Signs of change: Parks Canada examines how we can address our past and future
The agency is grappling with twin challenges of how we contend with Canada’s history, and how we will respond to the effects of climate change in the future.
On climate change, we can’t be Waiting for Godot: British Columbia letter writer
We have been waiting for meaningful climate mitigation policies for some time, and as we wait, I am reminded of Samuel Beckett’s famous play, Waiting for Godot, and his two characters Vladimir and Estragon who wait for Godot who never arrives. We are waiting for someone to appear and make that transformative change on climate change. […]
Vegan diets and organic farming: two really bad ideas for the planet
Studies show organic farm yields are 20-25 per cent lower than on conventional farms. In a world of increasing food insecurity, this difference is huge; especially given that exports from major grain exporters Ukraine and Russia have been limited due to the war. And many developing nations are always on the edge of starvation, even in good years.
Environment
Canada needs to rein in its financial sector to avert total climate breakdown
Federal regulations should require financial institutions to develop, implement, and report on credible climate plans that protect consumers and investors from greenwashing.
Ramping up our collective response to the dramatic escalation of climate impacts
Without a climate-literate public sector and public, we cannot achieve our climate adaptation and resilience goals.
Everything, everywhere, all at once
All sectors need to do more, in every area, immediately to reduce emissions if we are to have any hope of meeting the targets in the Paris Agreement.
From instability to sustainability: the path to healthy people on a healthy planet
The intersection of environment and health is a powerful sweet spot where our efforts can yield outsized positive impacts on our lives now and into the future.
The time to act is now for a better, greener future
Canada has an opportunity to meaningfully reduce emissions and show real climate leadership by banning thermal coal exports.
The future is closer than you think
Climate change is not a distant future threat. It is now, and so are the technologies to fight it.
