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    April 29, 2025

    Solutions Summit: Working Towards Climate Solutions

    At the Solutions Summit, four interdisciplinary teams came together to share what progress they have made over the past eight months on projects related to climate solutions, sharing key insights and unexpected turns that emerged from their work. The audience was able to connect with the teams and…

  2. March 25, 2025

    Kelowna Climate Conversation: Compounding Hazards

    Compound hazards are defined as situations where multiple extreme events occur either simultaneously or in quick succession. These scenarios lead to increased risks and greater challenges for communities and ecosystems. During the Climate Conversation Series, two distinguished speakers from the…

  3. March 11, 2025

    Vancouver Climate Conversation: Compounding Hazards

    Thank you to the UBC Disaster Resilience Research Network for co-hosting this hybrid event on Wednesday February 26.  Please join us in Kelowna on Friday March 14, 12:00 - 1:30pm in EME Room 3112 for the second part of this series.  As always, please bring your own mug whenever…

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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