PICS report urges BC to create a carbon removal strategy — now
Survive and Thrive calls for urgent and innovative action on carbon removal.
Research Highlights
Can a greenhouse gas turn to rock? Yes — in 25 years
Latest Solid Carbon research gives a timeline for turning atmospheric carbon dioxide into solid rock under the ocean floor.
Undersea forests: Protecting kelp off BC’s coast
Kelp beds off BC’s coast face climate-related challenges, but interventions may help the kelp endure, according to a recent final report from the Undersea Forests project.
Canada’s Future in a Net-Zero World: Securing Canada’s Position in the Global Green Economy
A global transition to a net-zero, low-carbon economy is underway, and Canada needs a more coordinated and strategic approach for positioning its industries in the value chains of the 21st century green economy.
Climate, Health and COVID-19 in British Columbia
What lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can help us better prepare for the health challenges related to climate change?
Visualizing BC’s wildfire threat
How can we manage our landscape to reduce wildfire threat and wildfire emissions?
Publications
Tutolo, Benjamin M. and Awolayo, Adedapo and Brown, Calista. (2021). “Alkalinity generation constraints on basalt carbonation for carbon dioxide removal at the gigaton-per-year scale”. Environmental Science and Technology, 55(17), 11906--11915. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c02733
F\"org, Franziska and Murphy, Rose and Jaccard, Mark. (2021). Clearing the air: Transportation, land use and carbon emissions in Metro Vancouver.
Teicher, Hannah M. and Phillips, Carly A. and Todd, Devin. (2021). “Climate solutions to meet the suburban surge: leveraging COVID-19 recovery to enhance suburban climate governance”. Climate Policydoi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.1949259