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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

Plant more trees, says public

Media release

British Columbians favour the restoration of forests ravaged by wildfires and insects as a top climate change mitigation strategy, according to an assessment of public attitudes toward forest carbon mitigation.

Weather puts focus on adaptation for buildings

The Ring

Climate change affects the trends in temperature and precipitation that many regions in BC are already seeing and will see more of in the future: higher annual mean temperatures; increases in winter precipitation; and drier summers. These changes must be factored into building design to reduce risks to infrastructure and to people's health and well-being, climate experts say.

The climate change reality

knowlEDGE

This summer's record high temperatures, intense wildfires and smoky skies are stark reminders of the types of impacts that will be seen more frequently with climate change. We need to prepare for the climate change we can't avoid. Now.

Climate change adaptation for buildings

The Ring

Forest fires in British Columbia. Floods in Quebec. Hurricanes in Texas. While it’s difficult to say definitively that such events are caused by climate change, there’s little doubt that a warming world exacerbates such extreme weather—and that our society will need to be ready for more of them.

Maximizing climate mitigation by BC forests

Media release

Researchers of the Forest Carbon Management Project—created by the UVic-led Pacific Institute for Climate solutions—found BC's forestry sector can greatly help meet climate targets through region-specific management, bioenergy, and more long-lived wood products.

New report on BC wave energy progress

Media release

BC now has sufficient detailed information about the height, frequency and direction of its coastal waves to start developing and testing wave energy converters in the ocean, according to a new report released at an energy conference at UVic on April 27.

BC climate plan assessment

Media release

On Dec. 5, the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), Pembina Institute and Clean Energy Canada released the first independent assessment of BC’s Climate Leadership Plan in combination with the federal government’s recently announced carbon price schedule.

Thriving BC forests outpace pine-beetle CO2 losses

Media release

Scientists have found that trees are growing faster in BC due to global warming, which counters the carbon-loss impacts of the province’s devastating mountain pine beetle outbreak.

Honorary degree for PICS director

The Ring

Dr. Sybil Seitzinger, executive director of the UVic-hosted and led Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Utrecht University in the Netherlands—one of Europe’s oldest universities.

Sybil Seitzinger to head PICS

The Ring

Following a comprehensive international search, the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions enters a new leadership era. A renowned scientist who is an international leader in investigating the causes of environmental change is the new executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) based at UVic.

Q&A — Tom Pedersen, PICS

The Ring

After six years as executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), which is hosted and led by the University of Victoria, climate scientist Tom Pedersen is moving on to other opportunities. “It’s been challenging at times but it’s always been fun,” says Pedersen. “I took this job because I wanted to build something, to make a difference in an area I feel passionate about. I think we’ve made some progress.”

New leader takes the helm at PICS

Media release

A renowned scientist who is an international leader in investigating the causes of environmental change is the new executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.

Home retrofit energy loans can work for BC: report

Media release

A streamlined form of borrowing that enables homeowners to repay the cost of energy retrofits via their electricity bills would, in time, save BC four terawatt hours in energy use plus make homes a lot cheaper to run, according to a new PICS study.

How BC can gain ultra energy-efficient buildings

Media release

New research demonstrates that ultra energy-efficient, “net-zero” buildings are within BC’s reach if stronger policies that encourage energy conservation and renewable energy are put into place.

How to get energy efficiency BC buildings, faster

Media release

BC could significantly speed up progress on achieving energy-efficient buildings and homes by adopting the more stringent approaches used by the “green leader” states of California and Massachusetts, according to new PICS research.

How to motivate people to take climate action

Media release

A special report analyzing what works—and what doesn’t—for motivating people to take action on climate change has been released today by the University of Victoria-led Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).

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