Land-use planning is climate planning
Land-use bylaws are one of the easiest mechanisms for municipalities to achieve low-carbon outcomes.
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Entries by Jeremy Murphy
How do you convince your CFO or the City Council that your triple bottom line proposal will benefit the environment, society and the economy?
Key financial tools in sustainable community development and how to use them How do you convince your Chief Financial Officer or the City Council that your triple bottom line proposal will benefit the environment, society and the economy? Mark Pezarro shares several tools and techniques to make a persuasive argument for sustainability in financial terms. This webinar focuses […]
Post COP21 Next Steps
Following the commitment of world leaders to an aspirational limit in global temperature of 1.5 degree increase at the December 2015 COP 21 negotiations (UNFCCC, 2015), it is clear that we need to dramatically change our current development paths if we are to achieve this objective. What are the next steps for Canadian governments if […]
How does SSG help cities evaluate and implement decarbonisation paths?
This year, SSG released an integrated energy, emissions and finance model, CityInSight, designed specifically to support cities in identifying and implementing low carbon or decarbonisation pathways. As part of our series of webinars on this model, here the fourth in the series here. Hosted by Yuill Herbert from SSG and Marcus Williams from whatif Technologies, […]
What is SSG?
In conversations with new recruits, with potential clients, partners, press, we are often met with confused faces puzzled by our inability to limit SSG and our potential to one area of work, one sector, one job. In a description for UBC from a couple of years ago, Director Yuill Herbert charts our trajectory, why and how we do […]
Communiqué of Canada’s First Ministers
From the Prime Minister’s Web Site (http://pm.gc.ca/) Canada’s First Ministers today issued a joint communiqué following the First Ministers’ Meeting and released a declaration on clean growth and climate change: “In the spirit of cooperation and collaboration, we met today to discuss the economy and actions to address climate change and agreed on immediate work […]
SSG February Newswire
Our monthly newsletter on news and inspiration at the nexus of sustainability [Recently completed] FCM Guidebook for Brownfield Strategies makes top 5 resource for municipalities The Brownfields Strategy Guidebook has been selected by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities as one of their top five resources for municipalities in 2016. The guidebook is to inspire municipalities with […]
A carbon budget for Canada
A collaborative framework for federal and provincial climate leadership Last month, we recommended the analysis of carbon budgets coming out of Simon Fraser University. West Coast Environmental Law practice, an organisation we equally admire and support, also bring their analyses to the table. Again, with the carbon budget for Canada, they propose ideas on how […]
We’re recruiting!
SSG is looking for two inspiring additions to our team as we expand and require additional support. Finance Coordinator and Administrator: 3 days a week* to start on Thursday 10th March 2016 Communications Specialist: 5 days a month to start Monday 14th March 2016 *Candidates in Ottawa interested in a full-time position should specify this in […]
How can environmental practitioners deepen engagement practices to create long-lasting change?
Our next Associate webinar is an exciting and fascinating offering, a voice and perception often absent in the climate change discourse. Please tune in to hear Olive share her brilliant work, and if you can’t make it, you can listen to it online from our webinars page. (Please note this session was rescheduled after last […]
