{"id":253,"date":"2023-04-18T14:56:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T21:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/?page_id=253"},"modified":"2024-04-26T13:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T20:24:13","slug":"accelerate-climate-action","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/accelerate-climate-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerate Climate Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\" class=\"wp-block-post-template has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-347 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-events tag-accelerating-climate-action tag-maintaining-and-enhancing-biodiversity\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2023\/05\/24\/walking-amongst-giants\/\" target=\"_self\" >Walking Among Giants<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-05-24T08:56:00-07:00\">May 24, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2023\/05\/24\/walking-amongst-giants\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/P1001043-1140x855.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Walking Among Giants\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/P1001043-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/P1001043-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/P1001043-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/P1001043-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/P1001043-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/P1001043-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-normal-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Rediscovering the hidden treasure in our backyard! The Tree Walk The Tree Walk &amp; Talk was led by fourth-year Urban Forestry student, Finn K\u00f6epf, and took place on a sunny day filled with fascinating facts, theories and stories about the urban forest on the UBC Vancouver campus. \u201cWhereas previous years\u2019 tree&hellip; <a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2023\/05\/24\/walking-amongst-giants\/\">read more.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-326 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-events tag-accelerating-climate-action tag-maintaining-and-enhancing-biodiversity\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2023\/05\/22\/celebrating-urban-biodiversity-research-successes\/\" target=\"_self\" >Celebrating Urban Biodiversity Research Successes<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-05-22T12:22:38-07:00\">May 22, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2023\/05\/22\/celebrating-urban-biodiversity-research-successes\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/BD_Days-28-1140x638.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Celebrating Urban Biodiversity Research Successes\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/BD_Days-28-1140x638.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/BD_Days-28-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/BD_Days-28-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/BD_Days-28-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/BD_Days-28-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/05\/BD_Days-28-2048x1146.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-normal-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In celebration of the UN International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22nd), UBC Botanical Garden hosted a series of events in collaboration with the SEEDS Sustainability Program, UBC Farm, and Climate Crisis in Urban Biodiversity (CCUB) initiative in celebration of local and global biodiversity through the month of May. As part&hellip; <a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2023\/05\/22\/celebrating-urban-biodiversity-research-successes\/\">read more.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-155 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-events tag-accelerating-climate-action tag-foster-community-wellbeing-and-inclusion\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2023\/03\/08\/climate-emergency-week-2023\/\" target=\"_self\" >Climate Emergency Week 2023<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-03-08T15:30:00-07:00\">March 8, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2023\/03\/08\/climate-emergency-week-2023\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/03\/Climate-Emergency-week-620x349.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Climate Emergency Week 2023\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/03\/Climate-Emergency-week-620x349.png 620w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/03\/Climate-Emergency-week-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/03\/Climate-Emergency-week.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-normal-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">From February 6-10th, the University of British Columbia (UBC) held Climate Emergency Week: a series of events to take collective action for justice, people, and our planet. Students, faculty, faculty, and staff organised several activities, workshops and events to bring the UBC community together to discover solutions to fight climate change&hellip; <a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2023\/03\/08\/climate-emergency-week-2023\/\">read more.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-91 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-events tag-accelerating-climate-action tag-maintaining-and-enhancing-biodiversity\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2021\/10\/27\/biodiversity-climate-change-and-you-upcoming-ccub-report\/\" target=\"_self\" >Biodiversity for Climate Action: Upcoming CCUB Report<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-10-27T12:11:45-07:00\">October 27, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2021\/10\/27\/biodiversity-climate-change-and-you-upcoming-ccub-report\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/03\/cropped-19467250624_28871d8eac_o-1-1140x760.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Biodiversity for Climate Action: Upcoming CCUB Report\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/03\/cropped-19467250624_28871d8eac_o-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/03\/cropped-19467250624_28871d8eac_o-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/03\/cropped-19467250624_28871d8eac_o-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/03\/cropped-19467250624_28871d8eac_o-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2023\/03\/cropped-19467250624_28871d8eac_o-1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-normal-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Although biodiversity loss and climate change are priority issues on both local and national government agendas, they are sometimes perceived as separate challenges with significant trade-offs in resource allocation. However, more often than not, they are interconnected issues that can both impact or resolve one another. As part of the Program&hellip; <a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2021\/10\/27\/biodiversity-climate-change-and-you-upcoming-ccub-report\/\">read more.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-61 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-events tag-accelerating-climate-action\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2021\/10\/08\/ubc-sending-delegation-of-eight-to-cop26\/\" target=\"_self\" >UBC Sending Delegation of Eight to COP26<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-10-08T11:29:29-07:00\">October 8, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2021\/10\/08\/ubc-sending-delegation-of-eight-to-cop26\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2021\/10\/22680925498_a5d303f0a5_k_1-1140x641.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"UBC Sending Delegation of Eight to COP26\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2021\/10\/22680925498_a5d303f0a5_k_1-1140x641.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2021\/10\/22680925498_a5d303f0a5_k_1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2021\/10\/22680925498_a5d303f0a5_k_1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2021\/10\/22680925498_a5d303f0a5_k_1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2021\/10\/22680925498_a5d303f0a5_k_1-1536x863.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/files\/2021\/10\/22680925498_a5d303f0a5_k_1.jpeg 1580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-normal-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Following an open competition for all students, faculty, and staff, UBC is sending a delegation of eight to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow this November. The following announcement was made by Santa J. Ono,&nbsp;President and Vice-Chancellor, UBC, on October 5, 2021. <a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/2021\/10\/08\/ubc-sending-delegation-of-eight-to-cop26\/\">read more.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":91312,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1186,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions\/1186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/seedsprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}