New report highlights current progress, existing challenges and further opportunities for low-carbon development in Canadian cities A new research report, âLow Carbon Futures in Canada: The Role of Urban Climate Change Mitigationâ released today explores Canadian citiesâ commitments to urban GHG emissions reduction efforts and outlines concrete opportunities for further action, including shifting focus beyond […]
Our monthly newsletter on news and inspiration at the nexus of sustainability As you may have heard, we are heading to Paris in December for the COP 21 UN Climate Talks. If you will also be there, please get in touch. If you would like to subscribe to our negotiations live feed, click here and […]
A biweekly climate briefing for municipalities About this service Subscribe to this newsletter Contact the editor In this Issue #17 Another remarkable speech Pathways to Deep Decarbonization The climate justice movement prepares for Paris Game-changing act of diplomacy between US and China Momentum for Change: the best ideas Diplomats raise hopes for deal to […]
The United States and China Issue Joint Presidential Statement on Climate Change with New Domestic Policy Commitments and a Common Vision for an Ambitious Global Climate Agreement in Paris On the occasion of President Xiâs State Visit to Washington, D.C., the United States and China today marked another major milestone in their joint leadership in […]
“We believe that the time is ripe for Canadian communities to become leaders in the implementation of climate change adaptation and mitigation, sustainable technologies, infrastructure and building design, but this leadership is highly dependent on local, provincial and federal governments facilitating further innovation. Â We believe this can be achieved by advancing bold legislation, congruent […]
A biweekly climate briefing for municipalities About this service Subscribe to this newsletter Contact the editor In this Issue #16 How do we ensure cities are low carbon? Clean energy grows and grows in Canada Talk of the Cities Downtown is sought after for both living and working Are wealth indexes an accurate measurement […]
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In our first in a series of Associate Webinars, Lindsay Telfer, Associate of SSG and National Project Director of the Canadian Freshwater Alliance will share an engagement methodology she has developed to broaden and deepen freshwater engagement across Canada. When: 10th September 13:00 EST Here is the inspiring presentation by Lindsay that she walked us […]
Our monthly newsletter on news and inspiration at the nexus of sustainability This month we decided to run a review of where SSG is at and what we have learnt over the past six months from the diverse projects we have completed, and ones we have started. Extreme weather planning for farms, to greenhouse gas […]
