Biodiversity

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Low Carbon Resilience (LCR), Nature Based Solutions

BC earns “C” grade for conservation efforts, but leadership is still possible

June 24, 2021

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water Governance

New Pacific Salmon Foundation Resources

May 25, 2021

ACT News, Biodiversity, Community Events, Featured, Nature Based Solutions

ACT Webinar: Building Equity Using Nature-based Solutions

October 27, 2020

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Featured, Low Carbon Resilience (LCR), Nature Based Solutions

Explore the Green Infrastructure Resource Portal

September 15, 2020

ACT News, Biodiversity, Community News, Featured, Publications, Report

New ACT Report: Advancing a Regional Green Infrastructure Network in Metro Vancouver

September 8, 2020

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community Events

Webinar: The Benefits of Salmon Safe Development

October 21, 2019

Biodiversity, Publications

Report: Biodiversity-Led Green Infrastructure in a Changing Climate

August 29, 2019

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity

(Apr 23) Canadians want more conservation, Indigenous stewardship

May 30, 2019

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity

(May 6) Natures Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’

May 7, 2019

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity

(Apr 30) Protecting space for wildlife: A national habitat crisis

April 30, 2019

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity

(May 2) A Regional Approach to Biodiversity-Led Green Infrastructure- Webinar

April 24, 2019

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity

(Apr 26) Bullitt Environmental Fellowship

April 17, 2019

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

(Apr 12) Climate change now a fact of life in Atlantic Canada fishery- CBC News

April 17, 2019

Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured

(Apr 11) Low Carbon Resilience: Landscape-level climate action for the 21st century

April 11, 2019

Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Featured

(Apr 8) Metro Vancouver 2050: A Mecca of Biodiversity-Led Green Infrastructure

April 8, 2019

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity

(Mar 26) Nature for Impact Conference

February 13, 2019

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather

(Jan 9) A Blue-Green Scottish Future

January 17, 2019

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Sea Level Rise

(Oct 4) ACT Receives Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia Fall 2018 Grant

October 5, 2018

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather

(Sept 24) New #Stand4Forests Platform Launched

September 28, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Water Governance

(Deadline Extended: Oct 31) Salmon Safe BC Design Competition for Urban Development

September 28, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

(Oct 10) Conservation Connections 2018

September 24, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Energy, Water Governance

(Sept 19) Film Screening: Women Bending The Curve On Climate Change

September 10, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, New Technologies, Water Governance

Public Sector Accounting Board Opportunity to Comment

September 10, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Health Risks, Water Governance

(Sept 6) High Resolution Regional Climate Modelling in Support of Adaptation in Ontario

September 5, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity

Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s Climate Summit Proceedings

August 16, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply, Water Governance

(Sept 30) The Salmon-Safe BC Design Competition for Urban Development

August 10, 2018

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply

(Aug 24) Stewardship Roundtable 2018

August 8, 2018

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Population Displacement, Water Governance

The Expert Panel on Prioritizing Climate Change Risks

July 11, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather

(Aug 24) Stewardship Roundtable 2018

July 9, 2018

Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, Water Governance

Measuring Progress on Adaptation and Climate Resilience: Recommendations to the Government of Canada

June 29, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

Adaptation Primers: Canadian Society of Landscape Architects

June 27, 2018

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Water Governance

Barriers and Drivers of Planning for Climate Change Adaptation across Three Levels of Government in Canada

June 27, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Energy, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement, Water Governance

(June 26) Measuring Progress on Adaptation and Climate Resilience: Recommendations to the Government of Canada

June 26, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply

(Aug 1) Call for Proposals: Stewardship Roundtable 2018

June 25, 2018

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

(July 12 & 13) Blue Carbon Forum

June 21, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply, Health Risks, Water Governance

(Aug 9-10) Place-Based Food Systems 2018: Making the Case, Making It Happen

June 8, 2018

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Energy, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

(June 15) Reducing carbon emissions through innovative urban planning with Alex Boston & Michelle Molnar

June 8, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, New Technologies, Water Governance

(Sept 13) Apply Now for Columbia Basin Trust Environment Grants

June 6, 2018

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Energy, Extreme Weather, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

Metro Vancouver Climate 2050 – Public Dialogues

June 5, 2018

Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Featured, Population Displacement

(Aug 22) ACT on CBC’s The National

May 3, 2018

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply

Apply Now: Canadian Science Policy Fellowship

January 8, 2018

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply

Webinar: Forest Pathogens and Climate Change

December 7, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change

Sierra Club BC Hiring Executive Director

December 6, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Economy

Blue Ecology: A Workshop on Interweaving First Nations Cultural Knowledge & Western Science

November 21, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change

Webinar: How Might Climate Change Affect Forest Growth and What Can We Do About It?

October 25, 2017

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Programs, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

Sea Level Rise – The Big Picture

October 3, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Extreme Weather

Webinar: The Future of Wildland Fire in Canada – Hot and Smoky?

September 25, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity

Survey: Is Your Local Government Taking Action on Biodiversity?

September 17, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, New Technologies

Second Annual Summit on Science Enablement for the Sustainable Development Goals

July 31, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water Governance

Webinar: Ecosystem Service Assessment for Decision-Making

July 27, 2017

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Economy, Water Governance

ACT Ecosystem Governance Research in the News

June 23, 2017

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Economy, Water Governance

Webinar: Low Carbon Resilience and Transboundary Municipal Ecosystem Governance

April 17, 2017

Biodiversity, Climate Change

Call for Nominations: Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize

March 16, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply

Webinar: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Sustainable Forest Management and the Forest Industry in Saskatchewan

February 28, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change

Carbon Talk: Can BC’s forests help to reduce emissions?

February 7, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply

Webinar: Observations of Climate-Related Impacts to High Latitude and Elevation Forests

January 3, 2017

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, New Technologies, Water Governance

Webinar: Monitoring Landscape Change in Canada

December 20, 2016

ACT News, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Economy, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Programs, Sea Level Rise, Uncategorized, Water Governance

Climate Risk: Getting to Action | Professionals’ Perspectives on Climate Change Challenges

December 6, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply

Event: Dispersed Adaptation to Climate Change

November 24, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy

Call for Proposals – 2017 Ontario Climate Symposium at York University

October 25, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply

Two New Adaptation Projects in the Okanagan

October 7, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change

Wildlife Ecosystem Resilience in the Context of Climate Change: A Kootenay Case Study

September 15, 2016

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Economy

Report: Bees Key Contributor to BC’s Economy

July 21, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Water Governance

Save the Date: Flow and Grow Workshop

July 4, 2016

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Economy, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Programs, Sea Level Rise, Uncategorized, Water Governance

Low Carbon Resilience: Transformative Climate Change Planning for Canada

June 27, 2016

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Economy

Presentations from Adaptation Canada 2016 Now Online

June 13, 2016

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Water Governance

Climate Nexus Webinar: Slides and Summary Online

May 26, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Economy

FACTS Event: Biodiversity and Innovation

May 9, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water Governance

Flood Control Structures Harm Fish in Fraser River

April 28, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water Governance

Migratory Change in our Oceans

April 22, 2016

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

Assessment: Canada’s Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate

April 20, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, New Technologies

Webinar March 30: Using the SpaDES Platform to Better Forecast The Future

March 16, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change

Volunteer Opportunity: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

March 15, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply

Webinar March 17: Local and Sustainable Food Systems

March 14, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity

Searching for Wild in the Age of Humans

February 26, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply

Pollinators and People in the City

February 25, 2016

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Extreme Weather

Webcast: Drought-Related Tree Mortality

February 12, 2016

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Economy, Energy, Water Governance

Our ‘Climate Nexus’ Book Featured in Focus Magazine

February 2, 2016

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Water Governance

ACT Book Featured at Literary Lights Event

January 19, 2016

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Water Governance

“The Climate Nexus” Featured in Georgia Straight

December 29, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply

Agriculture was left out of Paris deal

December 18, 2015

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Water Governance

Sponge Park: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation

December 16, 2015

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Featured, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

ACT ED Profiled in SFU Public Policy Magazine

December 15, 2015

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Economy, Water Governance

Market gardens won’t solve BC’s food challenges

December 3, 2015

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy

Giving up beef will reduce carbon footprint more than cars, says expert

November 30, 2015

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

Learn more about our new book, “The Climate Nexus: Water, Food, Energy, and Biodiversity in a Changing World”

November 27, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply

Coral reefs are in trouble. Meet the people trying to rebuild them

November 26, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Health Risks

How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain

November 23, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Energy, New Technologies

MacArthur winner wants to make clean energy with fake leaves

October 8, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Health Risks, Population Displacement

Mining and oil threatens one in three natural world heritage sites — report

October 1, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Energy

BLUE DOT ECONOMICS: RETHINKING ECONOMICS FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT – October 1st. Vogue theatre, 7-10pm.

September 21, 2015

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Programs, Sea Level Rise, Uncategorized, Water Governance

VALUING ECOSYSTEM GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN

September 11, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement, Water Governance

The hungry dystopia of climate change

August 28, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Health Risks

13 Mind-Blowing Images of Landfills Around the World Show the True Cost of Our Waste

August 25, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Energy, Health Risks, Population Displacement, Water Governance

Revealed: Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacy

August 20, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Water Governance

30 Year Old Trial Finds Organic Farming Outperforms Conventional Agriculture

August 13, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Population Displacement, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

Today is Earth Overshoot Day – In less than 8 Months, Humanity has exhausted Earth’s budget for the year

August 13, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Population Displacement, Water Governance

The Problem with Saving the World

August 12, 2015

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Energy, Water Governance

Canada’s tar sands landscape from the air – in pictures

August 4, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Water Governance

In hot water: Columbia’s sockeye salmon face mass die-off

August 4, 2015

ACT News, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Water Governance

New Grant Funding From Real Estate Foundation of BC

July 27, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Water Governance

Prehistoric trees may help a B.C. forest fight climate change

July 26, 2015

ACT News, Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Energy, Extreme Weather, Featured, Health Risks, New Technologies, Population Displacement, Programs, Sea Level Rise, Uncategorized, Water Governance

Paying for Urban Infrastructure Adaptation in Canada: An Analysis of Existing and Potential Economic Instruments for Local Governments

June 17, 2015

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity

A Workshop on Planning and Integrating Urban Biodiversity

February 19, 2015

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Water Governance

PICS CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH SFU UBC LECTURE SERIES – Adapting to Climate Change: Global Knowledge, Local Action

September 18, 2014

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply

Public Reading at Chapters on Robson – BeeTime: Lessons From the Hive by Mark Winston

September 12, 2014

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Water Governance

Will California’s Drought Bring About $7 Broccoli?

June 9, 2014

Biodiversity, Climate Change

Putting a Price Tag on Nature’s Defenses

June 6, 2014

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Water Governance

North Coast Draft Plan for Input

May 27, 2014

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sea Level Rise

One Simple Idea That Could Revolutionize Wetlands Conservation in New Orleans

May 14, 2014

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water Governance

Lake Erie on Verge of Death as Climate Change Effects to Serve Double Blow

April 7, 2014

Adaptation Community, Adaptation Stories, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crops & Food Supply, Extreme Weather

iSeeChange: Colorado Fruit Growers Harness Wind, Water, and Fire to Save Harvest

August 15, 2013

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Climate Change

Ecosystems Face Unprecedented ‘Climate Change Velocity’

August 6, 2013

ACT News, Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply, Extreme Weather, Water Governance

News Media Feature ACT’s Fifth Report: Climate Change Adaptation and Canada’s Crops & Food Supply

July 4, 2013

Is the Emperor Penguin the New Polar Bear? Shifts in Ecosystems and Species Ranges Highlight Climate Changes

August 2, 2012

Hybrid Sharks: Evidence of Species Resilience to Climate Change?

January 10, 2012

Biodiversity, Energy, Water Governance

Northern Developments: Oil vs. Conservation

October 25, 2011

The adaptation-mitigation cocktail, or why policy-makers have hangovers

September 19, 2011

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Health Risks

Videos from Columbia Basin Trust

September 1, 2011

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity

‘Vanishing of the Bees’ screening and Q&A at SFU Tuesday August 9

August 4, 2011

Biodiversity, Water Governance

Change is in the Air: Seeing Trends, Coalition Works to Help a River Adapt

July 26, 2011

Biodiversity, Population Displacement, Sea Level Rise

Leaving a warming Arctic: First-hand account of climate change and the effect on bowhead whales

June 20, 2011

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Sea Level Rise

Clean Air Task Force Leads Meeting of Eight Nations to Plan Response to Arctic Climate Changes

May 4, 2011

Polar bears’ plight intensifies

November 19, 2010

Biodiversity crisis: we still need to take action!

November 16, 2010

Biodiversity, Health Risks

Potentially Deadly Fungus Spreads Across Canada & US

May 7, 2010

Biodiversity, Water Governance

Kenya attempting mass relocation of species to combat drought-stricken country

April 7, 2010

Tuna, Tuskers and Tigers All at Risk

March 25, 2010

SFU’s Graduate Public Policy Program Presents “Forests for a Cooler Planet”

February 3, 2010

Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Water Governance

Caribbean Coral deaths blamed on climate change

July 3, 2009

Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Sea Level Rise

What’s the connection between potholes and penguins?

June 4, 2009

Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Population Displacement, Sea Level Rise

EPA declares ‘compelling and overwhelming’ scientific evidence GHGs are harmful to humans

April 22, 2009

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity

2009 the “crunch year” for global forestry planning

April 1, 2009

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity

Flood-prone Bangladesh receives support from Japan and Asian Development Bank (ADB)

March 23, 2009

ACT News, Biodiversity

ACT policy findings presented at Pew Center for Climate Change workshop on Capitol Hill

March 20, 2009

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Health Risks, Water Governance

SFU study highlights importance of adaptive capacity for fishery-dependent nations

February 23, 2009

Biodiversity, Sea Level Rise

Climate Change Leads to Increasing Conflicts between Humans and Tigers

October 25, 2008

New Report Targets Management Adaptations for Ecosystems and Resources

September 11, 2008

Biodiversity, Population Displacement, Water Governance

Mali Works to Protect Communities and Elephant Populations in the Face of Climate Change

August 23, 2008

Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply

Report Urges the Protection of Biodiversity to Increase Food Security

August 17, 2008

Biodiversity, Health Risks, Population Displacement

Report Focuses on Human Rights Concerns Resulting from Climate Change

August 4, 2008

Biodiversity, Population Displacement

New Paper Investigates Pastoral Land Rights in the Face of Climate Change

July 31, 2008

Some Scientists State That Species Will Need to be Moved to Survive Climate Change

July 18, 2008

Pine Beetles May Take Root in Alberta

June 28, 2008

Biodiversity, Crops & Food Supply, Energy

EU to Take Steps to Avoid Soil Degradation in the Face of Climate Change

June 15, 2008

Biodiversity, Energy, New Technologies

New Recommendations from Nicholas Stern Present Way Forward on Mitigation and Adaptation

June 12, 2008

Biodiversity, Health Risks

New Report Makes Recommendations Dealing with Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

April 28, 2008

Wildlife Highway Designed to Help Animals Adapt to Climate Change

April 25, 2008

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, Population Displacement

AIACC Program Aims to Help Developing Countries with Adaptation

April 18, 2008

Adaptation Community, Biodiversity, Extreme Weather, Health Risks, New Technologies

Adaptation and Mitigation Must Join Forces

April 5, 2008