The concept of sustainable development demands that we move beyond compartmentalization and outmoded patterns to draw the very best of our intellectual and moral resources from every field of endeavour. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Physician and First female Prime Minister of Norway The members of CaCOR span a wide range of academic backgrounds and experience; please […]
Computation enriches science
Through its four centuries of serious endeavour, from Galileo onwards, when evidence was mingled with mathematics, and the extraordinary reticulation of concepts and achievements emerged, science has acquired maturity, and from the elucidation of simple observations it is now capable of dealing with the complex. Indeed, the emergence of computation as a component of the […]
Continuing conundrum
The real nub of the problem is how do you continue to seek better solutions that reduce the environmental burden without reducing your capacity to create the capital and wealth that allows you to do it. Angus Bruneau, V.P. Energy Council of Canada, Telegraph Journal (St. John), 1994 June 14 How do we graciously choose […]
Jim McNeill, pioneer sustainable development
Many of our problems stem from the way that we have traditionally organized our institutions. The world’s economy is totally interlocked with the earth’s ecology, but our institutions are not. … The most urgent task is to make our central economic, trade, and sectoral agencies directly responsible and accountable for ensuring that their policies – […]
COVID-19 may sport the thinnest silver lining: a cleaner climate
There is evidence of declining carbon emissions and improved air quality as societies lockdown. Experts say potential stimulus funding could present an opportunity to perpetuate these changes. As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeps across cities, causing closures and suspensions of services, climate experts say it could sport a silver lining of reduced carbon emissions and […]