Previous Collective Events
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February 9, 2024
Graduate Student Discussion: Climate Solutions and Behaviour Change
Join us for our monthly Graduate Student Dialogues where we explore topics of relevance to students engaging in climate solutions focused research. These events are hosted on Zoom and open to all interested students in any discipline and at any campus. Those conducting research…
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January 17, 2024
A Conversation About the Warmest Year in Recorded History
The results are in - 2023 was the warmest year in recorded history. Join scientists Rachel White (climate science; EOAS), Anais Orsi (paleoclimate + climate science; EOAS), Lori Daniels (Forestry), and Simon Donner (climate science, Geography…
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January 16, 2024
Innovations in Energy Transition: the Question of Storage
Alternatives to fossil fuels are needed and innovations in wind, solar and other renewable energies are progressing. However, the question of storage remains a challenge. Join UBC researchers Robert Godin (Chemistry) and Werner Antweiler (Business) in a discussion around the question of…
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January 12, 2024
Graduate Student Discussion: Developing Innovation Partnerships
Join us for our monthly Graduate Student Discussions where we explore topics of relevance to students engaging in climate solutions focused research. These events are hosted on Zoom and open to all interested students in any discipline and at any campus. Learn about supports…
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December 5, 2023
Brown Bag Session: Collaborative co-creation of knowledge with Solutions Scholar Miah Godek and Dr. Danielle Ignace
Join us to hear from Solutions Scholar Miah Godek where she will share her research project “Collaborative co-creation of knowledge to support Indigenous cultural burning for climate resilience in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia”. Following Miah’s presentation, she and her supervisor Dr…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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November 2, 2023Achieving Drawdown: A Hopeful, Science-Based Roadmap to Stop Climate Change
Talk summary: The Drawdown Roadmap is a science-based strategy for accelerating climate solutions. It points to which climate actions governments, businesses, investors, philanthropists, community organizations, and others should prioritize to make the most of our efforts to stop climate…
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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…