BC's future Climate Leadership Plan: What YOU can do

Meeting Date: 3/16/2016

- 3/16/2016


Speaker: Matt Horne and Jonn Axsen
Date: March 16, 2016 - 11:30am to 12:30pm
Location
IRMACS Theatre - Rm10900
SFU Burnaby Campus
Burnaby , BC
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This January the B.C. government launched a 60-day consultation period - ending on March 25th - on its forthcoming Climate Leadership Plan and is inviting all British Columbians to give their feedback on the most important actions BC can take to lower our greenhouse gas emissions and take advantage of the low carbon economy of the future.

Join Matt Horne and Jonn Axsen for an overview of the Climate Leadership team recommendations and their insights on what it is needed to make this plan effective. Matt Horne will highlight the Climate leadership team's 32 recommendations, and talk about the ongoing consultation process and the opportunity for BC residents to engage in the process. Jonn Axsen will talk on the possibility of a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate and how it could help make BC's climate plan stronger. Then will be your turn to ask questions and share your thoughts on the most relevant actions you think BC needs to take.

Live webcast viewing in Prince George: Room 5-405 (Library, 4th floor), University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George. Pizza and refreshments will be served.

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Light refreshments will be served.

This event is sponsored by the SFU Sustainability Office and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.

Speakers:

Matt Horne is the Pembina Institute's associate director for British Columbia. Drawing on fifteen years of experience with energy and climate change issues, he is a leading voice on climate policy in Western Canada. He was recently a member of B.C.'s Climate Leadership Team, which was tasked with providing the government recommendations on how to meet its climate targets while maintaing a strong economy. Mr. Horne holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Dalhousie University and a Master of Resource and Environmental Management from Simon Fraser University.

Dr. Jonn Axsen is an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University. He explores transitions to sustainable energy systems. He draws from disciplines of economics, psychology, sociology and engineering to investigate the nexus of technology, environmental policy, and consumer behaviour. Jonn’s study of consumers’ social valuation of plug-in electric vehicles has earned him recognition as “Young Researcher of the Year” at the OECD’s 2011 International Transportation Forum. His specific research interests include: adoption of pro-environmental technology; electric mobility and alternative fuel vehicles; consumer attitudes, values, lifestyle and social influence; citizen acceptance of energy and policy; energy system simulation modelling; and climate policy design and impacts