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 […]
Tapping into what matters: Relational Values and Policy mixes for sustainability
CACOR cordially invites you to a Presentation and Round Table Debate About the session This is a presentation given by Professor Kai Chan and a workshop session run by the Values Committee. Kai Chan is a professor at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. Kai is an interdisciplinary, […]
CAN CITIZENS BE CLIENTS?
By Nicole Morgan, CACOR member. As my title suggests, I have some doubts about a current doctrinal theme, which governments in desperate financial straits are applying in the hope of pulling themselves back from incipient chaos. The notion that citizens be regarded and treated as clients or customers of government agencies may not be a panacea. […]
My job is to clean up the environment
James Thornton’s specialty is suing governments and corporations on behalf of his only client – the Earth – and he’s very good at it. In his four decades of legal practice across three continents, he’s never lost a case. Acknowledging this in 2009 the New Statesman named him one of the ten people likely to change the […]
California’s Clean-Energy Leadership Continues
Not only do renewables create clean-economy benefits, so does renewable integration. In some ways, how we bring these resources onto the grid is as important as the resources themselves. A thoughtful approach to incorporating increasing levels of renewables includes establishing a strong, diverse portfolio of clean energy resources. Each solution has environmental and economic benefits, […]
