Climate impact investing and the race to net zero
Boardrooms and stock markets can plan a role in tackling climate change.
Boardrooms and stock markets can plan a role in tackling climate change.
UVic is reinforcing its resolve to fight climate change and build a sustainable future by signing on to the Race to Zero (RtZ), a massive global alliance dedicated to reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, if not earlier.
Adel Guitouni is available to media to discuss how COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of conventional global supply chains, and the role businesses and governments can play in transforming them.
In advance of the UN Climate Change Conference—COP26—in Glasgow, UVic experts are available to media to speak on topics related to on climate science, impacts, modelling, Indigenous perspectives, policy and action.
New research shows the digging activities of sea otters disturbs eelgrass beds leading to greater genetic diversity through sexual (instead of asexual) reproduction.
Curiosity-driven research and creative pursuit is at the heart of Aspiration 2030, the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø’s new research and creative works strategy that is a bold, new roadmap to create a better world through curiosity, engagement and innovation.
The new Wayne Crookes Professor in Environmental and Climate Journalism in the Department of Writing, Sean Holman hopes to bring a more human dimension to the climate crisis.
Why are people houseless? What are the myths surrounding the unhoused population in Victoria? UVic geography students tackled these questions during a community-based research project.
A Chard Development hotel proposal featuring the historic Duck’s Building on properties to be leased from UVic Properties is proceeding after approval from Victoria City council.
Wildfires, droughts, floods, extreme storms: we are living in a time when climate change should be the biggest story of our time. Yet, as the recent federal election proved, all too often it doesn’t even make the headlines. As the new Wayne Cr…
UVic chemistry grad student, Ben Godwin, and supervisor Jeremy Wulff are studying novel materials for next-gen auto manufacturing. With a versatile new polymer, novel materials are now stronger and lighter than before with potential for commercial applications.
UVic welcomes two inaugural UVic Impact Chairs—Amanda Bates (biology) and Heather Castleden (School of Public Administration)—to five-year research positions.
New research shows it may be possible to sequester carbon dioxide in subseafloor ocean basalt at a scale that would reduce global atmospheric concentrations of this predominant greenhouse gas.
Eight UVic researchers in the fields of science, social sciences, engineering, and humanities have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada, the country’s highest academic honour.
Six UVic researchers in the fields of science, social sciences, engineering, and humanities have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada, the country’s highest academic honour.
To increase the use of sustainable transportation to campus, two new separated cyclist and pedestrian pathways have been developed at the University Drive and Ring Road intersection, allowing for a smoother and safer transition to the heart of campus.