Solving-FCB Co-PIs Named Highly Cited Researchers for 2025
Solving-FCB Co-principal investigators Dr. William Cheung and Dr. Rashid Sumaila have once again been named on Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list. This prestigious annual list acknowledges researchers whose work…
Dr. William Cheung named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Update 11/17/25: Dr. William Cheung inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Read more at oceans.ubc.ca. The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has announced that Dr. William…
Solving-FCB Co-PIs selected as authors for the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report
Co-PI’s William Cheung and Rashid Sumaila have been selected as authors for the IPCC 7th Assessment Report (AR7).
Sumaila-Volvo Graduate Prize In Environmental Sustainability
The Sumaila-Volvo Graduate Prize In Environmental Sustainability is a $6,550 award that has been made available through an endowment established by Dr. Rashid Sumaila upon being named the 2017 Volvo Environment Prize laureate.
Climate change drives shifts in straddling fish stocks in the world’s ocean
Palacios-Abrantes, J., Santos, B. S., Frölicher, T. L., Reygondeau, G., Sumaila, U., Wabnitz, C. C. C., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2025). Climate change drives shifts in straddling fish stocks…
Gender dynamics, climate change threats and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing
New Solving-FCB paper explores how gender inequality shapes the impacts of climate change and IUU fishing on small-scale fisheries, highlighting the need for equity in ocean governance.
Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever
Extractive activities in international waters must end permanently to avoid irreversible damage to marine biodiversity, climate stability, and ocean equity, argue leading ocean scientists in Nature.
US Budget Cuts Threaten Global Ocean Science
Sweeping US federal science budget cuts are undermining global ocean observing systems and weakening the international foundations for sustainable fisheries and marine climate policy.
Solving-FCB at the UN Oceans Conference 2025
2025 UN Ocean Conference June 9–13, 2025 — Nice, France The Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia is excited to have a large team…
Media Coverage Roundup Q1 2025
A round-up of all media coverage covering activities either directly supported by or related to the Solving-FCB Partnership and our members in Q1 of 2025.
Nature-Inclusive Agriculture and the Effort to Solve the Netherlands’ Food Production Dilemma
Despite geographical challenges, the Netherlands is a top global food producer, exporting more than most countries. Overcoming geographical and historical challenges, it has become a leader in agriculture.
Insights from the Solving-FCB 2025 Meeting, Costa Rica
The Solving-FCB Partnership convened in Costa Rica in February 2025 to discuss and drive global action on food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity conservation.
