Events

About Climate change is affecting how we live and our planet’s future. By taking urgent action and working together, we can plan for a healthy, sustainable and resilient community. Join Campus + Community Planning and UNA staff for a two-hour workshop to learn about the Neighbourhood Climate Action Plan (NCAP) and how you can help shape it. […]

ABOUT LIMITS 2023 The LIMITS workshop concerns the role of computing in human societies situated in a world of limits*. As an interdisciplinary group of researchers, practitioners, and scholars, we seek to reshape the computing research agenda, grounded by an awareness that contemporary computing research is intertwined with ecological limits in general, and climate- and climate justice-related […]

Want to get involved in a community cleanup project? Are you looking for a valuable way to volunteer and make a tangible impact on waste in our environment?  While the environmental challenges we face need global policy changes, waste is something each person can personally address. The School of Information is hosting a Great Canadian […]

Thank you for your interest in attending our upcoming Cool ‘Hood Champs Local Climate Action Training workshops. These workshops will bring together UBC students, local residents, and community organizations to learn about the impacts of climate change and what you can do to address them! These workshops are brought to you by the UBC Climate Action Mobilizers at the […]

How can UBC lead as a model for climate action in the context of a growing urban campus and neighbourhoods? Join Simon Donner, an interdisciplinary climate scientist and Professor at the University of British Columbia, for a presentation and moderated Q&A session on how UBC can take bold and courageous steps to balance growth with climate action on the Vancouver campus. The Q&A session will be moderated by Zana Mody, a former CBC journalist and current PhD student researching climate change mitigation and adaptation for coastal communities.

Climate Emergency week at UBC seeks to convene and energize communities of climate action at UBC. Join our events, workshops and activities during Feb 6-10, and take collective action for justice, people, and our planet. 

In July 2022, Vancouver city councillors voted 6-5 in support of a motion to set aside about $700,000 — roughly $1 per every Vancouver resident — to fund litigation against Canada’s biggest producers of oil and gas. Join leaders from UBC, West Coast Environmental Law, and Vancouver City Council to find out what this means.

You are invited to the CIRS’s Open House on Wednesday, December 7 from 1 to 3 pm to celebrate the end of the year, connect with colleagues and learn about teaching and research support offered by a variety of units at the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability. Feel free to share this opportunity with your networks. Looking forward to connecting with you then. RSVPs are appreciated so we can plan for food and space.

Join our post-COP27 event for an opportunity to hear from and speak with faculty and student delegates who’ve just returned from climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh. Following opening remarks from Ian Mauro (PICS) and keynote by Dr. Pasang Sherpa (UBC Faculty Delegate), our youth panel — fresh from COP27 — will cover climate topics such as power and governance, plurality and agency, geographical bias, and dig deep on reflective questions that get to the heart of what progress was made, what was lacking, and where to focus our energy next.

The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, WE ACT for Environmental Justice and the Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice, along with an international team of collaborators, is hosting the first-ever Climate Justice Pavilion at COP27. Check out the programming schedule and join a livestreamed event.