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6/ Let’s make sure Council gets the message: Vancouver needs to LEAD on climate, not cave to the fossil fuel industry.
🗣️ Speak at the meeting.
✍️ Submit comments.
🖊️ Healthcare folks, sign the letter.
The vote is Tuesday — let’s do this! 💪
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November 22, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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The PICS Community Climate Action Events program is open.

$2,500–$5,000 to support community climate action events in B.C. that lead to real, tangible outcomes.

Applications close Feb. 27

Apply here: climatesolutions.ca/current-fund...

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Community Climate Action Events | Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
Looking to host a community climate action event in B.C.? PICS is here to help.
climatesolutions.ca
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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📣 Calling BC Local Leaders: Join us for a chance to reconnect at our first BC Chapter call after the summer.

🗓️ Friday, October 3, 2025
🕘 11:00am–12:00 PM PDT
🔗 Learn more: climatecaucus.ca/event/lookin...

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Looking Ahead: BC Climate Caucus Check-In - Climate Caucus
Open to Local Elected Officials in British Columbia
climatecaucus.ca
September 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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“Environment Canada predicts that 2026 will be among the hottest years on record. [...] So why hasn’t WorkSafeBC updated its extreme heat protections since 2005?”

Read Susanna Klassen and Anelyse Weiler‘s op-ed published today in the Vancouver Sun:

vancouversun.com/opi...

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Opinion: Why doesn't B.C. have a trigger temperature to protect workers from extreme heat?
Opinion: Workers are feeling the heat, but WorkSafeBC hasn't updated its extreme heat protections since 2005.
vancouversun.com
June 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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PICS’ Daniel Arbour shares insights from a spring tour of B.C.’s Southern Interior, where communities are navigating climate impacts with creativity and care.

Read the full reflection: climatesolutions.ca/reflections/...

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Climate Reflections in B.C.’s Southern Interior  | Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
A firsthand look at climate impacts and community-led solutions across BC’s Southern Interior—from Lytton to Lillooet, Kamloops, and beyond.
climatesolutions.ca
July 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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PICS intern Juliana Janot spent her summer with WE-CAN, mapping the strengths & needs of the province’s climate organizations. Her work reveals how B.C.'s climate movement can grow. 🌳

pics.uvic.ca/stronger-tog...

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Stronger together | Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
How a PICS intern helped unite B.C.’s climate action groups—boosting collaboration and sustaining momentum in the fight against climate change.
ow.ly
January 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Yet today:
🌲 Tree cover keeps shrinking
🔥 Urban heat islands = 20°C hotter
📈 Climate models: +2.2–4.1°C by 2050s
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January 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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Read the policy recommendations here: bcpolicy.ca/heat-protect....

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Protecting BC workers in a warming climate | Policy recommendations for WorkSafe BC
June 25th marks the fifth anniversary of BC’s heat dome, yet workers still lack proper heat protections as BC heat regulations insufficient and outdated. To address this, researchers submitted the fol...
bcpolicy.ca
June 25, 2026 at 4:12 PM