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Decarbonizing Transportation : Reducing Air Travel Emissions for UBC Faculty and Staff Elahi, Anam Imtiaz; Cruz, Citali; Ali, Hadir; Geiser, Hannah; Noureddine, Israa; Anand, Ravina

Abstract

UBC faculty and staff report that the following factors prevent them from reducing their business air travel: tenure requirements, lack of awareness of teleconferencing options on-campus, low quality of virtual communication experiences, lack of training on equipment, and lack of IT support and access on campus. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

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Title
Decarbonizing Transportation : Reducing Air Travel Emissions for UBC Faculty and Staff
Creator
Elahi, Anam Imtiaz; Cruz, Citali; Ali, Hadir; Geiser, Hannah; Noureddine, Israa; Anand, Ravina
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning; University of British Columbia. Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Date Issued
2020-04-10
Description
UBC faculty and staff report that the following factors prevent them from reducing their business air travel: tenure requirements, lack of awareness of teleconferencing options on-campus, low quality of virtual communication experiences, lack of training on equipment, and lack of IT support and access on campus. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Subject
Climate; Transportation; Community
Genre
Report
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report; University of British Columbia. GPP 581
Date Available
2020-07-29
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0392595
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/75324
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Public Policy and Global Affairs, School of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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