IRES Newsletter: September 2025

News, Events and Updates

IRES Faculty Associate Dr. Juliet Lu will examine the EUDR’s initial reception in producer countries for one ‘forest risk commodity’ – rubber.

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How can cities adapt to rising seas and uncertain futures? IRES’s Mauricio Carvallo uses Surrey’s climate planning as a case study to show how flexible, cost-aware strategies can help protect farms, homes, and infrastructure from coastal flooding.

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Season 2 of Small Planet Heroes, a podcast hosted by IRES's Dr. Kai Chan, has launched! Weekly episodes are on their way now...featureing Alexandra Morton, Suzanne Simard, Eli Enns, David Boyd, Terre Satterfield, David Suzuki, and others including Teika Newton, Ingrid Waldron, and Bob Watson.

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How does militarization drive climate change? Our next seminar explores how military power fuels global carbon emissions—from national growth patterns to U.S. defense spending and outsourced pollution.

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On October 3, EAT and The Lancet will launch a major scientific update to one of the most influential food systems reports of the past decade.
The new EAT-Lancet Commission will provide:

• - Updated science on healthy diets & planetary boundaries
• - A new focus on justice
• - Solutions for food system transformation.

The science is clear. Don’t miss this moment.

Register for the livestream here

IRES, Campus + Community Planning, and the Sustainability Hub are offering the Micro-certificate Climate Action Planning: Foundations, Finance and Implementation this coming fall. 

In its second iteration, the program is designed to equip professionals with the tools, confidence, and foundational skills to begin climate action planning within their organizations and communities. Please help us promote the program by sharing it with your networks.

Next start date is October 8, 2025

This program is eligible for StrongerBC future skills grant (limited spots available, don’t miss out!)

Enroll now!

Recent IRES Publications

Javed, B., Giang, A., & Kandlikar, M. (2025). Addressing the electric vehicle adoption gap for small fleets: A case study of local energy transitions in British Columbia. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 101588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2025.101588

Harmony A. Martell, Simon D. Donner. Headwinds to understanding stress response physiology: A systematic review reveals mismatch between real and simulated marine heatwaves on coral reefs. Climate Change Ecology, Volume 10, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecochg.2025.100094.

Alicia Dailey Cooperman, Jenny Linder Rempel, Ellis Adjei Adams, Alida Cantor, Manuela Muñoz Fuerte, Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey, Nicole J. Wilson, Cassandra L. Workman, Melissa Beresford, Leila M. Harris, Linda E. Méndez-Barrientos, Sameer H. Shah, Amber Wutich, Justin Stoler. 2025. “ (De)centralized Water Futures: Key Dimensions of Infrastructure, Governance, and Operations.” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 12, no. 5: e70035. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.70035.

Prerna Gupta, Terre Satterfield, Milind Kandlikar, M.V. Ramana, Rethinking risk perception: Cultural cognition, gender, and caste in how Indians view nuclear energy, Energy Policy, Volume 208, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114895.

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