Canada should ban bee-killing neonics in 2018!

Neonicotinoid insecticides harm honeybees and many other species. They are a major, worldwide threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. Send a letter to Canadian decision-makers asking them to ban all neonics now!

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Fisheries and aquaculture

The fishing industry has the largest ecological interaction with Canada’s oceans and lakes, so it’s important to ensure it is sustainable.

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Methane pollution

Cutting methane emissions is one of the cheapest, easiest and most effective things that governments can do right now to tackle climate change.

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Orca and salmon

Two of British Columbia’s most iconic species, chinook salmon and southern resident killer whales, are in trouble.

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Fisheries and aquaculture

Methane pollution

Orca and salmon

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02 Experts

Our work is driven by dozens of experts from across the disciplines of science, policy, communications and public engagement.

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Jeffery Young October 10, 2018

A little ambition can have a major impact in cutting B.C.’s methane pollution

Yannick Beaudoin October 9, 2018

What is economic success? Imagining a Canada beyond growth

Michelle Molnar July 16, 2018

Natural asset management is proving its value in the field

03 Stories

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November 8, 2018
Human behaviour is at the root of orca plight

Humans are the main threat to wildlife. We must take responsibility and change our destructive ways. If we want orcas and other species to survive, we should look in the mirror and change our own behaviour.

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November 1, 2018
Economists’ Nobel puts spotlight on climate solutions

The award is not without controversy, but it’s refreshing to see a major economics prize recognizing work on climate change and policies that will enable the transition to an economy powered by zero-carbon energy sources.

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October 25, 2018
Are governments giving up on global warming?

Politicians have decided short-term economic gain and positive election prospects are more important than ensuring that we and our children and grandchildren will have a viable future.

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October 18, 2018
Will the world act on climate change before it’s too late?

The IPCC special report, prepared by 91 researchers from 40 countries and based on more than 6,000 scientific resources, is clear: “Limiting global warming to 1.5ºC would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.”

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Community and culture

September 25, 2018

Faces of the new energy economy

Community and culture

August 28, 2018

Turning Toronto Zoo poo into power

People just like you are stewarding zero waste meals from seed to table