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Welcome to my Website: A Climate for Hope
I am a Professor in the School of Earth & Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria and the former MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head from 2013-2020.
On this website I preserve, for archival purposes, the blog posts I wrote while serving as an MLA in the BC Legislature and the Leader of the BC Green Party. I have merged my academic website into this location and I plan to continue to write on the issues facing our community.
My focus moving forward will continue to be on climate solutions.
Best wishes,
Andrew Weaver
By Andrew Weaver
/ October 24, 2023
My colleagues Karin Kvale, GNS Science, New Zealand, Natalia Gurgacz and I published a piece in The Conversation last week....
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By Andrew Weaver
/ August 18, 2023
The devastating wildfire that destroyed the historic Maui town of Lahaina in Hawaii was still making headlines when the Northwest...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ August 3, 2023
Those following the latest developments in climate science would have been stunned by the jaw-dropping headlines last week proclaiming the...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ July 21, 2023
I was asked by The Conversation to reflect upon the most recent record setting heat waves. This is the piece...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ July 15, 2023
In recent years, governments and industry have become more and more interested in supporting so-called nature based climate solutions. So...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ January 1, 2023
The climate science community holds agency and a position of privilege in the global warming debate. Rather than denying this...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ October 9, 2022
In 2012, as I started my journey to become the BC Green MLA for Oak Bay Gordon Head, I was...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ September 7, 2022
It's election season here in the CRD and true to form, political rhetoric is escalating. In the City of Victoria,...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ August 17, 2022
As the summer holiday season comes to an end, and after hearing no end of COVID-related horror stories (delays, cancelled...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ August 16, 2022
To bring closure to my 7 1/2 years as an MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head and 5 years as leader...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ September 22, 2020
With the announcement yesterday that the province is heading into a general election on October 24, my term as the...
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By Noah Conrad
/ September 1, 2020
This is the twenty-seventh installment in our series on exceptional youth where we celebrate the outstanding achievements of youth in...
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By Noah Conrad
/ September 1, 2020
This is the twenty-sixth instalment in our series on exceptional youth where we celebrate the outstanding achievements of youth in...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ July 29, 2020
Today in the Legislature I rose during Members' Statements to speak for two minutes about the scientific literature clearly demonstrating...
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By Andrew Weaver
/ July 28, 2020
I am profoundly disappointed in the BC Greens for forcing the baby to be thrown out with the bathwater on...
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