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New UN Environment Programme synthesis provides blueprint to urgently solve planetary emergencies
Dr. Kai Chan helped lead a new report to assess the links between multiple environmental and development challenges, and explain how advances in science and bold policymaking can open a pathway towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 while bending the curve on biodiversity loss.
One BC Community’s fight to tackle industrial pollution
March 1st, 2021: IRES’s Dr. Amanda Giang gave comments to the National Observer on the multigenerational health risks of lead contamination, currently being experienced by the city of Trail, B.C.
March 11: Leila Harris presents at Climate Hack: Water
This interdisciplinary conference is the first unique one-of-a-kind event for academic scholars and societal & business activists with a deep and profound interest in pushing climate action. Organised by Aalborg University Copenhagen, Department of Planning.
March 4: Integrating Ecosystems Services
March 4, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific | Integrating Ecosystem Services w/ former IRES postdoc Dr. Matthew Mitchell | Canada has committed to protecting 30% of its land by 2030 for conservation, but can it do this and protect the benefits nature provides to people at the same time?
March 9-21: Parks and Protected Areas Research Network Virtual Research Summit
Hosted by Canadian Parks Collective for Innovation and Leadership (CPCIL), the Virtual Research Summit will bring together “Knowers” (scholars/knowledge keepers), “Doers” (practitioners), and “Learners” (students, new hires) from across the country to make personal connections and build a network of passionate individuals in the parks and protected areas field.
Feb 26: CIC YPN: In Conversation with UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
To help us understand the issues around global climate action, the CIC Young Professionals Network is being joined by Dr. Boyd who will speak to attendees on the connections between combatting climate change and human rights.
Feb 18, 2021: BC Cleantech Awards
Dr. Hannah Wittman is a BC Cleantech Awards Finalist, nominated in the category of Top Educator in recognition of her teaching efforts surrounding a transition to a green economy.
How Nova Scotia coastal communities are planning for climate change
Feb 10, 2021: CBC featured research from David Righter’s IRES Master’s thesis, showing that 75% of coastal communities in Nova Scotia are implementing climate change plans ordered by the province.
Dr. Jiaying Zhao on behavioural sustainability
Feb 10, 2021: In a podcast episode, Dr. Zhao discussed the necessity of putting psychology to use in sustainability; if we know how people come to their decisions, we can design policies that help them make good decisions on their own.
Farm protests highlight complex India trade outlook
Feb 5, 2021: Dr. Shashidharan Enarth commented on the complex relationship between B.C.’s Indian diaspora and its home country amidst the recent #FarmersProtest.