The attention of the world is focused on Copenhagen, Denmark, as world leaders attempt to craft a successor to the Kyoto Protocol at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
UBC experts are available to comment on issues including the effects on climate change on the Arctic, Canada’s environmental policy, the consequences of rising sea levels and the science behind climate change.
Six UBC students are in Copenhagen, representing the university and Canadian youth. Liz Ferris, a UBC Master’s student in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, is maintaining a daily blog at: www.climateaction.ubc.ca. To request an interview with Ferris, please contact Sean Sullivan at UBC Public Affairs: sean.sullivan@ubc.ca
UBC CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERTS
Public perception of climate change
Assoc. Prof. David Tindall
UBC Dept. of Sociology
604.822.2363
Canada’s climate change policy, green politics
Prof. Kathryn Harrison
Assoc. Dean, Faculty of Arts
604.822.4922
Urban sustainability, energy systems, climate policy
Prof. Hadi Dowlatabadi
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
604.822.0008
604.727.8103 (mobile)
Implications of climate change (and international agreements) for ecosystems and associated human benefits
Asst. Prof. Kai Chan
Canada Research Chair (Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services)
UBC Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability
604.822.0400
Climate change and developing countries, climate mitigation
Assoc. Prof. Milind Kandlikar
UBC Institute of Asian Research
604.822.6722
Climate change and the Arctic
Prof. Greg Henry
UBC Dept. of Geography
Leader, Climate Change Impacts on Canadian Arctic Tundra
604.822.2985
Climate sciences, sea levels, the tropics
Asst. Prof. Simon Donner
UBC Dept. of Geography
604.822.6959
Climate modeling and predictions
Assoc. Prof. Philip Austin
Department of Earth and Ocean Science/Geography
604.822.2175
Carbon tax and labour economics
Prof. David Green
UBC Dept. of Economics
604.822.8216
Climate change, genetically engineered foods
Assoc. Prof. Yves Tiberghien
UBC Dept. of Political Science
604.822.4358
To find more UBC experts, visit www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca.