UBC's Roadmap to Zero Emissions

UBC - essentially, a city of 70,000 people - is taking steps to completely eliminate institutional greenhouse gases in Vancouver by 2050.

While dramatic emission reductions are not new at UBC - the university was Canada's first to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets in its academic buildings - achieving carbon neutrality has inspired the university to re-envision itself as a living laboratory for sustainability.

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