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Food
This California start-up raised $30 million to make plant protein from pond weeds

Plantible makes ingredients from the world’s most abundant protein, and venture capitalists want in on the action

Finance
Five ways that sustainable finance can deliver the future that Canadians want

OPINION | Leaders at this week’s Sustainable Finance Forum in Ottawa share their top strategies for achieving Canada’s most pressing goals

ClimateFall 2024
How to talk about climate change at a divided dinner table

We know family dinners can get heated during the holidays, so we illustrated some talking points to help you navigate arguments over climate change

Workplace
Green jobs are abundant. Green workers are not.

Global demand for green talent is growing nearly twice as fast as supply, and new projections show that half the jobs required by the economy in 2050 will lack qualified workers

Climate
New framework for CO2 offsets could create ‘cowboy carbon markets,’ critics warn

The carbon credit framework announced at COP29 could give a huge boost to the international carbon market, but some say it’s a set-up for further failures of the system

Energy
Unions have a plan to protect offshore wind from Trump

Donald Trump says he “hates wind,” but unions in New England have a plan to expand the offshore wind industry and create a local manufacturing base that supports it

Climate
Who are the top PR firms greenwashing Big Oil at COP29?

Meet the big public relations agencies helping the oil lobby promote sketchy climate solutions at the UN climate talks in Azerbaijan

Leadership
Earthshot Prize brings the glam to planet-saving solutions

At a star-studded gala in South Africa, this year’s winners of Prince William’s Earthshot Prize were a mix of scrappy grassroots groups, start-ups and multinational deal-makers

Resources
Responsible funds methodology

How we determine the top responsible funds

Climate
Could the UN’s new carbon trading system give a needed boost to the green shift?

OPINION | Among the milestones at COP29, the global framework for carbon credit trading will help accelerate the energy transition and help developing countries fund their own energy transitions

Leadership
2024 will be the hottest on record. Here’s how cities are becoming more climate resilient

As a wave of warm weather breaks November heat records across Canada and around the world, we look at some of the ways that urban designers are fending off extreme heat in cities

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