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September 4, 2024
August Climate Conversation: Fostering Transdisciplinary Research
Through the Climate Conversation on Fostering Transdisciplinary Research, community members came together to explore various ways to engage effectively in transdisciplinary research and education. Professors Naoko Ellis (Applied Science) and Derek Gladwin (Education) shared their experience in…
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July 29, 2024
July Climate Conversation: Greenwashing by the Fossil Fuel Industry and Related Calls for Restrictions on Advertising
The Conversation The Climate Solutions Research Collective continued this summer's casual Climate Conversation series with Kathryn Harrison (Political Science) and Michael Brauer (School of Population and Public Health) hosting a discussion on recent calls for restriction on advertising and …
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July 3, 2024
June Climate Conversation: State of Climate Policy in Canada with Simon Donner
We hosted our first Climate Conversation last Wednesday with Dr. Simon Donner, Co-Chair of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, for an informal discussion on the state of climate policy in Canada. 15 people joined us as we had to move indoors due to the rain, and attendants enjoyed homemade iced tea…
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May 10, 2024
Shared Research at the Solutions Scholars Showcase
The 2023/2024 Solutions Scholars have been continuing their solutions-focused research and presented their progress at the Climate Solutions Scholars Summit on April 18, 2024! This event brought graduate Solutions Scholars from both UBC Okanagan and Vancouver into conversation with UBC’s climate…
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May 2, 2024
Announcing the 2024/25 Solutions Scholars Projects!
One of the primary objectives of the Climate Solutions Research Collective (CSRC) is to connect climate researchers from across disciplines and campuses to advance solutions-oriented research. To advance this objective, the CSRC put a call out to the UBC research community to submit…
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December 11, 2023
Graduate Student Dialogue Series - January to April 2024
Event links provided below the image. Developing Innovation Partnerships January 12 11:00 - 11:50 am Robbin Simao Manager, VPRI Climate Solutions and Behaviour Change February 9 11:00 - 11:50 am Jade Radke MA Student Behavioral…
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November 27, 2023
UBC Researchers and Alumni Unpack COP28
More than 130 people gathered in-person and online to unpack what to expect from COP28, starting this week in the United Arab Emirates. COP, or the Conference of the Parties, is the annual summit for the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change, which brings together nearly every…
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November 6, 2023
Launching the Collective and Keeping Connected
Nearly 100 students, staff, and faculty from across all disciplines and two campuses, came together to share ideas throughout the climate research community.