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Category Archives: Carbon Management
Climate Policy Engagement: Does Your Carbon Handprint Reduce or Increase Your Carbon Footprint?
We spend a lot of effort understanding and trying to reduce our carbon footprint. That’s great. But it’s also important to understand and optimize our carbon handprint, sometimes defined as the impact (positive or negative) we have on other’s carbon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Carbon Management, Climate Change, Systems Thinking, Uncategorized
Tagged climate change, Global Warming
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Beyond Compromise to Stretch Collaboration
In The Best Way to Combat Climate Change is Compromise, Chris Turner makes some great points that most thoughtful climate activists would agree with. Yes, it will take decades to make the transition to clean renewable energy. And no one … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, climate change, GHG emissions
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Can Canada Build New Pipelines and Meet Our Climate Targets?
Originally published by Environmental Defence This is a guest post by Kevin Brady and Duncan Noble, co-authors of The Climate Test: Aligning Energy Project Assessment with Climate Policy Kevin Brady is a sustainability consultant, author and educator. … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Management, Climate Change, Uncategorized
Tagged Canada, climate change, GHG emissions
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Want Change? Include People, Process and Tools
In my 30+ years of working in and with many organizations, I have seen many attempts to change the way people do things. Some are successful, some fail. Systems thinking can give us insights on how to make change initiatives … Continue reading
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Queen’s University Should Divest from Fossil Fuels
The Advisory Committee on Divestment of Fossil Fuels at Queen’s University asked for submissions concerning if the university should divest its pooled endowment fund and pooled investment fund from companies engaged in fossil fuel extraction and distribution. I offered the following … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Management, Climate Change, Systems Thinking
Tagged Canada, climate change
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New Report Downplays Climate Impact of Energy East: Assumes Oil by Rail Alternative
A new assessment of the climate impact of the proposed Energy East pipeline is significantly lower than the previous assessment, mainly because it assumes the oil would be extracted and shipped by rail if the pipeline is not built. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, climate change, GHG emissions
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Greenhouse Effect: CO2 Concentrations Set to Hit Record High of 400 PPM
When I was born, CO2 was 316 ppm. You work it out ;-). At this rate, we are set to blow right past 450 ppm and any hope of staying within 2C of warming in less than 20 years. Not … Continue reading
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Sometimes it’s not WHAT is said, it’s WHO is saying it. When large (OK, very large, perhaps ginormous) banks are saying this, perhaps Paul Gilding is right that Victory is in sight for the climate movement.
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10 Tips – How to Improve Your CDP Scores and Generate Business Value
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organization working to drive greenhouse gas emissions reduction and sustainable water use by business and cities. Responding to the CDP requires significant effort. Here are ten tips to help you … Continue reading
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