New UBC climate course partners with City of Vancouver to find carbon-reduction solutions

New UBC climate course partners with City of Vancouver to find carbon-reduction solutions

People protesting for climate action

Thousands of people rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery and march through the city to bring attention to the global climate change issue. (Ric Ernst/PNG)

November 14, 2022

Dr. Tara Ivanochko (Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences), CSFS Associate and the Sustainability Hub’s Academic Director, discussed the courses offered at UBC to study the impact of climate change.

In Ivanochko’s lab, students are “coming up with creative and innovative ways of engaging citizens and connecting them with the city’s climate action goals, and helping them understand how to really make a difference in the City of Vancouver.”

Read the full article at the Vancouver Sun and at The Province. Read a related article “UBC students pitch climate action ideas to City of Vancouver” at C-Fox and Rock 101.