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Putting a lid on tomorrow’s wildfires
A Vancouver Sun Opinion article by Carly Phillips, researcher-in-residence with the PICS Wildfire and Carbon Project.
Announcing the Climate Solutions Toolkit for the UVic Community
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Designing climate policies that drive down transport emissions
Watch this explainer video from the Sustainable Transportation Action Research Team (START).
Media Releases
Wildfire and Carbon: Increasing the resilience of BC’s forests to climate change
PICS's new $1M Canada-US project aims to address extreme wildfires, reduce emissions, enhance forests' potential as a carbon sink and stimulate new forest bioeconomy opportunities.
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.
PICS in the Media
Carly Phillips: Putting a lid on tomorrow’s wildfires
Vancouver Sun / Opinion
Talking Transition: Shaping Canada's Clean Power Pathways
David Suzuki Foundation (Research by the PICS 2060 Project, p.7)