Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social analyzed temp data from 1961-2023.

The works points to urgent questions:
What will earlier spring heat mean for food supply? Do today’s climate models that inform planning and policy fully capture these trends or do they need updating?
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🌱Join us for our last seminar of the season! Four of our amazing students will present on topics of human-nature relationships within our city and province.

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How AI Can Help Boost Wealth and Share It More Fairly - Policy Magazine Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming our lives in ways that have inspired both awe and fear. On the one hand, it is generating hundreds of

Dr. Jiaying Zhao and co-authors discuss how AI can boost wealth more equitably. They explain that an AI‑funded basic income is recommended as "it reflects the principle that as machines become more capable, people should become freer to flourish."

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A Basket of Territorial Goods and Services (BTGS) is a theoretical approach that can contribute to sustainable development in rural communities. This study explores the importance of using this strategic tool for planning, monitoring, and political dialogue.

Learn more: doi.org/10.3389/fsuf...

Just Ask: How can I get Involved in Earth Day and volunteering on the Coast? Earth Day is more than a single day — it’s a reminder of the collective care, action, and responsibility we share for the place we call home.

Simon Donner will be a keynote speaker at the Sunshine Coast Climate Faire in April. This two-day event brings together leading experts, local changemakers, businesses, students, and community members to explore practical and positive climate action! 💚🌱

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🧪Transformative change in chemical risk governance begins with relationality, data justice and sovereignty, early-stage rights-based engagement, and relationship-building.

Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🐒🦏To help inform more effective biodiversity conservation on an increasingly crowded planet, understanding how human disturbance shapes risks and resources for wild animals is important. @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social explores this topic and more next week!

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Food shock is inevitable due to the Iran war – and it could get bad Even if the conflict in the Middle East ends today, higher fuel, fertiliser and pesticide prices will lead to a food shock in the coming months. There is no easy way out, but accelerating the…

“The oil price spike could help Americans shift to cleaner, more advanced technology: electric vehicles. Instead, the US government is going backwards.” says Simon Donner. While inflation is inevitable due to the Iran war, accelerating to net-zero will help prevent future shocks.
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Sunshine Coast Climate Faire Join us for a two-day celebration of solutions, innovation, and community-driven climate action! Hosted by BlueAct Marine Society at the Nicholas Sonntag Tidepools Aquarium and Gibsons Public Market,…

The Sunshine Coast Climate Faire brings together leading experts including Simon Donner with local changemakers, businesses, students, and citizens to inspire practical and positive climate action!

Check out Simon's talk on Friday, April 17th:

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Environmental injustice isn't hidden. It simply has all its paperwork in order.

@naiacasina.bsky.social & @drdavidboyd.bsky.social call out Spain's double standard of exporting tonnes of pesticides banned in the EU to the Global South. And they've got a map to prove it:
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⚠️This session offers an overview of the history and implementation of the US federal CERCLA, also known as Superfund, that governs the cleanup of historical hazardous material waste sites.

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Hybrid sales up, EV sales down as B.C. struggles to meet sales targets B.C. has a legislated target that 26 per cent of new vehicles must be zero-emission this year, but loss of rebates has slowed uptake.

⚡🌏 “In a world where gas prices are spiraling up, EVs would be eventually better. But right now, because they’ve lost the subsidies, there’s this kind of shock. The price went up, and so the demand went down,” explains Milind Kandlikar.

🔗 vancouversun.com/news/hybrid-...

Environment committee engaging in 'junior high behaviour': former climate advisers OTTAWA — Two former advisers on Ottawa’s climate policies say recent antics by parliamentarians at the House of Commons environment committee demonstrate why they resigned from Canada’s independent…

Former adviser Donner responds to the chaos at the House of Commons environment committee—where MPs traded accusations of filibustering while time ran out, intentionally preventing government scientists from sharing their work about Canada’s emissions plan. ottawa.citynews.ca/2026/03/13/e...

🪖🌍How does militarization drive climate change? @akjorgenson.bsky.social explores how military power fuels global carbon emissions—from national growth patterns to U.S. defense spending and outsourced pollution.

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Toneladas de riesgo: el auge de la exportación de pesticidas ilegales en España España exporta al Sur Global miles de toneladas de pesticidas prohibidos en la UE, aplicando un “doble rasero” que prioriza el beneficio comercial sobre la salud y la biodiversidad exterior.

España exporta al Sur Global miles de toneladas de pesticidas prohibidos en la UE, aplicando un “doble rasero” que prioriza el beneficio comercial sobre la salud y la biodiversidad exterior.

La columna de Naia Ormaza Zulueta y @drdavidboyd.bsky.social, aquí: www.elsaltodiario.com/agrotoxicos/...

As society becomes increasingly reliant on mathematical models and algorithms, the ethical implications of how mathematics is used are gaining urgency. Yet most scientists and mathematicians receive little formal training in ethical reflection.

A new book responds to this gap:
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From the Strait of Hormuz to African Markets: How the Persian Gulf Region Conflict Could Deepen Food Insecurity  - The Alkamba Times By: Momodou Barry, Food systems researcher and PhD student at the University of British Columbia A war in the Persian Gulf may seem far removed from African farms and food markets. Yet the price of…

IRES student Momodou Barry explores how conflict in the Persian Gulf region could deepen food insecurity across Africa by disrupting energy markets, fertilizer supply chains, and global shipping routes.

⚖️This talk by Dr. David McMillon will discuss a framework for systemic discrimination that has applications ranging from reparations and the racial wealth gap, health disparities, and environmental racism.

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PICS highlighted IRES graduate student Charlotte Milne for her work advocating for Semá:th First Nation flood rights through mapping.

Congratulations to Charlotte!
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As Vancouver gears up to host seven #FIFA World Cup matches, IRES alum Sveinar Soldal is worried that environmental forethought does not appear to be a central priority.

He suggests that waste management may be one area where meaningful progress is possible:
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🌱 Farm size is at the heart of debates on productivity, livelihoods, and sustainability outcomes. This paper offers more spatial details on the distribution of farm sizes, allowing researchers to point to particular regions that have small farms on average.

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⚡With 40% of the world’s known geothermal reserves, Indonesia plans to become a “geothermal superpower.” Join Dr. Emily Yeh for her seminar on the political economy of geothermal development in Indonesia.
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The law can help us adapt to the current climate crisis — by weaving itself with existing Indigenous laws and practices, and reining in companies that consistently underprioritize the landscapes around us.

Dayna Rachkowski on the Conference on Environment & Law:
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Is India eyeing B.C.’s LNG and critical minerals?
And how did China come to dominate the global renewables market? ⚡🔋

CBC's @jasondsouza.bsky.social asked. IRES's Milind Kandlikar answered:
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📚 Join us to learn more about UBC Library services and tips and tricks for finding environmental research and information that will save you time and energy.

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Trump ditched the bedrock of US climate action — experts caution Canada not to follow suit The Trump administration's move to gut the bedrock of US climate legislation last week presents Canada with an inevitable choice: lower our standards to meet theirs and remain competitive in North…

Trump ditched the bedrock of US climate action — Dr. David Boyd and other experts caution Canada not to follow suit. Boyd explains that the repeal of the endangerment finding "is based on junk science and is probably unlawful. Canada must not follow suit.

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/n...

Canada not on track to hit cli­mate tar­gets, study finds | The Hamilton Spectator OTTAWA A new study pub­lished Fri­day by the Cana­dian Cli­mate Insti­tute says Canada is not on track to meet any of its cli­mate tar­gets — not the 2026 interim emis­sions reduc­tion tar­get,...

Dr. Simon Donner responds to the Cli­mate Insti­tute report that says Canada is not on track to meet cli­mate tar­gets due to “a slack­en­ing of policy effort over the past year, marked by the removal or weak­en­ing of cli­mate policies across the coun­try”

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Creating Communities to Help Interdisciplinary Scientists Thrive - Eos Solving complex challenges often requires diverse expertise, but skepticism remains within traditional academic institutions and mindsets regarding interdisciplinary science and scientists.

Dr. Navin Ramankutty explains that as more researchers connect across disciplinaries, science will be better able to pursue solutions that address complex, urgent problems to secure livelihoods, food security and to safeguard our planet’s environmental health.

Learn more: eos.org/opinions/cre...

✊🏽 Join Dr. Sally Pusede for her talk on coal dust pollution and environmental justice.

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A Reminder About The Food We Eat: "Every Seed We Place In The Earth Is An Act Of Trust" - CleanTechnica Being good stewards of this planet that so generously sustains us is the single most important thing we humans can do.

How can we reconcile our love of food with the reality that many are sourced in ways that are warming our planet? Research by Juan Diego Martinez and Navin Ramankutty explains how agricultural policies can make peace with the climate through different declarations.
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