Basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction, study finds
Providing a basic income could boost global gross domestic product (GDP) by $US163 trillion while acting to curb environmental degradation, UBC research has found.
Dr. Rashid Sumaila among 2023’s top most influential Africans
This UBC prof is making waves worldwide in sustainable ocean resource management
Market-based solution makes the case for blue carbon
Over 120 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent could be sequestered every year by 2050 by applying a market-based solution (MBS) to global fisheries that would allow fishers to decide whether – at certain times – it is more profitable to go fish or to remain at port.
Kx Spotlight – Collaboration, the key to fighting climate change
With partnerships spanning across disciplines, sectors and borders, and with academics and non-academics (including Indigenous communities, NGOs, policy makers, businesses and media) collaboration is at the centre of their work.
B.C. ocean’s worth of almost $5 billion to GDP likely an underestimate
The ocean is very valuable to B.C., in terms of GDP, jobs, and income.