A Guaranteed Basic Income Could End Poverty, so Why Isn’t it Happening?
Psychology professor Dr. Jiaying Zhao and physics professor Dr. Lorne Whitehead discussed the need for guaranteed basic income in order to end poverty.
Climate Solutions Could be Key in Dealing with Poverty, Human Suffering
Dr. Jiaying Zhao (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability; department of psychology) was quoted in a story about a new report on climate change impacts. Dr. Zhao said we’ll see significant human suffering and casualties from climate change in low-income communities.
What We Know About the Women Who Vote for Republicans and the Men Who Do Not
A New York Times opinion piece mentioned research co-authored by Dr. Terre Satterfield (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability), which found that white men’s risk perception ratings were lower than those of white women, minority-group women and minority-group men.
What’s going on in Antarctica? (And in the Arctic, too?)
Dr. Simon Donner, a UBC geography professor of climate science and policy, discussed what record-breaking temperatures in the Arctic and the Antarctic tell us about climate change.
Farmers Can Profit By Setting Aside Marginal Lands As Habitat
Dr. Claire Kremen, a professor at UBC’s department of zoology and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, discussed what can be done to render agriculture less hostile to biodiversity and the climate.
New Sustainability Hub at UBC to address Climate Change
A team led by Dr. Kai Chan, a UBC professor at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, has launched CoSphere, a new social media hub where people can connect to take action for a sustainable future.
North Americans have already used up their share of the Planet’s Resources for the Year. It’s Clear that Climate Action Needs a Reboot
Dr. Kai Chan, a UBC professor at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, wrote about system change to reduce our environmental footprints.
Environmental ‘Sacrifice Zones’ Require Ambitious Action: UN Expert
Unveiling a new report on the devastating impacts of pollution, United Nations expert, Dr. David Boyd, on Thursday called for “urgent and ambitious action” to ensure that everyone on the planet experiences “a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.”
Millions Suffering in Deadly Pollution ‘Sacrifice Zones’, warns UN expert
UN expert, Dr. David Boyd, has warned of the creation of pollution “sacrifice zones” across the world, where tens of millions of people are suffering strokes, cancers, respiratory problems and heart disease as a result of toxic contamination of the environment.
UN Environment Expert: The World’s Toxic Wastelands have Millions of Residents
Six months after the UN recognised the human right to a healthy environment, a report by the UN expert on the environment, Dr. David Boyd, shows that this is far from being the reality for some of the world’s most vulnerable.