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How the United Nations’ Pact for the Future could help heal a fractured world

What We Need Bonny Ibhawoh -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com The problems of the world, including climate change, ongoing war, the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging...

The cooling technologies that could protect cities from dangerous heat

What We Need Shannon Hall -
Click here to view original web page at www.nature.com From super cool materials that send heat into space to shape-shifting ...

UN votes to adopt roadmap for global tax convention

What We Need Brenda Medina -
Click here to view original web page at www.icij.org The vote clears the way for U.N. member states negotiate a historic framework to tackle...

Our window of opportunity for climate action and protecting biodiversity

What We Need Idil Boran and Nathalie Pettorelli -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com The world is facing unparalleled changes in climatic conditions and drastic loss of biological diversity, putting...

How Canada can better adapt to extreme weather events

What We Need Sarah E. Sharma -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org The Trudeau government announced a national adaptation strategy in 2023, but...

Hydroelectric clean power project brings sweet sounds of silence to high Arctic

What We Need Changiz Varzi -
Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com Sarah-Lisa Kasudluak used to lie awake at night, distracted by the hum of her town’s diesel...

How collaboration from across Canada, and the world, is helping fight the Alberta wildfires

What We Need Eric B. Kennedy -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Hundreds of firefighters from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Africa are...

A ‘green new deal’ is Canada’s best hope of achieving a just carbon-zero transition

What We Need Richard Sandbrook -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com The idea of a “green new deal” has gained considerable ground in recent years. A modest...

The Education of Regenerative Agriculture – Creating and Future-Proofing a Sustainable Food Supply

What We Need Amos Vang -
Click here to view original web page at mahb.stanford.edu I am not going to sugarcoat it. Do we need to eat food? Yes. Do we need...

Why the climate movement is actually close to winning

What We Need Nick Engelfried -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. Editors Note: Link to the original for additional...

Making visible the invisible: Supporting long COVID patients and the people caring for them

What We Need Kaylee Byers, Julia Smith, Kayli Jamieson and Rackeb Tesfaye -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com We are living through a mass-disabling event: Over 200 million people worldwide have long COVID....

Ottawa has opportunity to create an effective energy retrofit program for low-income households

What We Need Abigail Jackson and Brendan Haley -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org The funds allocated to the new greener homes affordability program will only allow it to achieve...

Money for good: the rise of ethical finance in building community

What We Need Jonny Gordon-Farleigh -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Finance & the crisis It has been nearly two decades since a financial crisis unleashed an economic...

The rich say boosting the capital gains tax will hurt productivity, but it’s just not true. Time for some myth-busting

What We Need Jim Stanford -
Click here to view original web page at spon.ca Having to pay taxes on slightly more of their income has the well-heeled reaching for torches...

For the good of the country, rich Canadians need to pay higher taxes on passive income

What We Need Claire Trottier -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org (Version française disponible ici) A tiny slice of the Canadian population was touched by the recent capital...

Can the circular economy help the Caribbean win its war against waste?

What We Need Sandra Weiss -
Click here to view original web page at news.mongabay.com Key Findings: The Caribbean Basin is drowning in waste, especially plastic trash that’s contaminating rivers and the...

How Can Tackling Tax Avoidance Help Drive Sustainable Development Goals?

What We Need Thomas Beloe and Ahtesham Khan -
Click here to view original web page at www.ipsnews.net Tax revenue remains the most sustainable source of income for governments and plays a crucial role...

To make AI safe, governments must regulate data collection

What We Need Wendy H. Wong -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced a $2.4-billion investment in artificial intelligence. Part of the...

The Haida get their land back

What We Need Serena Renner -
Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and appears here as part of the Climate...

Europe has yet to achieve a genuine green industry deal

What We Need Sirpa Pietikäinen -
Click here to view original web page at www.euractiv.com   The EU has clearly set out its aims to lead the world on green growth. Yet...

A global legal precedent on climate change

What We Need Aoife Daly -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu Older Swiss women have set a global legal precedent for challenging their nation’s climate-change policy. The European...

As a child psychiatrist, I know it’s critical for kindergartens to embrace playful learning

What We Need Jean Clinton -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Think back to one of your fondest memories of play. Where were you, who were you...

Person-centred health care means ensuring that affected communities are leaders and partners in research

What We Need Janet Jull, Kimberly Fairman and Sandy Oliver -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Studies show that people often do not have opportunities to engage in health-related decision-making with their...

Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants

What We Need Christina Clark-Kazak -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com One year after the federal government closed Roxham Road, refugee claims in Canada continue to increase:...

Canada deporting highest level of migrants in a decade, despite promises to let more stay

What We Need Noushin Ziafati -
Click here to view original web page at breachmedia.ca Despite pledging a pathway to status for more migrants, Canada spent ...

A socio-ecological contract for a Europe in transition

What We Need Béla Galgóczi -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu The decarbonisation of Europe must be accelerated—which requires a new European social model. Last month, the European...

Building the democratic local economy

What We Need Andrew Curry -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org The magazine Stir to Action, and the project that sits behind it, has been one of...

The pathway to doubling public transit use by 2035

What We Need Cloe Logan -
Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com Taking the bus in Halifax for Douglas Wetmore often means long wait times, crowded routes and...

In Canada, a wealth tax could raise $400 billion over the next ten years

What We Need Max Fawcett -
Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com After the City of Edmonton and its taxpayers gave him hundreds of millions of dollars to...

UN Tax Convention: Is Historic Opportunity at Risk of Failing?

What We Need Matti Kohonen -
Click here to view original web page at www.ipsnews.net In late November, the UN General Assembly passed a landmark resolution signaling ...

Women’s economic empowerment is crucial to Canada’s strategies against gender-based violence

What We Need Michaela Mayer and Denna Berg -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org Victims of domestic violence often can’t afford to leave. Strategies need ...

Six ways to strengthen the circular economy

What We Need Ana Birliga Sutherland -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu Mutually-reinforcing measures, plus finance and labour, are needed to bend a linear economy into a circle. The...

The Eco-Civilization Framework

What We Need Jeremy Lent -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Originally published as part of the forum “What’s Next for the Global Movement” by the Great...

Lessons from Finland’s attempt to transition to a circular economy

What We Need Sean Mowbray -
Click here to view original web page at news.mongabay.com Eight years ago, Finland became the first country to adopt a national circular economy road...

Foundations for degrowth

What We Need Andrew Curry -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org There was an article in Nature from late 2022 on degrowth that got some sudden ...

How sleepy Quebec City became an economic tiger

What We Need Pierre Fortin and Mario Polèse -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org (Version française disponible ici) Strong social capital and astute local governance have made Quebec City the fastest-growing...
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