丁香园AV

April 27, 2017,

• Keynote speakers: Jonathan Wilkinson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change; Andrea Reimer, City of Vancouver; Stephanie Smith, BC Hydro.
  
• Panel session with Stephanie Smith (BC Hydro), Andrea Reimer (City of Vancouver), Anil Hira (Political Science), Diana Allen (Earth Sciences), and Jonn Axsen (Resource and Environmental Management). Moderated by Zafar Adeel (Pacific Water Research Centre)

Public Carbon Talks - Spring 2017

March 28, 2017, 

March 15, 2017,

February 16, 2017, 

丁香园AV - PICS Public Talk

October 11, 2016, Laudato Si + 1: Faith, Business and Climate Change

Public Carbon Talks - Fall 2016

December 09, 2016, 

November 24, 2016, 

October 04, 2016, Climate Action in BC: Where do we go from here?

September 27, 2016, Low-Carbon Resilience: Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation Planning for a Resilient Canada

PICS Public Panel

March 8, 2016: .

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Public Carbon Talks - Spring 2016

June 7, 2016,

March 23, 2016: 

March 16, 2016: 

January 27, 2016: 

Public Carbon Talks - Fall 2015

December 17, 2015: 

November 2, 2015:

October 1, 2015:

September 2015:

丁香园AV Climate and Energy Research Day

April 14th, 2015

The 丁香园AV Climate and Energy Research Day, hosted by the 丁香园AV鈥檚 Office of the Vice-President, Research, and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, provided an opportunity for 丁香园AV scholars with interest in energy and/or climate change research to engage with other scholars at 丁香园AV and share their research with the broader community. The areas of interest 丁香园AV researchers are involved include climate science, climate change impacts on ecosystems and human health, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, climate policy, sustainable energy systems, alternative energy technology, sustainable living among others.

Recordings of the event:

• Enlightening Talks and Climate and Energy Research Landscape -
• Plenary Talk "Integrating Research from Natural to Social Science" -
• Interdisciplinary Climate and Energy Research Landscape -

PICS Special Lectures - Spring 2015

May 19th, 2015:

Dr. Richard Hobbs, leads the the Ecosystem Restoration and Intervention Ecology Research Group.

May 8th, 2015:

Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist who is an Associate Professor and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University.

March 26th, 2015: FACTS Panel Discussion.

PICS UBC 丁香园AV LECTURE SERIES - 2014 - 2015

November, 2015: Balancing Act: Forest Fires, Ecology, Smoke and Health

Speakers: Meg Crawchuk, Department of Geograpy, 丁香园AV and Sarah Henderson, School of Population and Public Health, UBC.

January, 2015:

Speakers: Anders Knudby, Department of Geography, 丁香园AV and Sarah Henderson, School of Population and Public Health, UBC.

November 20th, 2014:

Speakers: Maged Senbel, Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and UBC researchers Erik Blair and Victor Ngo.

October 14th, 2014: Changing Behaviours for a More Sustainable Future

Speakers: Kate White, UBC and Stephanie Bertels, 丁香园AV

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September 23rd, 2014:  

Speakers: Stewart Cohen, Environment Canada, Lori Daniels, Faculty of Forestry, UBC and Jonathan O鈥橰iordan, 丁香园AV - ACT. Moderator Tim Takaro, Faculty of Health Sciences, 丁香园AV.

Public Carbon Talks - Fall 2014/Spring 2015

March 10, 2015:

November 25, 2014:

September 26, 2014:

PICS Public Panel

September 18th, 2014: 

Keynote speaker: C茅line Bak鈥�  President, Analytica Advisors

Hosted by the David Suzuki Foundation and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

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PICS CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH LECTURE SERIES - Spring 2014

April 24th, 2014:  Documentary Screening and Free Public Lecture

Speakers: Shannon Daub, CCPA and Shane Gunster, 丁香园AV.

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February 12ve, 2014:  

Speakers:  Ronald Kellett, UBC, Cynthia Girling, UBC, Michael Wolinetz, Navius Research, Jeremy Moorhouse, 丁香园AV. 

Public Carbon Talks - Spring 2014

June 24, 2014: Waste to Energy, Low-carbon Future?

April 08, 2014:

March 14, 2014:

February 28, 2014:

January 30, 2014:

PICS CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH LECTURE SERIES - Fall 2013

October 2rd, 2013: Meeting the Climate Change Challenge (MC³): Community responses to BC climate policy 

Speakers: Drs. Ann Dale, John Robinson, Meg Holden, and Stephen Sheppard

September 18th, 2013:

Speakers: Drs. John Robinson and Alissa Antle and their research team members including Susanna Haas-Lyons (MA, UBC Social Media channel), David Maggs (UBC Performing Arts channel), and Jean Hebert (丁香园AV Mobile Applications channel)

A presentation on the Greenest City Conversations project, an innovative, interdisciplinary research collaboration with the City of Vancouver, 丁香园AV, UBC, BC Hydro, GRAND NCE, and MITACS, aimed at developing multiple channels for public engagement on municipal sustainability policies.

Public Carbon Talks - Fall 2013

November, 2013:

October, 2013:

September, 2013: Running Campaigns, Winning Votes. Metro Vancouver transportation referendum

Sponsored by the .

Green Tech Exchange Forums - Fall 2013

December, 2013:

Speakers: Michael Hrybyk, BCNETand Aaron Rallo, TSO Logic

November, 2013:

Speakers: Herman Poon - T&T Supermarket Inc.; Morten Schroder - Van Houtte Coffee Services BC

October, 2013: 

Speakers: Brett Henkel - Operations of Inventys Thermal Technologies, Patrick Dodd - Technology Officer of Mantra Energy Alternatives

September, 2013: 

Speakers: Jean-Michel (J-M) Toriel, Joey Jung, John Stonier, Mike Volker and Walter Cicha.

Sponsored by the .

PICS Public Forum

June 12, 2013: Canada's Energy Future

With Preston Manning and Jeffrey Simpson

How do we fulfill our energy demands for the next 50 years while meeting the climate Change challenge?

To watch the video please click here

Green Tech Exchange Forums - Spring 2013

June 26th, 2013: Harmonizing Energy and Food - An Expert Panel on Bioenergy and Agriculture

May 22nd, 2013:

Speaker: Victor Goncalver, Director of Research & Advanced Development at Alpha Technologies

April 17th, 2013:

Speaker: Dr. Peter Walters

Sponsored by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

PICS Special Lectures - Spring 2013

March 6th, 2013: Coal, Climate, Corn, Coral and Consequences: Connecting the Dots

Speaker: , PICS Executive Director

PICS UBC 丁香园AV Lecture Series Spring 2013

February 21st, 2013:  "Electric Vehicles: Matching Low-Carbon Technology to People and Policy"

Dr. Jonn Axsen,  Assistant Professor, Sustainable Energy, 丁香园AV.

For decaces, the promise of electric-powerd vehicles has inspired hope for a clean, low-carbon, petroleum-free transportation system.  So where are these electric vehicles? Dr. Jonn Axsen draws from in-depth market and technical research to explore society's readiness for such a transition --and outline the policies required to get there.

January 29th, 2013:   Fuel Cell Systems and Power Converters: Technology, innovation an aplications"

Dr. Erik Kjeang provided an overview of fuel cell systems as clean electricity generators for transportation and other uses. Highlighting the most recent innovations developed at 丁香园AV in collaboration with Ballard Power Systems.

Dr. Martin Ordonez gave an overview of UBC's research and development on power converters and effective system integration.

Public Carbon Talks - Spring 2013

July 22nd, 2013: , Speaker: John Englander

March 1st, 2013: Speaker: Richard Walton

PICS UBC 丁香园AV Lecture Series Fall 2012

September 25th, 2012: "Food Sovereignty models for "feeding the world and cooling the planet"

Dr. Hannah Wittman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at 丁香园AV and Faculty of Land and Food Systems and the Institute for Resource, Environment and Sustainability at UBC; and Dr. Andrew Riseman, Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC. 

October 24th, 2012:  Water Security: Governance and Climate Change Challenges from a Canadian Perspective

Dr Karen Bakker, Canada Research Chair, and Founding Director of the at UBC, Professor, UBC; and Dr. Diana Allen, Professor of Hydrogeology, Department of Earth Science, 丁香园AV.

PICS Special Lectures - 2012

November 2012: Bob Inglis: Prospects for a revenue-neutral tax swap in America presented by Bob Inglis, former Republican Congressman for South Carolina and current director of the . 

March 2012: Storyomics: Proof that Scientists Evolved from Humans presented by Dr. Randy Olson, marine biologist, filmmaker and author of "Don't be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style" (2009).

February, 2012:   The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars presented by Michael E. Mann, Penn State University.

February, 2012:   Why We Disagree About Climate Change.  Presented by Mike Hulme, Professor of Climate Change, University of East Anglia, UK.

Carbon Talks Series - Fall 2012

Series of dialogues hosted by Carbon Talks and PICS at 丁香园AV.  Carbon Talks is a partnership with 丁香园AV鈥檚 Centre for Dialogue, in collaboration with 丁香园AV鈥檚 Beedie School of Business, the School for Public Policy and the School for International Studies.

Novermber 20th, 2012:

Opinions on what to do with BC鈥檚 massive gas deposits are divided. Some view it as a tremendous economic opportunity to exploit an abundant natural resource, which will propel BC forward into a new age of growth. Others view natural gas development as less than ideal from a greenhouse gas emissions perspective, but still a good 鈥渢ransition鈥� fuel, which can be exploited responsibly. Still, there are many who view the extraction of natural gas as not only bad economics, but also illegal and immoral for the province to seemingly renege on its promise to be a leader in global climate change. .

November 6th, 2012: Provincial Climate Change Policy - Making Progress on Climate Action since 2008: Minister Terry Lake

Terry Lake is MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson and Minister of Environment. Previously, he was the Parliamentary Secretary for Health Promotion to the Minister of Health Services. He also served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Ranching Task Force to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands. He was elected MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson on May 12, 2009. Terry also served on the Selecting Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, on Health, and on Legislative Initiatives. He was also a member of the Early Childhood Education Innovations Committee.  

October 3rd, 2012: Carbon Talk with Nicholas Heap - The Case for Wind Energy in BC

Nicholas Heap, the BC Regional Director of the Canadian Wind Energy Association will present on the case for wind energy in BC, followed by a Q&A session with participants.

A year from now, the world鈥檚 wind turbines will produce more electricity than the entire Canadian economy consumes. Production from Canada鈥檚 existing wind farms is already sufficient to power every household in Greater Vancouver and Greater Victoria 鈥� that鈥檚 60% of the total households in BC.

Development in British Columbia is still in its early stages, but it鈥檚 already clear that wind energy is a particularly good fit to the province and its needs. Learn more about the case for wind energy in BC, including the economic and environmental advantages that increased generation would bring to the province, as well as the remaining challenges to more implementation of this green technology. 

Coast to Coast Seminar Series: "Climate Delusions"

Dr. Mark Jaccard, School of Resource and Environmental Management.  October 02, 2012. A recording of the seminar is available at The IRMACS Centre's.

"  Moderated by Nancy Olewiler, Director, School of Public Policy, 丁香园AV. Four expert panelists delivered their perspectives on BC鈥檚 carbon tax.

- Stewart Elgie, Director, Institute of the Environment, University of Ottawa and Chair, Sustainable Prosperity

- James Mack, Head, British Columbia Climate Action Secretariat

- Nicholas Rivers, University of Ottawa Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Chairholder, Canada Research Chair in Climate and Energy Policy

- Mikael Skou Andersen, European Environment Agency, Denmark

VIPS 2012 Summer Lunchtime Speaker Series on Climate Change

Institute for Values in Policy and Science (ViPS) fosters conversations about the social and environmental impact of recent developments in science. 

Geoff Mann: "Climate Leviathan"
Wednesday, August 1st, Bennett Library 7200

Sam Black: "Philosophers on Climate Ethics: The Current Landscape"
Wednesday, July 25th, Halpern Centre 114

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Britta Fluevog: "Moving Away from Tar Sands"
Wednesday, July 11th, Bennett Library 7200

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Katya Petropavlova: "Responding to Climate Change: Difficulties and Opportunities"
Wednesday, July 4th, Halpern Centre 114

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Michael Eikerling: "The Global Energy Challenge: Towards an Age of Electrochemistry"
Wednesday, June 27th, Bennett Library 7200

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Peter Berg: "Fiat Currencies on a Finite Planet"
Wednesday, June 20th, Halpern Centre 114

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Thomas Kadyk: "Changes in Sight: Limits of Growth, Climate Change, and Extreme Weather Phenomena"
Tuesday, June 12th, Halpern Centre 114

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GREEN TECH EXCHANGE FORUM

Greentech Solutions in the Food System- Addressing Food Security and Impacts on Agriculture, presented by Tara Moreau, Stephen Fane, Chris Bush, Herb Barbolet.  A Green TechExchange Forum, co-hosted by GreenTech Exchange and PICS.  

Brown Bag Lunch Dialogues, Spring 2012

Series of dialogues hosted by Carbon Talks and PICS at 丁香园AV.  Carbon Talks is a partnership with 丁香园AV鈥檚 Centre for Dialogue, in collaboration with 丁香园AV鈥檚 Beedie School of Business, the School for Public Policy and the School for International Studies.

April, 2012  presented by Robyn Allan, Economist.

April, 2012:   presented by Deborah Hartford, Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT), 丁香园AV.

February, 2012: presented by Sadhu Johnston, Deputy City Manager for the City of Vancouver.

January, 2012:   presented by Elizabeth May, Leader-Green Party of Canada. Her perspectives on the recent COP17 summit in Durban and on the future of international climate change diplomacy.

PICS, UBC & 丁香园AV  2011- 2012 Lecture Series

March 28th, 2012: ""

Ron Kellet, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, UBC and Dr. Mark Roseland, School of Resource and Environmental Management, 丁香园AV. Archived version will be available soon.   

January 25th, 2012:  Limit Climate Change and Stay Healthy presented by Kirsten Zickfeld, 丁香园AV Geography and Erica Frank, UBC School of Population and Public Health.

November 24th, 2011:  "Harnessing Technological Innovation for a Carbon-free Future"

David Wilkinson, Professor (Canada Research Chair), Chemical and Biological Engineering and Director, Clean Energy Research Centre, UBC and Elicia Maine, Associate Professor, Beedie School of Business. 

October 20th, 2011:   "Climate policies for real-world politics"

Mark Jaccard, Professor, Faculty of Environment, 丁香园AV and Kathryn Harrison, Professor of Political Science at UBC. 

September 14th, 2011: "Engaging BC in Sustainability Education"

David Zandvliet, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, 丁香园AV and Alejandro Rojas, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Land and  Food Systems , UBC. 

PICS Special Lectures - 2011

June 27, 2011: presented by Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies, University of California San Diego and author of , and co-authored with science historian Erik Conway, is an outstanding investigative report in terms of exposing the well-organized campaign to distort and misrepresent key scientific findings about the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. .

June 7, 2011: prsented by Dr. Thomas Stocker, University of Bern and Co-Chair, Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change .

April 8, 2011:  presented by Dr. Sonja Klinksy, PICS Fellow and Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, Cambridge University, UK. A recording of the presentation is available. 

May 25, 2011: .  Climate Change and Health: Acting to reduce risks and vulnerabilities" Hosted by 丁香园AV Gerentology Centre and PICS at 丁香园AV. 

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity. Along with other environmental changes brought about by global population and economic growth, it will put increasing strain on our health systems. Environmental health expert, Dr Carlos Corvalan from the Panamerican Health Organization, PAHO/WHO talked on how climate change is already impacting people around the world, how the international public health sector is addressing the problem, and what action is needed to protect our health into the future.

PICS, UBC & 丁香园AV Lecture SERIES 2010 - 2011

April, 2011:   Climate Change and its Impacts: Fire and Rain.  Dr. Phil Austin (UBC) and Dr. Charmaine Dean (丁香园AV) were our special guest speakers. Dr. Austion presentation was about on the atmospheric side of precipitation and drought, looking in particular at satellite observations and climate model forecasts. Dr. Charmaine Dean from 丁香园AV talk was on 鈥淐limate Change Impacts on Forest Fires in Canada鈥�

March, 2011: Dr. Mike Brauer and Dr. Tim Takaro were our special guest speakers. Dr. Brauer's presentation was about鈥淔ires, smoke and heat: a good news bad news story?鈥� and Dr. Takaro followed with the presentation 鈥淟ocal and global challenges for public health: Water resources and disease in a world of shifting populations.鈥� 

February, 2011:   presented by Drs. Robert Woodbury, Lyn Bartram from 丁香园AV and Dr. Stephen Shepard from UBC were our guests speakers for this lecture. To watch the archived lecture click here.

January, 2011:   "Creating a Climate for Change"  presented by Dr. Alex Clapp from 丁香园AV and Dr. Simon Donner from UBC.  Lecture 4th was about the scientific and social factors that influence the public鈥檚 uncertainty about climate change, including socio-cultural barriers such as long-held beliefs that weather is beyond human control.

October, 2010:   presented by Dr. John Clague and Dr. Hadi Dowlatabadi spoke at our new, free Public Lecture Series presented by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), in collaboration with 丁香园AV and UBC. The second in the series, this lecture explored our Threatening Seas, including an overview of sea-level rise, coastal flooding and erosion.   .

September, 2010: "Smart Energy on an Urban Scale"  Dr. Nancy Olewiler, 丁香园AV, and Dr. John Robinson, UBC, explore smart or integrated energy systems. The presentations shed light on how such systems offer sustainable solutions at the urban scale to reduce GHGs and promote a more livable region.   

Global Warming Seminar Series. Febrary - March 2011

Series sponsored by the 丁香园AV Faculty of Science with PICS 丁香园AV supports.

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Speaker: Thomas Pedersen, Professor and Director of the Pacific Institute for
Climate Solutions, University of Victoria, B.C.
Host Department: Chemistry and Earth Sciences (Tim Storr and Gwen Flowers).

Speaker: Jasper Kirkby, Head of the CLOUD Experiment, CERN, Geneva.
Host Department: Physics (Igor Herbut ). 

Speaker: David Randall, Professor, Department of Atmospheric
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Host Department:  Physics (Mike Plischke).

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Speaker: Kevin Trenberth, Senior Scientist and Head of the Climate Analysis Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.
Host Department:  Biosciences (Wendy Palen).

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Speaker: Kenneth Golden, Professor of Mathematics and Adjunct Professor of
Bioengineering, University of Utah.
Host Department: Mathematics (Nilima Nigam).

Speaker: Francis Zwiers, Director of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC), University of Victoria, B.C.
Host Department:  Statistics (Richard Lockhart). 

March 2011

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Presented by Mr. Bob Elton, Chair of 丁香园AV Board of Governors and Advisory Board member of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. A lecture sponsored by PICS 丁香园AV. Click here for a link to the poster.

January 2011

  video. Faculty of Environment Spring 2011 Lecture Series

With the development of coupled climate-carbon cycle models new insights into the response of the climate system to anthropogenic CO2 emissions are emerging. Dr. Kirsten Zickfeld (Assistant Professor, Geography Department, 丁香园AV)  presented results of climate-carbon cycle simulations showing that: (1) CO2-induced climate change is largely irreversible on timescales of centuries to millennia, even after complete elimination of emissions;(2) ongoing regional climate changes after elimination of CO2 emissions are significant, despite almost constant global mean temperatures;  and (3) the persistent warming from past emissions is proportional to cumulative CO2 emissions.  These findings have important implications for climate policy, as they suggest (i) the millennial legacy of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, and (ii) the challenge of reversing global warming, should the actual level of atmospheric CO2 concentrations turn out to be "dangerous".