Carbon tax mayhem: everyone screams, but who is listening?
Carbon pricing is not a silver bullet, but it remains an essential tool in reducing emissions and steering the country toward a greener future.
Turning the corner
In Canada the meager momentum of climate mitigation is stalling out. As the gloom of winter sets in it’s easy to be depressed, but in defeat there are seeds of future mitigation success if we wake up and get serious about what is at stake.
Climate adaptation is as important as climate mitigation
Most of the time, we emphasize the importance of fixing an issue by addressing its root cause; otherwise, we are likely to see the issue happening again.
Water security needs water intelligence
You cannot manage what you do not measure, and we simply measure less about freshwater than we used to in Canada.
Overlooked again: what the $250 rebate says about disability policy in Canada
Leaving many people with disabilities out of the rebate is not an isolated misstep. Time and again, people with disabilities are excluded from government policy design, and are often an afterthought.
Divestment is not enough
The federal government should incentivize impact investing.
Climate risk is manageable with the tools in hand
As we end the hottest year on record, one truth is clear: the impacts of climate change are inevitable, but the extent of the damage is not.
The role of health care in mitigating the climate crisis
It’s time for our governments to bring our health societies and institutions together, and task them with creating a targeted climate action plan for the health-care sector in Canada.
The great thaw: Canada must lead climate change battle in a time of disappearing ice and snow
It is now time for Canadians to prepare for ‘cryospheric destruction’ and it is going to be a distressing experience. We must prepare for earlier, smaller, and less reliable snowmelt and, hence, less reliable river flows and lake levels that supply drinking water, irrigation water, hydropower, and cold-loving fish such as trout and salmon.
Inuit Nunangat University: a critical investment in Canada’s Arctic future
The time to act is now. Supporting Inuit Nunangat University is an opportunity to create a stronger, more inclusive, and just Canada while securing our shared Arctic future.
