The University of British Columbia and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives have won a $1 million grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to study the social and economic impacts of climate change.
Funding will be used to create the climate justice project, which will develop community engagement methods to create green policies.
The project will focus its research in four main areas:
impacts of carbon pricing and alternative options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions;
green jobs and the transition to a sustainable economy;
making B.C. more resilient to climate change; and
developing tools for education and citizen engagement.
The five-year grant will fund more than 20 researchers from UBC's Vancouver and Okanagan campuses, Simon Fraser University and the University of Northern B.C. SFU and UNBC along with the Vancouver Foundation have also contributed $350,000 in additional funds toward the project that will involve more than 40 community organizations.
Other partners include environmental organizations, trade unions, anti-poverty advocates, First Nations, business leaders and other research institutes.