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We must resist the temptation to go for a weak 2035 target and use the public consultation process to think creatively about how the net-zero transition can be both transformational and fair for all.
While barriers still remain, the benefits of electrifying the transport sector are clear for both society and individual firms.
The temptation to justify critical minerals mining at all costs is a dangerous fallacy. The social and environmental impacts of poorly mined critical minerals are dire.
Human societies produce huge amounts of excess heat. Turning it into electricity could play a key role in achieving a net-zero society.
Australian passenger cars on average use 20% more fuel than passenger in the US – which has had efficiency standards in place since 1975.
The Sunnylands Statement has set a powerful signal for COP28, however, it also highlights that more must be done in Dubai to define what it means to achieve ‘net zero.’
Small modular reactors may hold the key to Canada’s net-zero energy future.
In this podcast, former Labor climate change minister Greg Combet joins The Conversation to discuss net-zero, and Australia's future as a "renewable energy superpower".
E-fuels are materials that reliably and efficiently store energy until we need to use it and can readily be moved from place to place. They could be a major player in Canada’s green transition.
This is probably a good thing for the government, because the transition to renewables isn’t going as well as it needs to
An unprecedented win for climate justice in Montana has the potential to send reverberations around the world, including here in Canada.
The power of storytelling to help inform our decisions is underappreciated and of vital importance in envisioning a better future, and the steps to take to get us there.
Regulating greenhouse gas emissions is an important part of Canada’s strategy to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. However, a newly published study illustrates why enforcing regulation is key.
New research suggests it will be next to impossible to limit global warming to safe levels without relying on technologies to directly remove carbon from the air.
Millions of dollars have gone into California’s forest carbon offset program – with little new carbon storage to show for it, a new study suggests.
Grattan Institute projections suggest that by 2060 a mere 600 people will remain employed in major Australian coal mines, down from 40,000 today.
Planting trees and preventing deforestation can store carbon in nature, but the effect may only be temporary. If we also eliminate emissions from fossil fuels, even this temporary effect is important.
Instead of asking about optimism, it’s time to ask what we as citizens are going to do about climate change.
Regulators, banks and policy-makers use stress tests to uncover weak points in how financial institutions operate and identify changes that will help buffer them from harm.
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Professor and Climate Scientist, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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Professor of Sustainable Operations Management, University of Zurich
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Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, KU Leuven
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Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Regina
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Professor of Political Science, McMaster University
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Directeur de l’Institut de l’énergie Trottier, Polytechnique Montréal et Professeur de physique, Université de Montréal
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Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia
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Affiliate Professor, Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
