The world must prevent a post-pandemic carbon rebound that would all but put the final nail in the climate change coffin. We have but a small window of opportunity to avert a climate crisis. Only clean technologies can stop...
To prevent the worst impacts of global heating, we need a whole suite of policy changes. Of them, making carbon pricing predictable is by far the most effective one we know of. Carbon pricing is the most silver bullet-ish...
"The industrial age of energy and transportation will be over by 2030," claims Tony Seba. Exponentially improving technologies such as solar, electric vehicles, and autonomous (self-driving) cars will disrupt and sweep away the energy and transportation industries as we...
Have you ever stopped to think how your bank uses your money — your savings, investment certificates, retirement funds? Is your bank stepping up to the plate to tackle the climate crisis (happening in deep time) and the corona...
We know that we cannot return to the way things were before the COVID-19 pandemic. A return to business-as-usual is not an option. Rising to the challenge, hundreds of Canadian organizations and campaign groups have launched the Just Recovery...
Finally we have one politician in Canada with the courage to point out the glaringly obvious truth about the Oil Sands: Canada's oil sector is in a death spiral. And sinking more money into a dying industry is a...
"Aggressive action to address climate change could save the world $145 trillion," wrote Dana Nuccitelli in a recent article published in Yale Climate Connections.
Climate solutions are expensive investments in the short run but will yield huge long-term savings, according...
Fifty years ago, 20 million people took to the streets for the sake of the environment. It was the world's first Earth Day.
This year we neither can’t nor need to take to the streets. Let's act on climate and make...
The just-released 2020 report on global fossil fuel financing by banks, Banking on Climate Change 2020, shows how the big banks are promoting the expansion of fossil fuels with more than US$2.7 trillion in direct investments since the 2015...
Music is powerful. We are deeply impacted by the music we listen to. It can influence our moods and shape our behaviours. This is especially true for younger kids and teenagers. My grandchildren can sing every word to their...