UBC Applied Science Strategic Priority Area
Climate change may be humankind’s greatest challenge.
It is already having a profound impact on human inequity, by negatively impacting food production, biodiversity, migration and human disease patterns. There is an urgent need for action. As a Faculty, we are passionate about finding solutions to the climate crisis and creating leaders who are taking action in the areas of climate, sustainability and planetary health.
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Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon, president and vice-chancellor of UBC, wrote about climate action initiatives at UBC, including those led by Applied Science faculty members Dr. Walter Mérida, Dr. Orlando Rojas and Dr. Jian Liu.
Apple published a new white paper with the University of British Columbia’s BioProducts Institute that analyzes the challenges with current consumer packaging and explores more sustainable future solutions through the use of advanced fiber-based materials.
Researchers from UBC's BioProducts Institute and Apple published a white paper that analyzes the challenges with current consumer packaging and explores more sustainable future solutions through the use of advanced fibre-based materials.
Chemical engineering professor Dr. Naoko Ellis said direct air capture, which involves removing carbon from the atmosphere, rather than at the source of production, could play a role in sectors such as aviation and concrete manufacturing where emissions will be more difficult to reduce.
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