UBC experts are available for media analysis on issues from climate science to policy negotiations at the upcoming United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar (Nov. 26-Dec. 7).
Simon Donner
UBC Dept. of Geography
Cell: 604.561.7284
Email: simon.donner@geog.ubc.ca
Twitter: @simondonner
- National and global implications of conference ideas
- Climate and environmental science
- How to manage $100 billion in annual climate change aid
Kathryn Harrison
Dept. of Political Science
Cell: 778.968.4923
Email: harrison@politics.ubc.ca
- Environmental laws and policy (Canada, U.S., Australia)
- The politics of carbon pricing
James Tansey
UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.827.4443
Email: james.tansey@sauder.ubc.ca
- Implications of conference ideas
- Carbon markets, clean technology and green business
- Food security and genetically modified food
George Hoberg
Dept. of Political Science and Faculty of Forestry
Tel.: 604.822.3728
Email: george.hoberg@ubc.ca
Twitter: @ghoberg
- U.S. and Canadian environmental policies
- UN decision-making processes and barriers to consensus
- Climate politics and challenges
Benjamin Richardson
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Law & Sustainability
UBC Faculty of Law
Tel: 604.827.4823
Email: richardson@law.ubc.ca
- Legal, business and policy issues
Andreas Christen
UBC Dept. of Geography, Atmospheric Science program
Tel: 604.822.6620
E-mail: andreas.christen@ubc.ca
- Climate change and environmental science
- Cities and sustainable development
- Greenhouse gas emission monitoring
Michael Brauer
UBC School of Population and Public Health
Tel: 604.822.9585
Email: michael.brauer@ubc.ca
- Health issues related to cities and energy (air quality, pollution, physical activity and transportation)
- Linkage between climate change and human health
Patrick Condon
UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments
Tel: 604.822.9291
Email: p.m.condon@gmail.com
- Relationship between cities, climate change and the environment
- Author of The Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities
Stephen Sheppard
UBC Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning
Tel: 604.822.6582
Email: Stephen.Sheppard@ubc.ca
- How visualizations and video games of climate scenarios can change behavior
Jack Saddler
Faculty of Forestry, Forest Products Biotechnology
Phone: 604.822.9741
Email: jack.saddler@ubc.ca
- Major changes in global energy markets – producers and demand:
- U.S. to become exporter of energy (natural gas) in the next 20 years and energy self-sufficient by 2035
- North America to become major oil exporter
- International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook
- Role of biofuels in the future
Sarah Burch, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainability Governance
Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability
Phone: 604.827.3822
Email: sburch@exchange.ubc.ca (best contact method)
Twitter: @sarahlynnburch
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