Year in Review 2023
It has been another whirlwind year for the Centre for Ecocities and for everyone working on sustainability and climate action. As the year comes to a close, we wanted to […]
Carbon Budgets, Targets, and Our Progress to Net Zero
Ryan Mackie delivered a presentation on carbon budgets, targets, and our progress to net zero to the Ecocity Peer Network on December 7, 2023. Ryan shared how current greenhouse gas […]
Carbon Budgeting & Science-based Targets
Ryan Mackie delivered a presentation on carbon budgeting and science-based targets to the Climate Caucus on October 25, 2023. The Climate Caucus is network of 600+ current and former local […]
International Ecological Footprint Learning Lab
Training, research & novel applications The BCIT Centre for Ecocities is collaborating with York University and the University of Iceland on an International Ecological Footprint Learning Lab project. This project, […]
The Cost of Wildfire Season
Last week on CKNW 980, Jill Bennett asked our own BCIT Director of Sustainability, Dr. Jennie Moore what individuals can do in response to BC’s most destructive wildfire season on […]
Sustainability Addressed at the Urban Scale
To what extent is sustainability addressed at urban scale & how closely aligned is it with Earth’s productive capacity? Our most recent publication is now available free until July 16th, […]
Webinar: The Role of Cities in Advancing Sustainable Lifestyles
This fourth webinar for the Ecocity Peer Network was held May 30, 2023 and explored how local governments and their partners can advance sustainable lifestyles as a way to act […]
BCIT at the Ecocity World Summit in London
Faculty and staff from BCIT presented to sustainable city practitioners from around the world at the Ecocity World Summit in London (UK), June 6-8, 2023. This event brought together two […]
Leveraging the SDGs for Safe, Inclusive, Resilient & Sustainable Urban Housing Policy
UN-Habitat webinar for the CMHC Expert Group on Housing The SDG Cities Global Initiative is an UN-Habitat flagship programme “designed to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) […]
Encouraging Canadian cities to consider their consumption-based emissions
Cora Hallsworth delivered a presentation on Consumption-Based Emissions Inventories (CBEI) to the Climate Caucus on March 2, 2023. The Climate Caucus is network of 600+ current and former local elected […]
Ecocity World Summit 2023 Registration
The Ecocity World Summit 2023 (EWS2023) call for submissions has closed and are being reviewed by the Summit Committees. Registration to attend the Summit in person or online is open […]
United Nations Declares Healthy Environment a Human Right
Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on December 10th – the anniversary of the day the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) […]