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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
The growing market for electric vehicles means less transportation emissions, but their batteries contribute their own set of GHG emissions. Saad Dara, Clean50 honouree and CEO of Mangrove Lithium, explains how sustainable lithium refining practices and technologies can…
As the transportation industry goes electric, fossil fuel extraction is replaced by the mining of critical metals for electric vehicle batteries. We have to better prepare supply chains to sustainably integrate lithium-ion batteries, and Zarko Meseldzija, Clean50 honouree…
Clean50 Emerging Leader Mohamed Ouf, Assistant Professor in Building Engineering at Concordia University explores the technologies and strategies that can help homeowners achieve carbon neutrality in their existing homes. Decarbonizing the building sector is a critical endeavor in…
