Thursday, March 20, 2025
Why has wind energy policy changed direction in Ontario?
Recently the Ontario government announced that it would procure an additional 5,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy by 2034. Although the specifics of the bidding…
Andreia Portinha Saraiva
NextGen Perspectives: Youth legal action over Ontario government’s climate targets
Can Canadian youth push federal and provincial governments to take action against climate change? Young people across the world have been fighting to secure a…
NextGen Perspectives: Cities in the future will be sustainable
“Globally, buildings account for more than 33% of total energy consumption. But the construction sector receives less attention and action when it comes to sustainability,”…
Scientific findings on nuclear waste management and metals provide sustainable solutions
No more nuclear waste and metals healing themselves? These are the findings of two studies published in July. Sounds unbelievable? These two scientific breakthroughs might…
NextGen Perspectives: Sustainable forestry or greenwashing?
One of the largest forest certification programs in North America is under investigation for greenwashing forest products. Ecojustice, an environmental law charity, first filed a…
NextGen Perspectives: Contemplating the controversy of deep-seabed mining
As the first part of the 28th annual session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) ends, debates about deep-seabed mining have raised a lot of…
NextGen Perspectives: Finding hope in the IPCC’s synthesis report
Like many people in Generation Z (born 1997 to 2013), climate change is a big topic in my day-to-day life. It is a matter of…
Next gen perspective on biodiversity leadership at COP15
As COP15 on Biological Diversity comes to an end, various decisions have been made in Montreal by world leaders to preserve nature and stop its…