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Climate-forward corporations the world over are raising their voices against trade groups that undermine climate policy. So far, corporate Canada is holding its tongue.

Finance | Summer 2024

Clean energy stocks are making a comeback

Eugene Ellmen

It’s been a rough few years for the sector, but expectations of lower interest rates and long-term demand for renewable energy is helping turn things around

Food | Summer 2024

The World Bank cooks up a recipe for a climate-friendly food system: Cut red meat subsidies

Alex Robinson

A new paper lays out a roadmap for how the world can reduce emissions from food partly by redirecting the subsidies given to the meat and dairy industries

Finance | Summer 2024

Bank financing for fossil fuels dips second year in a row

Eugene Ellmen

The world's big banks still financed $705B in fossil fuel projects in 2023, with gas companies that operate terminals and pipelines overtaking oil and gas producers as the biggest borrowers

Climate | Summer 2024

He floated banning fossil fuel ads in Canada. Then came the threats.

Natalie Alcoba

MP Charlie Angus says his proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Act is designed to take on "the lies" of oil and gas, in much the same way parliament zeroed in on Big Tobacco decades ago

Buildings | Summer 2024

Despite backlash, bans on gas use in new buildings keep spreading

Alex Robinson

The natural gas industry has been emboldened by a string of victories, but gas bans keep evolving throughout North America

Circular Economy | Summer 2024

Can a global plastics treaty be reached after talks languish in Ottawa?

Alex Robinson

Environmental groups blast the lack of progress made at INC-4, which 196 petrochemical industry lobbyists attended

Climate | Summer 2024

Canada isn’t taking the escalating environmental impact of AI seriously

John Lorinc

The US is considering stringent data centre rules to keep AI's impact on water, land and carbon in check. But the recent Liberal budget was silent on the environmental elephant in the room.

Finance | Spring 2024

Is swapping debt to protect nature the key to solving Africa's climate woes?

Shilpa Tiwari

For some nations, the suffocating burden of debt gets in the way of climate adaptation. Converting a portion of that debt into funds dedicated to climate action could be transformative.

Sustainable Economy Intelligence

The world’s most sustainable MBA programs are producing a generation of changemakers

These 30 under 30 are leading a green youthquake

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The backroom battle for Canada’s climate future

Clean energy stocks are making a comeback

The World Bank cooks up a recipe for a climate-friendly food system: Cut red meat subsidies

Bank financing for fossil fuels dips second year in a row

He floated banning fossil fuel ads in Canada. Then came the threats.

Despite backlash, bans on gas use in new buildings keep spreading

Can a global plastics treaty be reached after talks languish in Ottawa?

Canada isn’t taking the escalating environmental impact of AI seriously

Is swapping debt to protect nature the key to solving Africa's climate woes?

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