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Research Highlights

M-TES can deliver low-carbon energy by harvesting industrial waste heat

Mobile Thermal Energy Storage (M-TES) could potentially meet the low-carbon heating and cooling needs district energy networks using tanker trucks to collect and deliver waste energy.

The Legal Framework for Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage in Canada

This Sabin Center white paper examines the legal issues associated with deploying the Solid Carbon system in the Canadian portion of the Cascadia Basin. Read the blog too!

First major study of Columbia Basin reveals glaciers are 38% thicker than originally thought

The real picture, as shown by data, reinforces the need to closely study Canada's melting glaciers for streamflow projections.

Fuel-switching and building retrofits are potent tools for reducing GHGs in temperate climate cities.

City of Victoria case study showing the most impactful actions for decarbonizing the built environment, potentially applicable for other Canadian cities.

Climate Change How-To Guide for Industry and Professional Associations

This guide contains barrier-busting strategies, a business case and roadmap to make your association future-fit for climate change.

Vancouver Island & Coastal Communities Mobilize on Climate Action

PICS-backed research is supporting the creation of a unified climate action plan for Vancouver Island and coastal communities.

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Publications

Whitney, Charlotte K. and Edgar, Frid B. and Walkus, J. and Siwallace, P. and Siwallace, I. and Ban, N.C. (2020). “"Like the plains people losing the buffalo": Perceptions of climate change impacts, fisheries management, and adaptation actions by Indigenous peoples in coastal British Columbia, Canada”. Ecology and Society, In Press,

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Whitman, Ellen and Parisien, Marc-André and Holsinger, Lisa M. and Park, Jane and Parks, Sean A. (2020). “A method for creating a burn severity atlas: an example from Alberta, Canada”. International Journal of Wildland Firedoi.org/10.1071/wf19177

Smyth, Carolyn E. and Xu, Zhen and Lemprière, Tony C. and Kurz, Werner A. (2020). “Climate change mitigation in British Columbia's forest sector: GHG reductions, costs, and environmental impacts”. Carbon Balance and Management, 15(21), 22.

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Research Highlights

M-TES can deliver low-carbon energy by harvesting industrial waste heat

The Legal Framework for Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage in Canada

First major study of Columbia Basin reveals glaciers are 38% thicker than originally thought

Fuel-switching and building retrofits are potent tools for reducing GHGs in temperate climate cities.

Climate Change How-To Guide for Industry and Professional Associations

Vancouver Island & Coastal Communities Mobilize on Climate Action

Publications