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Welcome to the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

BC is home to a large and exceptional community of scientists, engineers, economists, environmental and socio-behavioural impact assessment specialists, policy analysts and governance experts. Many are based at British Columbia’s four research-intensive universities and are internationally recognized leaders in their fields. The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions pulls this intellectual capital together into a dynamic knowledge network that integrates scientific, technological, economic, legal, political, social, cultural and educational approaches to climate change.

December 1 - Climate Crisis: Will Copenhagen Succeed?

Be It Resolved That Climate Change is Mankind’s Defining Crisis, and Demands a Commensurate Response - Join us for this exclusive live nationwide webcast! Broadcast live from the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, PICS, in partnership with the Munk Debates is pleased to present this special free event on campus on the eve of the historic global climate summit in Copenhagen. Featured speakers include: Elizabeth May, George Monbiot, Bjorn Lomborg and Lord Nigel Lawson.

What: Munk Debates at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
When: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 3:30 to 5:30 pm
Where: MacLaurin Bldg. Room A144, University of Victoria
To Register: www.munkdebates.com/membership_tickets/ticketsLiveBroadcast.cfm
Pass it On: Please download and share our pdf poster.

November 18 - Pacific Climate Seminar Series:
Modelling Catchment Hydrology and Nutrient Transport in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed

The third lecture in the 2009/10 Pacific Climate Seminar Series will be presented by
Rajesh Shrestha from Environment Canada's Water and Climate Impacts Research Centre (WCIRC) on Wednesday, November 18 at 2 pm in Sedgewick Room C168. More information and a live webcast of the seminar will be available at /broadcast.php.

What: Pacific Climate Seminar Series
When: 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Where: Sedgewick Building, Room C168, University of Victoria

November 3, 2009 - New research gives green light to electrifying BC's vehicle fleet

British Columbia has sufficient underutilized generation capacity in its electrical grid to support the introduction of more than two million plug-in electrified vehicles, enough to eventually replace nearly every registered vehicle in the province, provided that recharging occurs in off-peak demand periods, according to new research from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS). 

The “Electrifying the BC Vehicle Fleet: Opportunities and Challenges for Plug-in Hybrid, Extended Range & Pure Electric Vehicles” report is the latest in a series of PICS independent research white papers to government. PICS is a collaboration of BC’s four research-intensive universities hosted and led by the University of Victoria (UVic).

Click here to access the full media release.

Our Mission

To partner with governments, the private sector, other researchers and civil society, in order to undertake research on, monitor, and assess the potential impacts of climate change and to assess, develop and promote viable mitigation and adaptation options to better inform climate change policies and actions.

For more information about the Institute, see PICS at a Glance.