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There is an urgent need for solutions to climate change, as temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns that immediate action is needed to limit global warming. One effective way to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss is through the protection of natural areas, ...
November 18, 2021–Jenna Cardoso
Climate Change•Ecology•Ontario Nature•Stewardship and restoration
Catchacoma Lake © David Allan Barker CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
On November 2nd at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP26), over 100 world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Nature-based climate solutions, such as protecting and restoring forests, are premised on working with nature to meet our climate and biodiversity targets. Old growth forests ...
October 14, 2021–Jenna Cardoso
Climate Change•Environmental Education•Ontario Nature•Reduce Your Footprint•Stewardship and restoration
Waterspouts, Lake Erie © Mark K CC BY-SA 2.0
This blog is the second in our a series about nature-based solutions to climate change. Canada is warming twice as fast as the global rate, causing profound changes to our climate, health and biodiversity. Climate change is imperiling water, food, biodiversity and the natural systems that we rely on. Part I: Diving into Natural Climate Solutions I ...
Medway Valley, London, Ontario © Denis Giles CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Climate change poses a serious challenge to human society. The root cause is human actions. The global carbon balance has been shifted through the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels, and removing natural ecosystems through urbanization and expansion of agricultural lands. While significant reductions of carbon emissions are essential to avoiding the most damaging effects ...
February 6th, 2020 Dear Member of Parliament, Last year, Canada brought in a national carbon price, to make sure polluters have to pay for harming our climate. This includes a special system for big industrial polluters, who create a massive amount of Canada’s emissions. But now Premier Ford wants to give Ontario’s big polluters a ...
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