Planetary Health
UBC Applied Science Strategic Priority Area
Climate change may be humankind’s greatest challenge.
It is already having a profound impact on human inequity, by negatively impacting food production, biodiversity, migration and human disease patterns. There is an urgent need for action. As a Faculty, we are passionate about finding solutions to the climate crisis and creating leaders who are taking action in the areas of climate, sustainability and planetary health.
Planetary Health Related News
Find out how our faculty and students are making a difference.
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Finding new life for plastic waste
February 24, 2023
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Collective action on climate change: reflections on COP27 and beyond
February 14, 2023
Planetary Health Related Media Coverage
Browse the latest articles for updates on our impact.
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TorontoStarPartner Content | Developing period products that are healthier for the body — and the planet
Biomedical engineering professor Rashmi Prakash and her team are learning to create compostable period products.
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Terrace Standard‘Mother nature never gives up the gold easy’: Terrace prospector lands first deal
Mining engineering professor Dr. Bern Klein noted that success rate for exploration companies to convert a deposit into an operating mine is very low.
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Times Colonist
Comment: Business leaders should think about net zero
Chemical and biological engineering adjunct professor Dr. Roland Clift argued that businesses need to think about what they can contribute to achieving net-zero.
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Globe and Mail
Landslide reshapes popular climbing spire in B.C.
Davide Elmo, professor in the Department of Mining Engineering, offered his expertise on the Snowpatch landslide.