Global Footprint Network News: Free Public Data Set for 2018 The Global footprint network has for several years been providing information on the footprint of humans on the planet, showing by country how much is required to support a person and all their consumption. Some people (including Canadians) consume much more than others to support […]
How YOU can Help – Letter to the Richest Britons
How YOU Can help – a British Plea to the Richest Climate change: Where we are in seven charts and what you can do to help 18 April 2019 Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES The UN has warned that the goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2C above pre-industrial levels” is in danger because major […]
Plastify It – The Island of “away”
Remote Island Chain Has Few People — But Hundreds Of Millions Of Pieces Of Plastic CHRISTOPHER JOYCE Twitter Debris blankets the north side of one of the Cocos Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean. Researchers found a huge amount of plastic both onshore and buried in the sand. Courtesy of Silke Stuckenbrock When a marine […]
Climate Change Risk to Economy
Bank Of Canada Lists Climate Change As Key Threat To Economy The central bank now considers it to be as large a threat as excessive household debt and overpriced houses. 05/16/2019 12:13 EDT OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada is highlighting its expanding concerns about climate change and, for the first time, is listing it among the […]
Atlas of the Green Economy
Greening La Francophonie: Atlas of the Green Economy Tjos breakthough atlas shows progress in countries of the Francophonie (including Canada). Canada does not show up well on some of the comparisons, While it is available in French only at this time, it is easy to follow the comparisons, particularly those shown in map form. The […]