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How Canada Can Solve Two Problems at Once: Building Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
Canada’s abundance has contributed to inefficiency in housing and a climate crisis. To address both issues, fixing emissions accounting by valuing near-term reductions, setting reducing caps for carbon intensity in building designs, and prioritizing low-emission and carbon-storing materials…

Modernizing the Electrical Grid in Canada and Beyond
Canada and governments around the world sit today on the precipice of an incredible opportunity. Most of the world’s electrical grids are insufficient to support growing demand for electrification that will be necessary to support economic and population…

Bridging Narratives of Social and Environmental Consequences
Naolo Charles, Director of Black Environmental Initiative, discusses the disproportionate impact of pollution on marginalized communities and stresses the importance of proactive measures. In 1990, a dedicated group of American environmental justice advocates sent a resounding message through…

Tackling the Biodiversity Crisis is a Bit Like Building a Coral Reef
We all know about the climate crisis, but there is also a biodiversity crisis—and we can’t tackle the one without tackling the other. Nature Canada’s Executive Director, Emily McMillan, highlights the organizations innovative strategies being implemented to reduce…

Agricultural Transformations to Benefit Canadians and the Climate
Agriculture must be reimagined to reduce food waste and carbon emissions. Allison Penner, Executive Director of Reimagine Agriculture, outlines how the federal government can use policy interventions to make agriculture benefit Canadians and the environment. Outline of the…

Enabling the Adoption of Natural Climate Solutions in Canada’s Agriculture Sector
Better governance is key to enable transformations in the agriculture sector to help mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and scale natural climate solutions. Lisa Ashton, PhD, outlines her research on how to best enable…

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Empowering Communities for a Sustainable, Net-Zero Canada
Clean50 Honouree Tonja Leach, Executive Director at QUEST Canada, highlights why there is a need for policy solutions aimed at harnessing the key role communities play in leading Canada toward a sustainable, net-zero future. Canada finds itself at…

Climate Crisis Solutions for the Canadian Government
Lifetime Achievement Honouree Bob Willard, Founder and Chief Sustainability Champion at Sustainability Advantage, outlines three options open to the GC to mobilize the business community in the race to net-zero. Spoiler: the solution to the climate crisis starts…