Safe Passage: BC Green Shipping Corridors Assessment
UVic project aims to transform shipping industry into a zero-carbon leader.
Cooling with Trees: Urban Tree Solutions for Tempering Climate Extremes
Tree-planting project aims to counteract increased heat in Vancouver through urban forests.
From Waste to Want: CO2 Conversion to Liquid Fuels and Solid Carbon Fibres
UBC-based Opportunity Project aims to reuse atmospheric carbon.
Fighting Fire with Food
Project led by Gitanyow Nation in collaboration with UBC researchers explores how cultural burning, planting practices protect against catastrophic wildfire.
Mountain community adaptation to changing snowpacks and geohazards
PICS-funded project aims to give mountain communities tools to face changing landscapes.
Waste not: Finding new ways to process biomass to reduce burning in forests and farms
Where there are humans, there is waste. Whether we’re milling steel, processing wood or growing crops, we produce byproducts, some of which have no additional use — yet.
It’s not just science: Making climate part of all education in British Columbia
The effects of climate change are extreme. They can be devastating. And increasingly, they’re all-encompassing, inescapable.
Building pathways to a future powered by low-carbon electricity
The future is electric but where will all that electricity come from? Is it clean or carbon-intensive? Is its supply consistent or does it rise and fall with the sun and wind? What are the implications for land use and water availability?
Clean, green, marine: Low-carbon water travel in coastal Indigenous communities
Discussions around cleaner fuel sources for transportation focus on electric vehicles: cars, trucks, SUVs — even tractor trailers.
Water woes: Examining the climate crisis’ impact on water above and below the Earth’s surface — and on government decisions
The extreme effects of climate change have been in the spotlight in BC in the last year, from the deadly June 2021 heatwave to the atmospheric river that caused flooding that cut off Metro Vancouver from the rest of Canada.
Tellurium Boosted Li-S Batteries for Zero-Emission Vehicles
Materials innovation to drive the next generation of solid-state batteries.
Xáxli’p First Nation: Wildfire Fuel Mapping
From the air and on the ground, PICS research supports wildfire risk reduction on Xaxli’p First Nation territory.
Innovation Policy meets Climate Policy
Evaluating strategies for transitioning emissions-intensive and trade-exposed industries to net-zero.
Climate Finance
Integrating Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Considerations into Investment Decisions
Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Solutions for Municipalities
Municipalities are at the forefront of the fight against climate change, but often lack the tools and evidence to make effective policy decisions. This project addresses that gap.
Climate Change Displacement – Mapping the BC Context
Helping British Columbia prepare for the movement of people due to climate change.
Climate Change Solutions for Canada's Undersea Forests
Enhancing the climate change resilience of kelp forest ecosystems and the coastal communities who rely on kelp for commercial, food, social, and ceremonial purposes.
Innovations in Mobile Thermal Energy Storage - Using Waste Heat to Power Communities
Developing a thermal storage “missing link” that will enable transmission of waste heat from off-the-grid urban and industrial sources into district energy networks.
Climate-Adaptive Planning for BC’s Protected Areas
Developing the first online, open-access and tool to support climate–adapted conservation planning across BC's natural and protected areas.
Adaptive Mitigation: A Framework for Assessing Climate Change Solutions in Urban Multifamily Buildings
Explore new tools that support the integration of green building and climate adaptation approaches for multi-unit residential buildings.