{"id":10048,"date":"2023-10-27T13:40:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=10048"},"modified":"2023-10-27T13:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:40:45","slug":"ires-seminar-series-thurs-nov-2-with-jonathan-foley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-10048","title":{"rendered":"IRES Seminar Series &#8211; Thurs, Nov 2 with Jonathan Foley"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Next week\u2019s IRES Seminar <strong>i<\/strong><strong>s co-sponsored by the UBC Climate Solutions Research Collective:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climatesolutions.ubc.ca\/\">https:\/\/climatesolutions.ubc.ca\/<\/a>:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5>November 2, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with Jonathan Foley<\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Achieving Drawdown: A Hopeful, Science-Based Roadmap to Stop Climate Change<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h4>Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm<\/h4>\n<h4>Location: Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall) Please check in at the Admissions Desk first before going to the Theatre.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>(No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.\u00a0)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/u5Mude2hpjgjHtWpp_YPsvxHdVtDL4dsENlX\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to register for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if we encounter tech problems 5 to 10 mins into the seminar.<\/h4>\n<p>Talk summary:<\/p>\n<p>The Drawdown Roadmap is a science-based strategy for accelerating climate solutions. It points to which climate actions governments, businesses, investors, philanthropists, community organizations, and others should prioritize to make the most of our efforts to stop climate change.<\/p>\n<p>By showing how to strategically mobilize solutions across sectors, time, and place, engage the power of co-benefits, and recognize and remove obstacles, the Drawdown Roadmap charts a path to accelerate climate solutions before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Jonathan Foley<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Executive Director of Project Drawdown<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bio:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drawdown.org\/staff\/jonathan-foley-phd\">Dr. Jonathan Foley<\/a>\u00a0is the Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the world\u2019s leading resource for climate solutions. He is a world-renowned environmental scientist, sustainability expert, author, and public speaker. His work focuses\u00a0on understanding our changing planet\u00a0and finding new solutions to sustain the climate, ecosystems, and natural resources we all depend on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See you next Thursday in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonnie Leung <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RES Program Support (she\/her\/hers)<\/p>\n<p>Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)<\/p>\n<p>University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory<\/p>\n<p>Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)<\/p>\n<p>Room 429 \u2013 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:bonnie.leung@ubc.ca\">bonnie.leung@ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tel: 604-822-9249<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next week\u2019s IRES Seminar is co-sponsored by the UBC Climate Solutions Research Collective:\u00a0https:\/\/climatesolutions.ubc.ca\/: November 2, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with Jonathan Foley Achieving Drawdown: A Hopeful, Science-Based Roadmap to Stop Climate Change Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm Location: Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall) Please check in at the Admissions Desk first before&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10049,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10048\/revisions\/10049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}