Infrastructure
Setting net-zero goals is one thing, delivering on them is another
A Concordia University project will offer a blueprint for cities elsewhere in Canada and around the world to develop and test scalable decarbonization solutions that meet their own local targets.
Address the climate crisis through sustainable infrastructure and mitigation, adaptation finance
While there may be no singular solution for climate resilience, it is imperative for world leaders, climate advocates, and sustainability champions to call for a massive increase in funding for climate resilience and adaptation.
Canada’s freshwater: a call for proactive climate-ready infrastructure investment
When a watershed is healthy and maintained, it can minimize climate change risk, support local wildlife populations, clean drinking water, and increase disaster resiliency.
There is no net zero without nuclear energy
To achieve our goals and preserve our climate for future generations, we can’t afford to ignore any clean energy solution.
It’s time for a radical rethink on Canada’s infrastructure planning, but who will have the courage to lead?
Canada’s outdated, siloed approaches to infrastructure management have resulted in fractured, mismatched programs and policies across different ministries and orders of government.
The private-side sewer infrastructure deficit in Canada is a climate change disaster
The federal government can help educate the public around preventing sanitary sewer flooding, and could establish standards for the construction of new sewers at the national level.
Consider more than just the environment when examining climate-resilient infrastructure, say experts
Climate adaptation in Canada and around the world is ‘chronically underfunded,’ according to a recent Canadian Climate Institute report on climate adaptation infrastructure.
Who can address Canada’s infrastructure needs?
The federal government’s ‘peace, order, and good government’ emergency powers need to be invoked because surely the current infrastructure deficit, combined with the climate crisis, qualifies as an emergency.
Investing in student mental health: a critical imperative for Canada’s future
The pandemic put new and unprecedented pressures on Canada’s health systems, including mental health care. In response, universities have been rethinking how to provide adequate mental health support for an entire generation of students.
