Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Investments for energy efficient cement production in Quebec
The Government of Canada announced an investment of up to $17.5 million from the federal Low Carbon Economy Fund and $28.5 million from the Government…
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Call for Code challenge urges developers to create sustainable tech solutions
Call for Code Creator David Clark Cause, in partnership with founding partner IBM, United Nations Human Rights and the Linux Foundation, launched the 2022 Call for Code Global…
Coalition launches the Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign
On April 27 at Queen’s Park, a broad coalition of more than 125 groups from across Ontario, representing more than 475,000 people, launched the Ontario…
Earth Day Canada 2022 theme is “Remedy Together”
Earth Day Canada’s 2022 campaign, under the theme “Remedy together,” recognizes those who live with eco-anxiety, a mental health issue affecting Canadians concerned about the…
What’s the true cost of electric versus gas vehicles?
With the new reality of record high gas prices combined with the increasing awareness about the impacts of climate change, more Canadians are considering the…
Roadmap to recruit soil in combatting climate crisis
A new report calls on Canada to use the potential of soil to help combat the climate crisis. The report includes detailed, science-based soil- health…
Senate introduces bill to align financial and climate commitments
Senator Rosa Galvez recently introduced Bill S-243, the Climate-Aligned Finance Act, a piece of legislation to align the activities of federal financial institutions and federally-regulated entities…
Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network establishes seven centres
The Federation of Canadian Municipality (FCM) Green Municipal Fund announced a milestone for its Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network, shifting from start-up phase to…
Time to end fossil fuel era, advises UN’s IPCC
Governments, businesses, industry and financial institutions around the world must significantly increase efforts if the world is to avoid heating beyond 1.5 C over the…
Report on Canada’s commitments on climate and reconciliation
Climate change is front and centre in the hearts and minds of Canadians, coast-to-coast. In the crucial fight to save our planet, arguably, one of…
UN appoints Catherine McKenna chair of net-zero expert group
Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the world has seen an increasing number of net-zero commitments, in particular from the private and financial…
Canada Infrastructure Bank and Johnson Controls commit $125M to decarbonization retrofits
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Johnson Controls Inc. have signed an agreement that commits more than $125 million to accelerate private sector decarbonization retrofit…
Environment minister releases roadmap for $9B emissions reduction plan
Today the Government of Canada released a detailed, sector-by-sector roadmap for curbing emissions in the country by 40 per cent below 2005 levels by the…
Federal investments for sustainable initiatives in Quebec
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) recently announced a combined investment totaling more than $12.6 million through FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) to help reduce greenhouse…
Report on decarbonization commitments and strategies to attain net zero
A new white paper from global professional services company GHD North America points out that most of the world’s energy and industrial organizations used the…
Government of Canada issues inaugural $5B green bond
This week, the Government of Canada issued its inaugural 7.5-year, $5 billion green bond, which will play an important role in financing the federal government’s…
Strategy for seizing Canada’s opportunities in the green economy
The transition to a global net-zero, low-carbon economy is underway and Canada must build the industries that will position the country for success. Otherwise, it…
CUTRIC launches transit decarbonization committee
The Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) recently launched a unique national forum to create strategic pathways for utilities to support the deployment…
New research on actions that accelerate climate-driven floods
A study of more than 2,000 streams around North America found that those altered by human activity are at greater risk of flooding. The study,…
Researchers outline decarbonization scenarios to meet targets
In accordance with the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, the federal government must present, by the end of March, details of its plan to reduce…
IPCC report warns of climate inaction costs and calls for climate justice
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the second part of the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, the Working Group…
CEC’s first EJ4Climate grant recipients announced
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) recently selected the first Environmental Justice for Climate (EJ4Climate) grant recipients. The CEC’s EJ4Climate grant program supports nonprofit and…
New federal fund to reinvest proceeds from pollution pricing
The Government of Canada has launched the Output-Based Pricing System Proceeds Fund, a new program to support industrial initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…
WSP appoints new strategic advisory and innovation leader
As Vice President, Strategic Advisory and Innovation, Philippe Morais will serve as the WSP in Canada leader to help clients address their priorities in the…