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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?

Positive adaptation signs in giant kelp gardening experiment

Nurture may trump nature when it comes to kelp growth and survivability.

Climate Change Displacement: Mapping the issue in British Columbia

Pathways to minimizing displacement from climate change impacts in BC.

How our wood use choices impact GHG emissions

Decisions over how—and where—the wood harvested from BC forests impacts the sector’s contribution to climate change mitigation.

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(2021). Accelerating offshore carbon capture and storage: Opportunities and challenges for CO2 Removal [project report] https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/site.

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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

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F\"org, Franziska and Murphy, Rose and Jaccard, Mark. (2021). Clearing the air: Transportation, land use and carbon emissions in Metro Vancouver.

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Research Highlights

Canada’s Future in a Net-Zero World: Securing Canada’s Position in the Global Green Economy

Climate, Health and COVID-19 in British Columbia

Visualizing BC’s wildfire threat

Positive adaptation signs in giant kelp gardening experiment

Climate Change Displacement: Mapping the issue in British Columbia

How our wood use choices impact GHG emissions

Publications