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Op-Ed written by Dr. Shannon Waters, a member of Stz’uminus First Nation, a clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, and a Medical Health Officer with Island Health, Vancouver Island Health Authority.

As complicated and flawed as COP is, colonialism is now in summary documents that world leaders reference during their negotiations. I went to COP27 hoping we were a step closer to collective recognition.

Rynn Zhang asks a question to Dr. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa during the panel portion. Isabella Falsetti / The Ubyssey Friday, December 2, 2022 This article originally appeared in The Ubyssey (author: Bernice Wong) on December 2, 2022. Thank you from our UBC Sustainability Hub | Climate Emergency Response team to SFU Sustainability and Pacific Institute for […]

Fresh from Sharm El Sheikh, COP27 delegates including students, faculty and staff from Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia reflect on their experiences at the global centre of decision making over our collective climate future. On Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. (PST), COP27 delegates will come together at SFU’s Segal Building in downtown Vancouver to exchange ideas and experiences from their participation in global climate negotiations as “official observers”.

With the UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP27) underway, want to know more about UBC students, staff, and faculty perspectives on the conference? See below local, national, and international coverage of COP27 featuring the UBC community.

This article by Cheryl Chan originally appeared in the Vancouver Sun on November 8, 2022. UBC instructor Tara Ivanochko knew there was a demand to learn how to prepare and respond to the climate emergency. But she didn’t expect all 60 spots for an inaugural certificate program on climate change to be snapped up so quickly.

Climate change and its effects are now the focus of a new area of study at UBC, where several courses are now being offered to study the impact of climate change.

Featuring interviews with Linda Nowlan, Senior Director, Sustainability Hub; Dr. Tara Ivanochko, Academic Director, Sustainability Hub, and student Carly Hilbert.

Early this summer, 7 applicants were chosen to receive funding from ISI Fund’s Stream 3: Student-led projects. One of the students is Alexandra Thomas, an undergraduate student in Forest Resources Management minoring in Community and Aboriginal Forestry. Her project, Homegrown Climate Justice: Building Climate Resilience Through Community, is supported by the mentorship of Climate Emergency Co-Senior Project Managers, Pablo Akira Beimler and Nadia Joe.

On October 14, UBC Surf Club, Ocean Uprise, and community partners hosted a screening of Coextinction, an Indigenous-led storytelling session, and afterparty. It was truly incredible that over 150 people came to the event in support of the Southern Resident Killer Whales and this special hydrosphere in the Salish Sea, and beyond, that depends on them.

Calls for an international treaty to stop production of coal, oil, and gas have been gaining momentum. On October 20, in a resolution on COP27, the EU Parliament asked that European states begin to develop a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Climate Action Network International’s Harjeet Singh says “Loss and damages” or more international financing to pay for losses due to climate catastrophes will be a make-or-break issue for COP27. Egypt, COP’s host country this year, is working to put this item on the official agenda, as last year’s COP in Glasgow failed to make much progress on this issue.