Jessica Dempsey

Jess Dempsey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia. She studies the political economic drivers of biodiversity loss through the Extinction Paradox research project.

Stories by Jessica Dempsey

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