Community Resilience and Wellbeing Amid the Climate Crisis
Universities wanting to better support community wellbeing in relation to the climate crisis can now draw upon the findings of a new PICS-supported report, released in fall 2020.
Research Highlights
Mix of policies best way to lower road transport emissions
Road transport emissions are on the rise – and it will take stronger action on several fronts to turn that trend around.
Green Communities: Decarbonizing the Built Environment
A new Prince George-based study released by the PICS Built Environment project may contribute to plans by that city and other similar communities to meet their GHG reduction targets.
Tree-ring Stories
Canada's iconic black spruce trees are growing much faster than they did 100 years ago .
Way Over Our Heads
The view from space shows Canada's industrial methane emissions are higher than is being reported.
Green Light to Electrifying Transport
Powering all of British Columbia’s vehicles with kilowatts instead of petroleum could prove surprisingly cost-effective over the long haul.
Publications
Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume and Hoberg, George and Sheppard, Stephen R. J. and Hagerman, Shannon M. (2020). “Designing and evaluating analytic-deliberative engagement processes for natural resources management”. Elem Sci Anth, 8(1), 8. doi.org/10.1525/elementa.402
Pauer, Stefan U. (2019). Border Carbon Adjustments in Support of Domestic Climate Policies: Explaining the Gap Between Theory and Practice.
Jaccard, Mark and Murphy, Rose Elise and Zuehlke, Brett and Braglewicz, Morgan. (2019). “Cities and Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Policy Makers or Policy Takers?”. Journal of Energy Policy, 134, 110875. doi.org/10.1016/J.ENPOL.2019.07.011