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Beyond personal carbon impacts, seeking a more sustainable planet
Professor Dr. Kai Chan discussed ecological footprint calculators which calculates how much of the environment is needed to sustain a particular lifestyle.
Deniers and doomers are leading the carbon tax opposition
Dr. Kathryn Harrison (political science) and Dr. Simon Donner (geography, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries) wrote about the importance of Canada’s carbon tax
Sustainable farming does pay off, B.C. scientists find
Dr. Claire Kremen co-authored a study which found that replacing single-crop farming with a diversity of plants, animals and farming techniques will maintain food production while increasing farmers’ income and reducing negative impacts on the environment and climate.
How do droughts impact the production of goods?
Professor Dr. Kai Chan discussed how droughts affect crop health and productivity.
EV owners have to drive farther to break even, study suggests
A new study co-authored by PhD student Bassam Javed and Dr. Amanda Giang explored electric vehicle costs across different provinces and territories.
April 4, 2024: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Dr. Mark Drever
Dr. Mark Drever will speak about his ongoing research on Western Sandpipers and their reliance on essential nutrients available on intertidal biofilm
What’s behind India’s farmer protests? For one thing, climate change
Dr. Balsher Singh Sidhu, adjunct professor in UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, said Indian farmers are facing difficulty growing rice and wheat because of more frequent heat waves and drought
April 11, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Michael Brauer
What management policies are necessary for the global health impacts from environmental risks? Dr. Michael Brauer discusses this and more.
April 18, 2024: IRES Student Symposium with Lindah Ddamba, Remzi Xhemalce-Fuentes, Dayna Rachkowski (Last Seminar in Term 2)
Talk titles at Student Symposium:
1. Energy Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of the Factors Inhibiting Accelerated Progress
2. EXPLORING EMPOWERMENT THROUGH BILL S-5: building government accountability in chemicals management using a right to a healthy environment
3. IMAGINING POSSIBLE ROLES FOR GREEN HYDROGEN IN MEXICO. Between Hype and a Leapfrogging Opportunity