Tons of Risk: Drs. Naia Ormaza Zulueta and David Boyd on the rise of illegal pesticide exports in Spain
In El Salto, Drs. Naia Ormaza Zulueta and David Boyd called out Spain’s double standard of exporting thousands of tonnes of pesticides banned in the EU to the Global South.
PICS highlights Charlotte Milne for her work advocating for Semá:th First Nation flood rights through mapping
Charlotte is reviewing First Nation flood mapping engagement efforts from across Canada to create a framework that outlines the variety of ways that Nations can engage in (or lead) different stages of flood mapping, across different types of maps.
Leaving the Playbook on the Sidelines: Sveinar Soldal on Sustainable Sports and the 2026 FIFA World Cup
Despite lofty promises, the upcoming World Cup is set to become the most emission-intensive sporting event in history.
EV Policy and Practice in Canada | Jan 28, 2026, 3:30-5pm
Join moderator Milind Kandlikar (Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, and IRES) and panelists Megan Lohmann (CEO at Community Energy Association) and Werner Antweiler (Associate Professor in the Sauder School of Business) as they discuss EV Policy and Practice in Canada. The panel will explore how the uptake of EVs in Canada is impacted by policy controls and other considerations, as well as explore the position of the industry at a national scale.
New book from Stephanie Chang: Legacy in the Landscape
Discover how urban growth drives disaster risk. This accessible book links tech, economy, and landscape with hazards, using a new Urban Risk Dynamics framework and six global cities to guide better planning.
Q&A with Vicky Lucas on the private sector at COP30
With COP30 in full swing, IRES Master’s student Vicky Lucas wants us to watch the attendee list as closely as the agenda.
TA Opportunity for UBC Course: ASIC 220
This is an introductory course to provide a comprehensive introduction to sustainability from a science, economics, and societal perspective.
Bridging Global Water Policy and Practice | Nov 25 12pm
Dr. Leila Harris will moderate a discussion with experts in hydropolitics and governance on how global environmental agreements shape real-world water policy.
IRES’s Kate Reynolds situates Palestinian identity within relationships to plants, place and food
Reynolds’s work on Palestinian displacement and ecological identity takes memory from the abstract into the sensory, exploring how taste and smell bring land and people closer together.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Transforming Chemical Risk Management with Indigenous Expertise
The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Amanda Giang, with supervisory support from Dr. Susan Chiblow, and Dr. Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, on a subproject linking Indigenous experiences on chemicals policy development across scales.