Are you celebrating Earth Day this year??🌍💚 If you live in the Vancouver area, we've collected 5 events you can attend! Find more information in the thread below 👇 #earthday #earthdayvancouver #ubc #universityofbritishcolumbia #vancouver #yvr

This week, CCJ’s Amy Harris spoke with Bill McKibben about the unique moment we face. As wars prove the volatility of oil, renewables have never been cheaper or more reliable. We have a chance to seize this moment and mobilise a just transition. @billmckibben.bsky.social @350canada.bsky.social

Tomorrow live from DC!

Watch CCJ co-director @naomiaklein.bsky.social speak on AI with Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna live at 12 PM PST (3 PM EST)! www.youtube.com/live/xGJ2DkF...

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

We are thrilled to announce that @billmckibben.bsky.social will be joining us at UBC on April 15th! In this discussion, Bill will talk about the ways in which renewable energy can be a mode of resistance to current and ongoing oil wars. Register today: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Kate Marvel will be coming to UBC on April 15th! Her book ‘Human Nature’ uses emotions to explore the stories and science of climate change. You can get tickets by going to sustain.ubc.ca/events/ubc-r...

🪖🌍How does militarization drive climate change? @akjorgenson.bsky.social explores how military power fuels global carbon emissions—from national growth patterns to U.S. defense spending and outsourced pollution. 🔗https://ires.ubc.ca/october-16-2025-ires-faculty-seminar-with-dr-andrew-jorgenson/

happy to be able to share the full video of my discussion with Karen Hao last week. AI has entered its lethal phase, embedded in illegal wars and mass shootings. We deserve democratic spaces to debate this for-profit dystopia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1B_...

📣Join CCJ and the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies for a talk by Cree legal scholar Sharon H. Venne. A catered dinner will be provided! 🥨 📅Date: March 12th ⏰Time: 5:00 PM (Dinner at 6:00PM) 📍Location: The Allard School of Law UBC, Room 123 📝 Register here: tinyurl.com/ahvhz74k

CCJ Co-Director @carolmliao.bsky.social discusses how corporate law shapes climate injustice. 📍 Allard Hall, Fasken Classroom, Room 122 & Zoom 🗓️ Feb 26 (Thursday), 12:30-1:45 PM 🍎 Free lunch provided! 🔎 Learn more: tinyurl.com/nj8wrck7 #unc #ubclife #ubcvancouver #ubcevents #climatejustice

Happy anniversary to Democracy Now!

RECAP: If you missed the "Bangladesh and the (Im)possibility of Climate Justice" talk by Dr. Naveeda Khan, here is short recap of her presentation, in which she discussed her decades-long anthropology research interacting with people living in the Bangladeshi chars.

📣On March 12, ‘Empire of AI’ author @karenhao.bsky.social joins @naomiaklein.bsky.social to lay out the stakes for the most consequential tech arms race in history, and the role we can all play to ensure that AI benefits everyone. 🎟️Tickets: tinyurl.com/EmpireOfAI 🗓️ March 12, 7:30-9:00PM

🔎Research Spotlight! In collaboration with Health Canada, CCJ's Housing Research Project team is conducting a study on indoor environmental quality in low-income housing in Vancouver and Burnaby. This research advances our understanding of the nexus of climate, housing, and health.

Join us for the upcoming lunchtime colloquium by Dr. Naveeda Khan, a Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University! 📍Allard Hall, Room 121 (UBC-Vancouver) 📅 Thursday, February 5 @ 12:30-2:00 PM 📝 Register here: shorturl.at/GBfg4 🥕 FREE LUNCH PROVIDED!

it's going to be fun!

📯Our New Impact Report is Here! The report highlights our work from events and publications to reports and the growth of our community. Read here: climatejustice.ubc.ca/about Stay tuned for what comes next ✨ #ClimateJustice #ClimateAction #universityofbritishcolumbia

A new #LandGap report shows that land pledged by countries for carbon removal exceeds 1 billion hectares; this is an area larger than China. Is this realistic? A thread. Full repot: landgap.org #COP30 #ClimateJustice #ClimateChange #ClimateAction

How do we ensure housing is a right for all? A new op-ed co-authored by CCJ Housing Research Project post-doc Samantha Thompson talks about the disconnect between declaring housing a human right while eliminating policies that make housing possible. Read Here: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #bchousing

🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.

🚨Join acclaimed author and journalist @karenhao.bsky.social in conversation with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, co-director of the CCJ and award-winning author and UBC professor, to explore the intersection of AI and its sociopolitical implications. Get Tickets: shorturl.at/3TNul

Nov 28, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Liu Institute: Mojan Farshchi will examine how the right to a healthy environment, rooted in international human rights and environmental law, can help fill protection gaps for climate and environmental migrants. 🔗 Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

We are not living in an era of optional climate policy. We are living in an era of planetary limits where the choices we make in city halls will determine the world our children inherit, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social write. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/o...

The City of Vancouver’s new budget proposed major cuts to its Climate & Sustainability department. The CCJ co-directors, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social, wrote an op-ed in Canada's National Observer expressing their criticism of the budget proposal. Read more: shorturl.at/9uSLl

Save you spot for our free hybrid panel on the rapid spread of AI and its growing climate justice implications. Join professors @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @profhvdv.bsky.social and @carolmliao.bsky.social for this conversation. REGISTER: shorturl.at/AUt2S

Some powerful words from our co-director @naomiaklein.bsky.social!

The rapid spread of AI raises growing climate justice concerns. Join professors @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social for a hybrid panel discussion, moderated by @carolmliao.bsky.social. Register Now: climatejustice.ubc.ca/events/event...

🌍Join UBC Library for Climate Action Week from November 1 to 7.🌎 Libraries and other GLAM organizations across Canada are coming together to focus on climate action: about.library.ubc.ca/2025/10/23/c...

⚠️Mining harms are sold as “necessary for growth.” But do the promised benefits ever show up? This report takes a closer look — with findings on what needs to change and key policy recommendations: cfcj.cms.arts.ubc.ca?p=18170

🎬 Join us tomorrow! Older than Israel — Work-in-Progress Film Screening and Discussion. Doors at 6:10pm, event begins at 6:30pm. Free. Light food and refreshments will be served. ➡️RSVP Here: sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...

We’re excited to launch our latest report, which identifies key issues in how BC assesses and monitors mines’ economic benefits and offers recommendations to strengthen transparency, accountability, and rigour. Learn more: cfcj.cms.arts.ubc.ca?p=18170

In this Visiting Scholar talk, Dr. Renata Faizova will address the tensions between Kazakhstan's dependence on fossil fuels and efforts to address climate change. Join us October 27th in Buchanan Tower 997 to learn more about Dr. Faizova's powerful research!

Join us on Oct 24 at @moaubc.bsky.social, as journalists, experts and storytellers explore the ways Indigenous narratives work to engage with what climate change means on Indigenous terms. Read more here: https://f.mtr.cool/teoofwhzrs @mediaindigena.bsky.social

Join the Climate Justice Student Collective 🌱 At the CCJ, we are finding out what students at all levels interested in climate justice would find valuable that we can support. Get involved by filling out our survey: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The next Climate Conversation on October 28th at 2pm will look at how fossil fuel supply in Canada is shaping up under evolving mandates, including how the new Major Projects Office relates to fossil fuel production. Read more and register here: climatesolutions.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...

Join us for the lecture “Occupying Selves” or “How to be an Indian via Unciteable Pain” by Dr Audra Simpson. 🗓️ Tuesday, October 14, 2025 🕦 7:00 – 9:00pm 📍 Franklin Lew Forum, Allard Hall ✅ Registration required: climatejustice.ubc.ca/events/event...

America is in crisis. So it's a small relief that the rest of the world is actually getting remarkable stuff done with energy. We just passed a huge milestone globally! Now back to work on America. billmckibben.substack.com/p/something-...

✒️📚Calling all writers, poets & creatives, we have a paid opportunity for you! We’re looking for original fiction, nonfiction &/or poetry pieces to be featured on Righting History - an anti-colonial education platform created by the national climate justice organization Shake Up The Establishment.

Register for First Nations Mining Litigation in BC, a public panel exploring two landmark legal cases shaping the future of mining in British Columbia. October 15, 2025 | 5 — 8PM | UBC Robson Square Register here: cfcj.cms.arts.ubc.ca?p=17995

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza. Israel seems to be intercepting right now. All eyes needed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, tune in to ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) on CBC Radio One tomorrow, September 30 at 2:05 p.m. local time. The special was recorded at the UBC Chan Centre and was hosted by Jarrett Martineau. Learn more: www.cbc.ca/music/how-to...

Read the recap or watch the full recording of Health Report from Gaza—a conversation with @naomiaklein.bsky.social and Dr. Deirdre Nunan about her most recent work in one of the barely standing hospitals left in Gaza. Explore more: climatejustice.ubc.ca/news/recap-h...

📣Tomorrow 📣 between 12:15–1 PM PT, @naomiaklein.bsky.social will discuss her book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World. This online event is organized by the UBC Alumni Book Club and moderated by @carolmliao.bsky.social Register: ubc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Confirmed: Alaa Abd el-Fattah is finally free, at home, and with the family members who fought for years with their hearts, heads and entire bodies for this to happen. x.com/Monasosh/sta... #AlaaFreed

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

Tomorrow, September 20th at 2PM, communities will mobilize across the country for people, for peace, for the planet. Join us! drawtheline.world/canada?r=CA&...

We are supporting Draw The Line mobilization. Join us: 📅September 20, at 2PM 📍VPL Central, 350 W Georgia St, Vancouver thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...