The world won’t wait for Canada to act
From By Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, and Chris Severson-Baker, Executive Director of the Pembina Institute | The Toronto Star | February 5, 2024
We face an existential climate crisis and a critical moment for our economy.
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Fixing our ailing food system could bring $10 trillion a year in benefits
From Natalie Alcoba| The Corporate Knights| February 5, 2024
In Bolivia, a tax on hydrocarbons pays for a healthy meal program in schools. Paris is putting up €10 million to help farmers shift to organic production, while California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has rewilded its rice production. From new nitrogen policies in the Netherlands and China to early-warning weather systems in Bangladesh, the seeds of a food-system revolution are being sown across the planet.
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Oxford scientists launch ambitious roadmap for a circular carbon plastics economy
From Amy Nguyen| University of Oxford News| February 1, 2024
Researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Plastics, University of Oxford, have outlined ambitious targets to help deliver a sustainable and net zero plastic economy. In a paper published this week in Nature, the authors argue for a rethinking of the technical, economic, and policy paradigms that have entrenched the status-quo, one of rising carbon emissions and uncontrolled pollution.
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