PICS Briefing Program
The PICS Briefing Program, in partnership with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, draws on an emerging network of climate change researchers and practitioners to provide policy relevant climate change briefings to the Province of BC and the general public. The program emphasizes rigour and relevance to link critical climate change research to policy officials and decision-makers.
- “Greening” the Fleet: Using a Lifecycle Modeling Tool for Procurement Decisions [Kjeang, E and Shahraeeni, M] Jul 30, 2013
- Moving toward greater adoption of integrated resource recovery in BC [Shah, T and O'Riordan, J] May 15, 2013
- Managing the impact of a tourism-driven increase in greenhouse gas emissions on BC's aviation and tourism sectors [Schare, A] Mar 15, 2012
- Including non-Western Climate Initiative (WCI) partner offsets: possibilities for a WCI Offset Gateway [Bumpus, A] Jan 13, 2012
- Is BC's ocean energy policy FIT for purpose [Salmond, N] Nov 16, 2011
- BC's cap and trade design in the Western Climate Initiative [Thomson, N] Jul 14, 2011
- Lifecycle analysis of GHG intensity in BC's energy sources [Dowlatabadi, H] Mar 18, 2011
- Fracking in BC: Integrating climate change issues [Thomson, N & Shaw, A] Feb 4, 2011
- Harnessing Power of Small Business [Burch, S] Feb 3, 2011
- Carbon market distortions and the CDM in China [Scolnick, T] Dec 13, 2010
- Reducing GHG emissions in the cement industry [Shaw, C] Dec 1, 2010
- The influence of California's Prop 23 on BC [Thomson, N] Oct 26, 2010
- Border Carbon Adjustments [Shaw, C] Jun 21, 2010
- Provincial Competition CleanTech [Shaw, C] Jun 9, 2010
- Market stability reserve [Thomson, N] May 21, 2010
- Transport emissions [Thomson, N] May 12, 2010
- Europe tax fraud [Thomson, N] May 7, 2010
- Using climate models to inform community adaptation in BC [Picketts, I & Murdock, T] Oct 02, 2012
- Deploying Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in BC [Meyboom, A] Jun 3, 2011
- Fostering Energy Efficiency in BC's Rental Housing [Peyman, H] May 31, 2011
- Expanding the scope of BC's carbon neutral government mandate [Lau, K & Dowlatabadi, H] Feb 17, 2011
- The Challenges of BC's carbon neutral government mandate [Lau, K & Dowlatabadi, H] Feb 17, 2011
- Climate action in communities [Burch, S] Dec 13, 2010
- The potential of BC's waste and by-product hydrogen [Wilkinson, D & Shield, M] Dec 2, 2010
- Sustainable communities adaptation expertise BC planners [Picketts, I] Sep 17, 2010
- Energy efficiency retrofit empire state building [Peyman, H] Sep 15, 2010
- BC low carbon fuel standard [Shaw, C] Sep 9, 2010
- Energy efficiency financing programs [Peyman, H] Sep 3, 2010
- Overcoming barriers to residential energy efficiency [Peyman, H] Aug 27, 2010
- Solar radiation management responses [Parson, E] Aug 12, 2010
- Public health municipalities [Moffat, H] Jul 7, 2010
- EPA and biofuels [Shaw, C] Jun 4, 2010
- Europe green supergrid [Thomson, N] May 28, 2010
- Green policy review [Thomson, N] May 21, 2010
- Green data centres [Welch, K] May 3, 2010
- Climate change and the conservation of BC’s leading-edge species at risk [Starzomski, B and McTaggart-Cowan, I] Sep 04, 2012
- Policy Instruments for Managing Invasive Species [Widanage, R] Jan 5, 2011
- Ocean acidification [Schallenberg, C] Aug 20, 2010
- Oxygen minimum zones in BC [Schallenberg, C] Aug 18, 2010
- Invasive species [Widanage, R] Jul 23, 2010
- Acquatic Species [Araujo, A] Jun 29, 2010
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