Tag: climate change
Report on Climate Change Impacts to Financial Risk Assessment
A new report from the UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) working group, a collaboration among sixteen international financial institutions, proposes a methodology to...
Ontario NDP Promises New Water Strategy
Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath unveiled her party's election platform, Safer Province, Healthier Environment, last week which included a promise to develop a provincial water strategy.
"Andrea Horwath...
Five Lessons Cities Can Learn From Cape Town
Postponing Day Zero in Cape Town for 2018 comes as no surprise. There was no sense to it once the day had been pushed into...
Water Risk Helps Define Climate Change-Related Financial Disclosure
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published CSA Staff Notice 51-354 Report on Climate change-related Disclosure Project. The report summarizes the findings of the CSA’s previously...
Columbia Basin Trust Funds Climate Action Projects in B.C.
Columbia Basin Trust has announced support for 12 climate action projects with over $540,000 through the first year of its three-year Climate Action Program. A number...
National Grant to Help Municipalities with Climate Change Staffing Gaps
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced new funding to help municipalities close staffing gaps and support those...
Auditors General: Canada Is Not on Track to Meet 2020 Climate...
A collaborative report from Canada’s federal and (most) provincial auditors general was presented to the House of Commons yesterday. The report indicates that Canada...
Imperial Oil Pressured to Disclose Water Risks
Imperial Oil is under pressure to disclose its water-related risks to shareholders, yet the company maintains that it is already doing enough to be...
Toronto Region Watersheds Holding Steady Amidst Mounting Pressures
Stormwater runoff and climate change continue to put a strain on the watersheds of the Toronto region, according to the Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA).
These are the...
Pacific Coast Collaborative Marks Tens Years of Joint Action
For the 10th anniversary of the Pacific Coast Collaborative (PCC), west-coast leaders from the U.S. and Canada met to pledge joint action on critical...
