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Dylan Clark

@dylanclarkbc.bsky.social
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Director of Research Mobilization @picscanada.bsky.social | BC climate policy | cold dipper & occasional map maker

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Dylan Clark @dylanclarkbc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Vulnerability lies less in individual facilities than in their interconnectedness — the corridors and networks that sustain services under stress — and the dependencies that can disable them. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/06/o...
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When domestic infrastructure fails, so does national security
By strengthening regional and national critical infrastructure to withstand a changing climate, we can simultaneously strengthen sovereignty and security.
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Dylan Clark @dylanclarkbc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
21st century infrastructure security is not just about protecting individual bridges or dams. It is about preserving connectivity. Modern risk lies less in the failure of a single asset and more in the rupture of the connections that sustain essential services.-
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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This is the conclusion that I hope we will draw from the Zillow drama... that we need a gold-standard national data source for property-level risk to climate hazards that is transparent, accessible, and legally defensible. Private companies can help build it but the public needs to own it.
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Zillow’s climate risk reversal looks like a setback. It’s really a wake‑up call.
When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps,
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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions @picscanada.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
"Climate change gets talked about as a choice between the economy & the environment. But the truth is it’s about today vs. tomorrow.” As @governmentofbc.bsky.social releases the #CleanBC review, 8 climate experts weigh in on the choices, and opportunities, BC faces. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBH0...
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Today vs Tomorrow: The Future of B.C. Climate Policy
YouTube video by PICSCanada
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Dylan Clark @dylanclarkbc.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Big electrification push coming; the question is whether BC Hydro’s new plan is ready for it. www.biv.com/news/comment...
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Opinion: BC Hydro’s new plan plays it too safe for an electrified future
Conservative load forecasts ignore massive industrial demand on the horizon, risking shortages just as B.C. positions itself as a clean-energy leader
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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
My latest with @simondonner.bsky.social: "As Canada scrambles to diversify its exports, fossil fuels are an increasingly risky bet, not least with taxpayers’ money. And we should not kid ourselves: it is also a bet on global failure to address climate change" www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Canada’s proposed oil and gas expansion is a risky bet – for the planet and our economy
Updated pledges before this year’s COP30 meeting in Brazil fell well short of what’s needed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
"BC redrawing EV sales mandate, scraps adoption goal and leaves rebates to Feds," in so doing, rejecting advise of the provincial government's Climate Solutions Council July 2025 advice (www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...) www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/n...
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BC redrawing EV sales mandate, scraps adoption goal and leaves rebates to Feds
Adrian Dix told reporters on Tuesday that the 100-per-cent mandate in 2035 and a 90-per-cent goal for 2030 were no longer "realistic," and the NDP government would introduce legislation next year to r...
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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions @picscanada.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
As the Province prepares to release the CleanBC review, climate impacts, rising costs, and strained public services are reshaping what’s at stake. Our CleanBC Insight Series shows how climate action connects to the top issues facing British Columbians. Read the series: ow.ly/ZtHu50XtONe
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Dylan Clark @dylanclarkbc.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
With Ottawa fast-tracking the North Coast Transmission Line & Ksi Lisims LNG, B.C. is entering an era of big, concentrated electricity loads and harder choices about how we use our clean power. I went through the BC Hydro's 416 pg IRP to see what their generation and demand forecast looks like.
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Dylan Clark @dylanclarkbc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Efficient & durable adaptation policy has never been more important. CC costs are 📈, budgets are tight, & voters expect results We're helping BC meet the moment - $20k grants for🔬about: 🏚️ Economic exposure to cc risk 🧮 Finance disclosures 📰 Risk comms & nudges climatesolutions.ca/current-fund...
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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions @picscanada.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🧵 B.C. faces growing climate threats: wildfires, floods, extreme heat, and droughts. How can we turn research into resilience? Integrating the latest climate research into risk assessments can transform our approach from reactive to proactive. climatesolutions.ca/explainers/a...
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A tool for tough decisions: rethinking climate change risk assessments | Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
Climate risks are increasing in B.C. Risk assessments are an evolving tool that can be used to identify and evaluate climate risks.
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James Ford @profjamesford.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
See our new paper just out in Lancet Planetary Health where we model how adaptation can offset health-care delays during climate disasters www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @priestleycentre.bsky.social @dylanclarkbc.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
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Climate disaster effects on acute health care: a case study and model of the 2021 heatwave in British Columbia, Canada
Acute health-care systems are a final layer of protection against growing climate impacts on population health. Climate disasters over the past decade…
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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions @picscanada.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
📢 Calling UVic grad students & post-docs! Applications are open for the 2025 Coastal Climate Solutions Leaders (CCSL) cohort. 💡 CCSL offers funding, training & hands-on experience to prepare students for climate careers. Open to all disciplines! Learn more: coastalclimatesolutionsleaders.org/apply
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Program Application 2025 — CCSL
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Dylan Clark @dylanclarkbc.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
📢 New career opportunity at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions! • 22 days of vacation, + time off between Xmas & New Years • Remote work (anywhere in B.C.) or in person in Victoria • Salary range of $90,000 – $100,000 pics.uvic.ca/careers/rese...
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Research Mobilization Lead | Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions is hiring a Research Mobilization Lead. Reporting to the PICS’ Director of Research Mobilization, the Research Mobilization Lead will play a senior role in ...
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
🚨“Unless policy changes are made, B.C. could face an additional $2 billion in average yearly damages from building new homes in areas at high risk from climate-fueled wildfires and floods.” ⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/b-c-new-hous...
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B.C. risks billions if new homes are built in fire and flood areas
unless policy changes are made, B.C. could face an additional $2 billion in average yearly damages from building new housing in areas at...
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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions @picscanada.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Why isn’t climate change a priority for British Columbians anymore? Our latest Explainer, co-authored by @samuel-lloyd.bsky.social, digs into the causes of climate disengagement in B.C. and outlines ways to bring climate back into focus. pics.uvic.ca/explainers/h... #BCPolitics
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How to get B.C.'s climate groove back | Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
Despite increasing climate disasters, climate change ranks as a voting priority for only four per cent of British Columbians, behind housing, health care, and economic concerns.
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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions @picscanada.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
PICS was honoured to co-present yesterday at the B.C. Cabinet and First Nations Leaders’ Gathering on our support of the implementation of the B.C. First Nations Climate Strategy.
PICS Executive Director Ian Mauro speaks at a podium wearing a light blue blazer and dark blue, patterned shirt. His hand is raised in the air, elbow flexed, in a pointing gesture. A sign on the podium reads "RIGHTS. RESPECT. RECONCILIATION".PICS Indigenous Research and Partnerships Lead Janna Wale speaks at a podium wearing a black top and a traditional ribbon skirt. A sign on the podium reads "RIGHTS. RESPECT. RECONCILIATION". To her side, a screen reads "Respect, Reciprocity and Research".PICS Indigenous Research and Partnerships Lead Janna Wale speaks at a podium wearing a black top and a traditional ribbon skirt. A sign on the podium reads "RIGHTS. RESPECT. RECONCILIATION". To her right side, a screen reads "Weaving Knowledge and Relationality". To her left sits 
BC Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Terry Teegee, Hugh Braker of the First Nations Summit, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, and PICS Executive Director Ian Mauro.
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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions @picscanada.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Olivia, a Dene woman from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, shares her story of escaping the 2023 Wood Buffalo Complex fire in the #ThisIsClimateBreakdown series, by @theguardian.com and @climatedisaster.bsky.social. ow.ly/6HTL50Uc81L
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‘My legs were getting smashed in. My face was burning’ – This is climate breakdown
You had to drive through the fire to leave. I remember my heart racing. This is Olivia’s story
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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Surprising figure below. Health costs form wildfires in Canada exceed fire management expenditures and other losses. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
figure showing annual costs from wildfires in Canada 2013-2018
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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
NEW SHIFT KEY We talk to @drkatemarvel.bsky.social about why the world is likely to miss the 1.5C goal, what that means for us and for the planet, and how to think about climate change in the difficult years ahead. heatmap.news/podcast/shif... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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The World Will Miss 1.5C. What Comes Next?
Jesse and Rob talk overshoot with NASA’s Kate Marvel.
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Jonathan Arnold @jonathanarnold.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This Catalyst pod on modernizing the #heatpump customer experience really resonated. We went through 3 crappy HVAC companies before finally landing on Aquatech Vancouver, who did an incredible job. There are enormous opportunities for innovative HVAC companies. shorturl.at/YRXmO
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Getting heat pumps right | Latitude Media
How do we fix the sometimes frustrating customer experience of getting a heat pump?
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Dylan Clark @dylanclarkbc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
📒Practically Potent Paper of the week - Systematic review & meta analysis of 21 carbon pricing schemes 🌏(including BC's carbon tax) UBC's Tarun Khanna & @piersforster.bsky.social @chflachsland.bsky.social @mkalkuhl.bsky.social @wflamb.bsky.social @jansteckel.bsky.social
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Dylan Clark @dylanclarkbc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
B.C. needs an estimated 2.6M new housing units by 2030 to accommodate pop growth. Communities can't afford to be building in places that could soon be under water pics.uvic.ca/explainers/g...
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Gimme shelter: Upzoning for climate risks | Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
Despite government commitments to make housing affordable, climate change makes building safe and resilient homes increasingly challenging.
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