The next IRES Seminar is in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre.

November 14, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Jonathan Proctor

Estimating local socioeconomic vulnerability to climate shocks using satellite imagery

Location: Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall). Please check in at front desk on main floor before going downstairs.

No food or drinks allowed in venue.

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Click here to register for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if we encounter tech problems 5 to 10 mins into the seminar.

Talk summary:

Understanding how climate hazards like extreme heat and flooding influence human wellbeing is critical for preparing societies for climate change. Yet empirical estimates of how vulnerability to climate hazards differs across space is limited by both a lack of knowledge about and data on determinants of climate adaptation. Here, we leverage the rich and diverse information within satellite imagery to predict local climate vulnerability in the U.S. and globally. Including imagery information into empirical models of how temperature and moisture influence agricultural productivity, how temperature influences human mortality and how flood depth damages buildings, improves model predictions of historic damages from climate hazards and reveals substantial local differences in climate vulnerability and resilience.

 

  Dr. Jonathan Proctor, Assistant Professor, UBC Food and Resource Economics

 

Bio:

Jonathan Proctor is an environmental economist with a background in agronomy, climate science, remote sensing, and machine learning. He is currently an assistant professor in Food and Resource Economics at the University of British Columbia. He was previously a postdoctoral fellow jointly at the Harvard Data Science Initiative and the Center for the Environment. He earned his PhD in Agriculture and Resource Economics from UC Berkeley in 2019.

 

See you on Nov 14!

 

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Bonnie Leung

RES Program Support (she/her/hers)

Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)

University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)

Room 429 – 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada

 

Email: bonnie.leung@ubc.ca

Tel: 604-822-9249

 

Hello LFS grad students,

See attached for the poster on a new course that is open for registration in the Faculty of Forestry: Arts, Forests & Societies, led by Associate Professor Intu Boedhihartono.

“Forests are crucial for societies, providing food, medicine, and timber, as well as essential ecosystem services. They support livelihoods in diverse ways but face challenges from land-use changes and economic pressures. Art can bridge diverse perspectives, promote shared-understanding, and contribute to community cohesion. This course explores the role of art and cultural processes in the forest and land stewardship, focusing on the challenges in tropical and sub-tropical regions while including examples from British Columbia. Students will engage with practitioners, scientists, and artists to learn how art and culture fosters environmental sustainability.”

Have a great weekend,

Kelli

Kelli Kiyomi Kadokawa (She, Her, Hers)
Manager, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Land and Food Systems | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
293-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 4593
kelli.kadokawa@ubc.ca | landfood.ubc.ca/future/future-graduate/

UBC – LFS Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science
(FOOD)

Shelyn Wongso

“Characterizing Genes Involved in Bacteriophage Resistance in Salmonella Enteritidis”

Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 – 4:00 PM

 Exam Location: FNH 220 (Hybrid)

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. V. Kontogiorgos

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. S. Wang– Supervisor
Dr. V. Measday– Committee member
Dr.  K. Fong– External Member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. S. Wang – Supervisor
Dr. K. Fong– Committee member
Dr. V. Measday– Committee member
Dr. L. Guan – External Examiner