Strong financial logic as well as a deep concern for environmental stewardship has led the Catherine Donnelly Foundation to divest. According to this article in the Vancouver Observer, while the Foundation has used an engagement approach in the past, their board determined that a “business as usual” approach is not sustainable. This […]
What do Jean Charest, Preston Manning, Paul Martin and Bob Rae all have in common? They are all members of the advisory board of Canada’s new Ecofiscal Commission . In their inaugural report, Smart, Practical, Possible: Canadian options for greater economic and environmental prosperity, the group said fees and taxes and […]
The ubiquitous use of fossil fuels is the primary systemic risk to the long-term well-being of the global economy and civilization. If you own fossil fuels, even indirectly through your investments, you own global warming. It’s time to stop investing in fossil fuels! The financial case for divestment is […]
In this excerpt from a recent article in Maclean’s, Chris Ragan, from McGill University demonstrates how BC’s revenue-neutral carbon pricing policy has been successful in reducing fossil fuel use. “Most Canadians agree that we should not have to sacrifice our economy for our environment, or vice versa. Examples like […]
A new report from Sustainable Prosperity confirms that 2014 was a breakthrough year for green/climate bonds, both globally and in Canada. Watch Alex Wood – Senior Director, Policy and Markets, Sustainable Prosperity – discuss this on The Exchange with Amanda Lang.
The US and China have surprised the world by signing a substantial climate agreement. The US pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. China pledges that by 2030 its emissions will have peaked and 20% of its energy will come from non-fossil fuels. […]
Christiana Figueres, executive secretary at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks here about (among other things) the need for investment to drive the transition to a clean energy economy. “At the conference where she spoke… the determined Costa Rican urges pension fund managers to adopt responsible investing ‘on […]
It’s been a depressing year for anyone watching our climate and the health of the living Earth. Part of the West Antarctic ice sheet has melted past the point of no return, locking in enough sea level rise to drown huge coastal areas. New craters have been found in Siberia […]
Exhilarated and exhausted, we arrived home in the wee hours of this morning from the New York City People’s Climate March. What a day it was! 400,000 people, united in a beautiful, boisterous call for a better future. We joined the 300-strong Toronto350 contingent in the “Stop Tar Sands” section. […]
Be part of the global People’s Climate March! On Sunday, September 21st at 1:30pm, the march will begin at Waterloo Square and end at the Barrel Yards at Father David Bauer Drive, where there will be display tables, petitions and guest speakers. Groups involved so far include KW Citizens […]
