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High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide
High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide
While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disproportionately contribute to the increase in mean temperature and the frequency of extreme events.
·nature.com·
High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide
Profit, not price, is why we keep burning fossil fuels
Profit, not price, is why we keep burning fossil fuels
Canadian governments could take advantage of their access to cheaper borrowing and patient capital to bring power generation back into the democratic control. Public ownership of generation and transmission would accelerate deployment of low carbon energy sources according to social and ecological need, not private profit.
·perspectivesjournal.ca·
Profit, not price, is why we keep burning fossil fuels
Is Canada Falling Behind on Green Industrial Policy? with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Is Canada Falling Behind on Green Industrial Policy? with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Why is Canada lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to industrial policy, and how can industrial strategy help Canada take serious climate action? Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives focusing on international trade and climate change policy in Canada, sat down with the Perspectives Journal Podcast at the 2024 Progress Summit in April to discuss Canada’s industrial policy vision.
·perspectivesjournal.ca·
Is Canada Falling Behind on Green Industrial Policy? with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Is Market-based Climate Action Working for Canadians? with Brendan Haley
Is Market-based Climate Action Working for Canadians? with Brendan Haley
After a long summer break for the Perspectives Journal Podcast, we’re back and with the problematic Temporary Foreign Workers Program in the news, as well as growing anti-immigrant sentiment across Canada and other Western countries, we kicked off this season asking what’s behind this narrative, who’s to blame, and what the working-class is doing to fix this problem.
·perspectivesjournal.ca·
Is Market-based Climate Action Working for Canadians? with Brendan Haley
Liberal government under Carney must walk the talk on climate at home and abroad
Liberal government under Carney must walk the talk on climate at home and abroad
OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — Canada’s newly elected Liberal government must step into a greater climate leadership role on the international stage and make smart choices at home in the face of compounding challenges, leaders at environmental advocacy organization Stand.earth said today.  As communities in Canada contend with more […]
·stand.earth·
Liberal government under Carney must walk the talk on climate at home and abroad
A Pro-Climate Society of Care and Connection Against Trump’s Blackmail – Socialist Project
A Pro-Climate Society of Care and Connection Against Trump’s Blackmail – Socialist Project
As noted in my previous article, Canada and Quebec’s commercial entanglement in the US economy is profound following thirty years of “free trade,” with neoliberal capitalism as its legacy. Suddenly, Trump has thrown this aside for an attempt to neo-fascistize the US and the world. The result is an abrupt…
·socialistproject.ca·
A Pro-Climate Society of Care and Connection Against Trump’s Blackmail – Socialist Project
There Is No Such Thing as a Climate Haven
There Is No Such Thing as a Climate Haven
Climate change is everywhere. Moving to a new place because it seems less affected is a fool’s errand
·scientificamerican.com·
There Is No Such Thing as a Climate Haven
Mark Carney: Investing in net-zero climate solutions creates value and rewards | United Nations
Mark Carney: Investing in net-zero climate solutions creates value and rewards | United Nations
In a recent interview, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance Mark Carney spoke about how private finance is increasingly aligned behind achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. He underlined that people everywhere should keep up the pressure in calling for climate action. Read more here.
·un.org·
Mark Carney: Investing in net-zero climate solutions creates value and rewards | United Nations
Ontario must answer for its climate record
Ontario must answer for its climate record
A youth-led climate case is heading back to court. Following a ruling from Ontario’s top court, the stage is set for a resolution of this groundbreaking case.
·ecojustice.ca·
Ontario must answer for its climate record
Who are Canada's Top Climate Villains?
Who are Canada's Top Climate Villains?
Oil and gas companies want everyday people to believe that we're driving the climate crisis. In fact, here are the influential players behind Canada's oil an...
·youtube.com·
Who are Canada's Top Climate Villains?
Inside MAGA's Global Climate Agenda - DeSmog
Inside MAGA's Global Climate Agenda - DeSmog
Donald Trump's raucous return to the White House is emblematic of how an ascendant far-right movement is coordinating to defeat climate policies and push a fossil fuel agenda across North America, the UK, and Europe.
·desmog.com·
Inside MAGA's Global Climate Agenda - DeSmog
The Beginning of the End of the World - Eudaimonia and Co - Medium
The Beginning of the End of the World - Eudaimonia and Co - Medium
Here’s a tiny question. In your darker moments — do you wonder if, well, in some elemental sense, the world around us is ending? That things have changed? Doesn’t something deep down in your gut…
·medium.com·
The Beginning of the End of the World - Eudaimonia and Co - Medium
Why Climate Change Is a Civilizational Emergency - Eudaimonia and Co - Medium
Why Climate Change Is a Civilizational Emergency - Eudaimonia and Co - Medium
They’re calling it the first global heatwave. In China, the temperature reached 52.2ºC (126ºF), shattering records. In Arizona, it was 47ºC (116ºF). In California, 128ºF (53.33ºC). In the Persian…
·medium.com·
Why Climate Change Is a Civilizational Emergency - Eudaimonia and Co - Medium