University of British Columbia experts are available for media commentary on the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17) in Durban, South Africa, from Nov. 28-Dec. 9. Two researchers, Frank Tester and Neil Thomson, will attend the conference in person.
Frank Tester
UBC School of Social Work
Tel: 778-689-3431 (until Nov. 30)
Email: frank.tester@ubc.ca, aprildutheil@hotmail.com (after Nov. 30)
- Tester will attend the conference with Inuit youth and UBC student April Dutheil to raise awareness of climate change impacts on Inuit people and the Arctic
- Follow http://nanisiniq.tumblr.com or @NanisiniqArviat via Twitter
Rashid Sumaila
UBC Fisheriers Centre
Email: r.sumaila@fisheries.ubc.ca
- Sumaila will attend and speak at the conference on December 3; his talk is titled “Climate Change Impacts on the Biophysics and Economics of World Fisheries”
- Climate change, sustainability and the environment
- The economic impacts of climate change on the global ocean
- Recent study: Effects of climate change to further degrade fisheries resources
Neil Thomson
UBC Sauder School of Business, ISIS
Email: neil.thomson@sauder.ubc.ca
Cell: 778.994.9659
- Thomson will attend the conference from Dec. 4-9 as part of a delegation put together by international NGOs – the Climate Registry and the Climate Action Reserve.
- Grew up in South Africa
- Researches low-carbon economic opportunities and carbon markets
Simon Donner
UBC Dept. of Geography
Tel: 604.561.7284
Email: simon.donner@geog.ubc.ca
Web: www.simondonner.com/
- Key issues facing this year’s conference
- How to manage $100 billion in annual climate change aid
- National and global implications of conference ideas and policy considerations
- Climate change, sustainability and the environment
John Robinson
UBC Sustainability Initiative
Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability
UBC Dept. of Geography
Tel: 604.822.9188
Email: john.robinson@ubc.ca
Web: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2011/11/03/ubc-opens-north-america%E2%80%99s-most-sustainable-building/
- Creator of North America’s greenest building at UBC
- Co-author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that shared Nobel Prize with Al Gore in 2007
- Climate change science, policy and solutions and sustainability
Michael Byers
Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law
UBC Dept. of Political Science
Tel: 604.822.3049
Email: michael.byers@ubc.ca
Web: http://byers.typepad.com/
- International law implications of the conference
- The Arctic and climate change
James Tansey
UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.827.4443
Email: james.tansey@sauder.ubc.ca
Web: http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Faculty/People/Faculty_Members/Tansey_James
- National and global implications of conference ideas and policy considerations
- Carbon markets, clean technology and green business
Benjamin Richardson
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Law & Sustainability
UBC Faculty of Law
Tel: 604.827.4823
Email: richardson@law.ubc.ca
Web: http://www.law.ubc.ca/enlaw
- Environmental and sustainability law and policy
- International law
Kathryn Harrison
UBC Dept. of Political Science
Tel: 604-822-6701
Email: harrison@politics.ubc.ca
Web: http://www.politics.ubc.ca/about-us/faculty-members/full-time-faculty/kathryn-harrison.html
- Canada’s environmental laws and policy positions
- The politics of carbon pricing
George Hoberg
UBC Faculty of Forestry
Dept. of Forest Resources Management
Tel.: 604 822 3728
Email: george.hoberg@ubc.ca
Web: http://farpoint.forestry.ubc.ca/FP/search/Faculty_View.aspx?FAC_ID=3116
- U.S. and Canadian environmental policies
- UN decision-making processes and barriers to consensus
- Climate politics and challenges
Hisham Zerriffi
UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues
Email: hisham.zerriffi@ubc.ca
Web: http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=/modules/liu/profiles/profile.jsp&id=7
- How to manage $100 billion in annual climate change aid
- Climate change adaption and mitigation, green technologies
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