UBC experts on UN climate summit and related topics
UBC delegates and experts are available to comment on the UN's Climate Change Conference and other climate-related topics.
UBC delegates and experts are available to comment on the UN's Climate Change Conference and other climate-related topics.
UBC delegates and other scholars are available to comment on COP28 – the two-week global climate summit that began Thursday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates – and other climate-related topics.
Dr. William Cheung
Professor and Director, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: w.cheung@oceans.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, Cantonese
Anjali Desai
Master’s student, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
Email: anjali.desai@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, Hindi
Muhammad Huzaifa
Master’s student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Email: muhammadhuzaifa975@gmail.com
Interview language(s): English, Urdu
*Limited availability Dec. 5 – 13
Dr. Videsh Kapoor
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice
Tel: 778-999-3755
Email: videsh.kapoor@gmail.com
Interview language(s): English
*Limited availability Dec. 5 – 13
Dua Naqvi
Undergraduate student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Email: dua.naqvi@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
*Unavailable Dec. 8 – 9
Mina Nepali
Undergraduate student, International Relations
Email: mina.nepali@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, Japanese
*Limited availability Dec. 5 – 9
Abul Bashar Rahman (he/him)
Undergraduate student, Vancouver School of Economics
Tel: 778-838-9609
Email: abulbasharrahman@gmail.com
Interview language(s): English, Bangla
*Limited availability Dec. 5 – 13
Dr. David Tindall
Professor, Department of Sociology
Email: tindall@mail.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Rickey Yada (he/him)
Dean and Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Tel: 604-992-6178
Email: r.yada@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
*Available on Dec. 7-10, 12
Dr. Greg Garrard (he/him)
Professor, UBCO Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
Tel: 250-863-2822
Email: greg.garrard@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Fabiola Melchior (she/her)
Master’s student, UBCO Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
Email: fmelchio@mail.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, German
Dr. Daniel Steel (he/him)
Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Email: daniel.steel@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Jiaying Zhao (she/her)
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Email: jiayingz@psych.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, Mandarin
Max Cohen
PhD student, Department of Geography
Email: max.cohen.ubc@gmail.com
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Johan Foster
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Bioproducts
Tel: 604-817-8882
Email: johan.foster@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Michael Brauer
Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Email: michael.brauer@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Emily Brigham
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Email: emily.brigham@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Christopher Carlsten
Physician; Professor and Head of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine
Tel: 604-839-1561
Email: christopher.carlsten@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Raluca Radu, MSN, RN
Lecturer, School of Nursing
Tel: 604-761-7474
Email: raluca.radu@alumni.ubc.ca
Language(s): English, Romanian
*Please contact after 11 a.m. PST
Dr. Michael Schwandt (he/him)
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Tel: 604-875-4375
Email: michael.schwandt@vch.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Juan José Alava
Research Associate, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and Principal Investigator, Ocean Pollution Research Unit
Email: j.alava@oceans.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, Spanish
Dr. Peter Arcese
Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Tel: 778-350-9295 (please text before calling)
Email: peter.arcese@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Karen Hodges (she/her)
Professor, UBCO Department of Biology
Email: karen.hodges@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Kayla King (she/her)
Professor, Departments of Zoology, and Microbiology and Immunology
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Evolutionary Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions
Email: kayla.king@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Katie Marshall (she/her)
Associate Professor, Department of Zoology
Tel: 604-781-8778
Email: kmarshall@zoology.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Isla Myers-Smith (she/her)
Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Global Change Ecology of Northern Ecosystems
Email: isla.myers-smith@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. John Richardson
Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Email: john.richardson@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
*Unavailable Dec. 4 – 8
Dr. U. Rashid Sumaila (he/him)
University Killam Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Tel: 604-351-7406
Email: r.sumaila@oceans.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, Hausa, Norwegian
Dr. Hassan Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Tel: 604-822-3925
Email: ahmad@allard.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
*Unavailable Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and on Dec. 11
Dr. Werner Antweiler
Associate Professor, Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8484
Email: werner.antweiler@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Simon Donner
Professor, Department of Geography, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Email: simon.donner@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Dr. Brian Marcus
Professor, Department of Mathematics
Tel: 604-328-1471
Email: marcus@math.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
Temitope Onifade (he/him)
PhD candidate, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Email: temitope@onifade.org
Interview language(s): English, Yoruba, English-based pidgin
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