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Sybil Seitzinger, 2020 recipient of the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to PICS executive director and UVic Professor, Sybil Seitzinger.
New AGU Class of Fellows elected for 2019
PICS executive director Sybil Seitzinger is among the newly elected class of Fellows honoured at the AGU's Fall 2019 meeting in San Francisco.
In climate change battle, negative-emissions tech not a panacea
A Hill Times opinion article by PICS executive director Sybil Seitzinger.
Media Releases
Funding opportunity for complex, and critically important, climate solutions research
PICS is accepting proposals under its $1M Theme Partnership Program. Apply by Feb. 14, 2020.
All-electric BC transport economical, thanks to low cost renewables
If all BC vehicles were powered by electricity instead of liquid fuels by 2055, BC would need to more than double its electricity generation capacity to meet forecasted energy demand—and the move could prove surprisingly cost-effective.
Rock-solid climate solutions: Negative emissions technology
A team of international researchers plan to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into rock by permanently injecting it beneath the Earth’s ocean floor through an ambitious, new research partnership announced today by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) at the University of Victoria.
PICS in the Media
What we need to do to cut 45 per cent by 2030
Prince George Matters & Business in Vancouver
Real or fake: Choosing the best Christmas tree for the planet
Coast Mountain News