Climate action

Yesterday at 2:27 PM newsAva Cervas with Photos by Colin Angell

Faculty of Arts launches penultimate draft of five-year strategic plan

April 15 opinionMaya Tommasi

Powers at be: Climate action was huge in the late 2010s. What happened?

Climate action isn’t as politically popular as it used to be — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Climate activists have shaped our perceptions before with movements like Fridays for Future, and they can do it again, argues External Politics Columnist Maya Tommasi.

April 8 newsLauren Kasowski with Illustrations by Ayla Cilliers

UBC's Climate Action Plan 2030 progress to date

On December 10, 2019, UBC declared a climate emergency and formally recognized the importance of UBC taking a leadership role in combating the crisis. Just over five years later — and with five to go on many promises — The Ubyssey broke down what the university has done to address the climate emergency so far.

July 15 newsRaunaq Nambiar

Breaking down UBC's neighbourhood climate action plan

On June 11, the UBC Board of Governors passed the Neighbourhood Climate Action Plan to build climate-resilience in residential communities around the Vancouver campus.

June 4, 2024 featuresRaunaq Nambiar with Photos by Saumya Kamra

'We got work to do': Dr. Carol Liao is remodelling sustainable corporate law

The notion that law was only meant for the argumentative is something that’s always perplexed Dr. Carol Liao.

April 4, 2024 opinionTova Gaster

Opinion: Mining company Teck’s “Copper and Health” project at UBC isn’t as clean as it looks

"The fact that Teck is leveraging its connections to UBC to explicitly brand itself as a public health hero should raise questions, especially when companies like Teck consistently act as the biggest obstacles to climate action," writes Tova Gaster.

November 1, 2023 newsTova Gaster

Neighbourhood Climate Action Plan engagement process addresses campus development, green space and climate adaptation

Campus and Community Planning (C+CP) launched their engagement process for the Neighborhood Climate Action Plan (NCAP) on October 17, running until November 3.

February 17, 2022 newsForrest Berman-Hatch

Students call for funding commitments on climate action at Climate Emergency Week webinar

Em Mittertreiner, a student director of the Climate Hub called attention to UBC’s lack of concrete funding for the task force’s recommendations. Climate Justice UBC recently released an open letter on the topic.