Articles

July 25, 2025

How Trees on Farms Can Shape Canada’s Climate Future

Imagine a future where Canada’s farmlands are not just sources of food but bastions against climate change – teeming with a billion new trees, safeguarding our soil, water, and biodiversity. This vision is within reach, but unlocking it…

July 25, 2025

Modernizing Alberta’s Electricity Distribution Policy 

We rarely consider changes to energy distribution infrastructure when discussing the clean energy transition. But aging infrastructure is causing problems in the energy distribution sector that affect customer experience and emissions. Alberta’s Electricity Future (AEF) have been formulating…

July 18, 2025

Power for the People: Unlocking Community Access to Energy Storage

As Canada ramps up renewable energy deployment, ensuring a stable grid requires more than just wind and solar, it demands energy storage. Roby Douglas highlights how current regulations exclude communities, individuals, and Indigenous groups from participating in this…

July 4, 2025

Climate change and nature – finding the solutions close-by 

As climate impacts grow more severe, the role of nature in building resilience is gaining long-overdue recognition. Sabine Dietz explores how natural systems—often overlooked in policy and planning—are vital to both mitigating climate change and adapting to its…

June 20, 2025

Climate Diplomacy in an Age of Crisis

Reflections from Kananaskis: How Carney Cleared the Smoke Without Facing the Fire Last week, Nell Sykes (one of our Clean50 Analysts this year) travelled to Banff with the G7 Research Group, a University of Toronto–based network of students,…