they will be working on throughout the year, including the following: Health Burden of Fires and Air Pollution in the Brazilian Amazon Understanding Projected Heatwave Impacts on Demographic Groups in Different Climate…

  6. October 6, 2023

    Solutions Scholar Brown Bag Session

    Calling all students in climate solutions research!  Join our Solutions Scholars for a professional development session about "Communicating Your Climate Solutions Research With Brevity". Hosted by the Climate Collective's Director, Simon Donner, this session will help scholars approach the…

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.


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