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Vancouver environmentalist wins $3M Climate Breakthrough Award Nicole Rycroft's track record when it comes to protecting forests and fighting climate change includes a successful campaign to green all the copies of the last book in the Harry Potter series. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 03, 2021 6:30 PM PT | Last Updated: February 4 Vancouver's Nicole Rycroft is the recipient of the $3 million Climate Breakthrough Award.(Climate Breakthrough Project/Canopy)

Rycroft plans to use her Climate Breakthrough award to catalyse investment in creating low-carbon, commercially viable fibre alternatives that will rapidly shift paper, packaging, and clothing production away from high carbon forests Nicole Rycroft, founder and executive director of Canada-based environmental non-profit Canopy, is to receive a US$3m grant after being named as one of the two recipients of this year's Climate Breakthrough Award. The accolade is given to extraordinary climate strategists to develop and implement bold new strategies to confront and mitigate the growing climate...

Article content SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mohamed Adow, Director of Power Shift Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, and Nicole Rycroft, Executive Director of Canopy in Vancouver, Canada, are the newest recipients of the Climate Breakthrough Award. The award is given to extraordinary strategists to afford them the time, space, and resources to develop and implement bold new strategies to confront and mitigate the growing climate crisis. Over the next three years, the awardees will each receive a US$3 million dollar grant and tailored support from the Climate Breakthrough Project...