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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.

2016 highly cited researchers

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It’s always gratifying to have data-driven, third party recognition of UVic's global research impact. Thomson Reuters' 2016 list of the world’s most highly cited researchers includes climate statistician Francis Zwiers, of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, as well as two previously recognized researchers: mechanical engineer Yang Shi and business professor Roy Suddaby.

Knowledge: snowpack science

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A significant amount of freshwater in western Canada and the North originates as snowpack from the Rocky Mountains. Terry Prowse, a UVic geographer and a senior federal research scientist who studies hydrology, water resources and freshwater ecosystems.

Expert on storms hitting coastal BC

UVic geographer David Atkinson is available to media for comment on the trio of powerful storms hitting coastal BC on Oct. 13 and through the weekend.

Knowledge: extreme thinking

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Science is closer to linking some weather-related disasters to human-caused climate change. This spring, a US National Academy of Sciences committee—on which Zwiers served—released a milestone report acknowledging that progress is being made on attributing some extreme events to climate change caused by human activity.

Ice-road research

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Driving on ice roads in the far north is a normal occurrence for geographer and storm expert David Atkinson. In late April, Atkinson and colleagues drove the ice road between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, and later flew up even farther to Ulukhaktok and Sachs Harbour (pop. 80 people). His purpose was to interview residents about the impacts of weather (especially storms), as he says, “who knows more about northern weather than the people most affected by it?”

The tale the trees tell: droughts will be worse in BC

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Combined with the impacts of climate change and deforestation, the coastal regions of southern BC are very likely to be hit by a worse drought within the coming decades than any time in the last three to four centuries, according to a new report co-authored by graduating PhD student Bethany Coulthard at the University of Victoria.

El Niño & La Niña threaten BC coast

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Pacific research shows that extreme weather patterns—both hot and cold—could mean accelerated erosion in BC. As storm season approaches, BC coastal communities need to prepare for the possibility of extreme flooding and erosion that come with both El Niño and La Niña weather systems, according to new trans-Pacific research published in Nature Geoscience.

Model UN climate negotiations

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In an early preview of the challenges world leaders face when negotiating international agreements on climate change (such as this December’s UN meeting in Paris), two UVic students and a business professor got to embark on an opportunity of a lifetime—travelling to Switzerland to attend the Model United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. This annual international event is hosted by leading business graduate students and professors across Europe and provides the opportunity for scholars studying climate change to engage in mock climate negotiations. These mock negotiations were an opportunity to engage in debate, to strategize towards fulfilling an assigned country’s interests and, as a collective, to negotiate a best-draft resolution to climate challenges facing the global community.

Sybil Seitzinger to head PICS

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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.

Weather balloons on campus

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From Nov. 10 to Jan. 22, folks in and around UVic may be surprised to sight some UFOs (unusual floating objects) in the skies above campus. No cause for alarm: it's just Environment Canada launching dozens of instrumented weather balloons from their…

Q&A — Tom Pedersen, PICS

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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.

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).

Future-proofing BC against climate change

Media release

Five issues of critical importance to British Columbia—transportation, electrical grid integration, energy efficient buildings, forestry, and natural gas development—form the basis for five major projects from PICS to be underway May 1.

Climate and energy forum

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On Jan. 26, UVic and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions will host a forum that will explore climate change from different perspectives including today’s energy sector, sustainable investments and society’s choices. The event, “A dialogue: c…

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