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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) SFU & UBC Free Public Lecture: Creating a climate for Change

Thursday, January 27, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Invitation: Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), SFU & UBC Free Public Lecture

 

Lecture #4: Creating a Climate for Change

Dr. Simon Donner  and Dr. Alex Clapp will speak at a free Public Lecture Series presented by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), in collaboration with UBC and SFU. This lecture, Creating a Climate for Change, will explore scientific and social factors that influence the public's uncertainty about climate change, including socio-cultural barriers such as long-held beliefs that weather is beyond human control. 

Dr. Donner of UBC will present “Why you don't believe in climate change.”  Dr. Clapp of SFU will follow with a presentation titled “Open data: Diagnosis, prognosis, and prescription in climate science."

 

Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 7pm - 9pm

Location: UBC Robson Square, Room C100

 

Live Web Stream: www.pics.uvic.ca/events.php

 

We hope that you can make it, either in person or by accessing our webcast. 

 

Sara Muir-Owen

UBC Coordinator, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) University of British Columbia Room 443, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z4

sara.muir-owen@ubc.ca  www.sustain.ubc.ca   www.PICS.uvic.ca

 

When & Where


UBC Robson Square, Room C400
800 Robson Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada

Thursday, January 27, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)


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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS)



PICS was established in 2008 by an endowment from the BC Ministry of Environment. Hosted and led by the University of Victoria, PICS is a unique collaboration among BC’s four research intensive universities--University of British Columbia, University of Northern British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and the University of Victoria.