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Come for the heat pump, stay for the (climate justice) revolution? A bold bet on a new kind of advocacy-focused business model
“Issue-based organizing has been the primary model of the Left for the last 40 years…and issue-based organizations do not grow to scale,” says Peter Murray, founder of US-based organization Accelerate Change.
How a teen turned her passion for science into fighting climate change
Naila Moloo talks green technology, science communication and the vital importance of mentorship for youth
“Accelerated action” can harm more than it helps, development experts say
Five pieces of advice for thoughtful, inclusive, sustainable development
How Greta Thunberg helped one Quebec foundation get hooked on funding social movements
“It was inspiring. We felt invigorated…It reinforced the urgency of the climate crisis and reinforced the urgency to do more,” says Éric St-Pierre, executive director of the Trottier Family Foundation.
Foundations provide funding to address a hospital’s biggest long-term needs. Why aren’t they preparing for climate change?
While hospital foundations do fund research and initiatives that address health issues exacerbated by climate change, none appear to be launching campaigns aimed at climate change specifically.
Governments aren’t taking responsibility for climate change’s human health catastrophe. These changemakers are forcing them.
Two court cases, in Ontario and B.C., are trying to force Canada to better protect the health of its residents from climate change.
Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy is the first plan of its kind to prepare communities for climate disaster. Here are its blind spots.
The National Adaptation Strategy promises a ‘down payment’ of $1.6 billion to prepare Canada’s healthcare capacity, infrastructure, and communities for climate change.
“Giving crumbs of space and time isn’t enough”: young environmental leaders chime in on COP27
Canadian youth leaders share their major takeaways from COP27 — what worked, what didn’t, and what needs to change.
Should rich countries pay for climate-related health crises in Global South countries? Humanitarian organizations say yes – but it’s complicated
An international fund devoted to ‘loss and damages’ could compensate Global South countries for a multitude of climate costs, including health costs.
Come for the heat pump, stay for the (climate justice) revolution? A bold bet on a new kind of advocacy-focused business model
“Issue-based organizing has been the primary model of the Left for the last 40 years…and issue-based organizations do not grow to scale,” says Peter Murray, founder of US-based organization Accelerate Change.
How a teen turned her passion for science into fighting climate change
Naila Moloo talks green technology, science communication and the vital importance of mentorship for youth
“Accelerated action” can harm more than it helps, development experts say
Five pieces of advice for thoughtful, inclusive, sustainable development
How Greta Thunberg helped one Quebec foundation get hooked on funding social movements
“It was inspiring. We felt invigorated…It reinforced the urgency of the climate crisis and reinforced the urgency to do more,” says Éric St-Pierre, executive director of the Trottier Family Foundation.
Foundations provide funding to address a hospital’s biggest long-term needs. Why aren’t they preparing for climate change?
While hospital foundations do fund research and initiatives that address health issues exacerbated by climate change, none appear to be launching campaigns aimed at climate change specifically.
Governments aren’t taking responsibility for climate change’s human health catastrophe. These changemakers are forcing them.
Two court cases, in Ontario and B.C., are trying to force Canada to better protect the health of its residents from climate change.
Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy is the first plan of its kind to prepare communities for climate disaster. Here are its blind spots.
The National Adaptation Strategy promises a ‘down payment’ of $1.6 billion to prepare Canada’s healthcare capacity, infrastructure, and communities for climate change.
“Giving crumbs of space and time isn’t enough”: young environmental leaders chime in on COP27
Canadian youth leaders share their major takeaways from COP27 — what worked, what didn’t, and what needs to change.
Should rich countries pay for climate-related health crises in Global South countries? Humanitarian organizations say yes – but it’s complicated
An international fund devoted to ‘loss and damages’ could compensate Global South countries for a multitude of climate costs, including health costs.
