SFU Climate and Energy Research Day

April 14th, 2015

The SFU Climate and Energy Research Day, hosted by the SFU’s Office of the Vice-President, Research, and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, provided an opportunity for SFU scholars with interest in energy and/or climate change research to engage with other scholars at SFU and share their research with the broader community. The areas of interest SFU researchers are involved include climate science, climate change impacts on ecosystems and human healthmitigation and adaptation to climate change, climate policy, sustainable energy systems, alternative energy technology, sustainable living among others.

Recordings of the event:

PICS Special Lectures - Spring 2015

May 19th, 2015: Dealing with dragons: deciding if, when and how to intervene in ecosystems in a rapidly changing world

Dr. Richard Hobbs, leads the the Ecosystem Restoration and Intervention Ecology Research Group.

May 8th, 2015: Talking Climate: Why Facts are Not Enough with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe

Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist who is an Associate Professor and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University.

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March 26th, 2015: FACTS Panel Discussion. A Political Discussion on the Road to the COP21

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PICS UBC SFU LECTURE SERIES - 2015

November, 2015: Balancing Act: Forest Fires, Ecology, Smoke and Health

Speakers: Meg Crawchuk, Department of Geograpy, SFU and Sarah Henderson, School of Population and Public Health, UBC.

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January, 2015: Mapping extreme temperatures and their health risks in the Lower Mainland

Speakers: Anders Knudby, Department of Geography, SFU and Sarah Henderson, School of Population and Public Health, UBC.

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