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Canadian Banks Have an Outsized Impact on Global Fossil Fuel Financing We pledged to reduce emissions by 30 per cent by 2030, but will financial institutions undermine this goal? Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage. SHARES The Banking on a Better Future movement launched April 1. Photo by Joshua Best. When 18-year-old climate activist N...

Nick Richardson explores the issue Figures from the latest Kids Insights data shows that over half of UK kids aged three to 12 have “a lot” of influence over the toy purchases their parents make. In addition to this, UK kids spend a collective £709m of their own money on toys and games in 2020. However, children’s purchasing power has changed with growing interest in the environment. Sustainability is becoming a way of life for many consumers as more people are choosing to buy greener, ...

427 Views With greater purchasing power comes greater social responsibility… or words to that effect. Undeniable though, is the increasing demand and interest in sustainability and eco-consciousness among target audiences. Here, The Insights Family’s founder, Nick Richardson explores the issue Figures from the latest Kids Insights data shows that over half of UK kids aged three to 12 have “a lot” of influence over the toy purchases their parents make. In addition to this, UK kids spen...

The concept of missile defense, long mocked by mainstream journalists, was a big winner in the recent combat between Israel... The anti-Israel extremists also falsely accused me of “elevating white supremacy” for appearing on Dr. Sebastian Gorka’s pro-Israel radio show to champion pro-Israel and pro-Jewish causes. Gorka was the victim of an outrageous far left-wing calumny in which he was falsely accused of fascist connections. Those charges have been conclusively debunked by both the ZOA...

The Climate Resilient Health Systems Initiative under the Adaptation Action Coalition will be launched on May 6th, 9am CEST, as part of the 12th Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD XII).

Université dans la Nature founder Hubert Mansion and its chair Raymond Schadeck ask “why not stop this waste of money and resources and just reconnect to nature?” It has been more than 30 years now since we first started talking about climate change, the loss of biodiversity and the need to change our behaviors. Yes, more than 30 years! In 1992, a 12 year old girl, with the name of Severn Cullis-Suzuki, already silenced the world at the first Earth Summit in Rio with exactly the same messa...

Little America, The Social Dilemma, and Welcome to Chechnya. Television Academy Honors annually celebrates programs across numerous platforms and genres that elevate complex issues facing society. This years honorees used their talents to produce compelling programs, in both fictional and non-fictional works, to address racism, criminal justice, social justice, sexual assault, LGBTQ+ persecution, immigration and climate change. The remarkable storytelling of these honorees has energized, educ...

High hopes and hot air on climate change Good pledges, moral suasion and new impetus for accountabilty have yet to sway the recalcitrant.  World leaders during a climate change virtual summit from the East Room of the White House (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) Published 27 Apr 2021 10:00   0 Comments   Amid a very bad week for news about Covid-19, there was a long-awaited ray of hope ...

LeadIT is aimed at driving climate change in heavy and energy-intensive industries.The

LeadIT is aimed at driving climate change in heavy and energy-intensive industries.The