Archive for July 2019

Climate Related Excerpts from the July 30th CNN Democratic Presidential Debate

July 31, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Here are climate related excerpts from the first Democratic presidential debate that took place in Detroit, Michigan on July 30, 2019. The 20 Democratic presidential candidates were randomly divided into two groups of ten, these excerpts are extracted from the debate between the first ten, the second...

The Obsession with Fossil Fuels is a Canadian Disease

July 30, 2019 Add Comment Edit

While the ecological impacts of Canada's fossil fuel industry are well documented the possible adverse economic impacts associated with natural resource booms have received little attention. Despite popular perceptions there are reasons to believe that Canada's long history as a resource exporter to...

Webinar: The Power of Effective Communication in Environmental Consultancy

July 29, 2019 Add Comment Edit

This training webinar will take place on 29 August 2019 at 13:00 BST. Virginia Cinquemani will discuss key components of successful communication.Excellent two-way communication is the starting point for any successful business endeavour. Building a relationship based on trust and clarity with your...

Environmental Law Toolkit Webinar: Common Law Tools for Protecting the Environment

July 28, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The Environmental Law Toolkit Webinar Series presents Richard Lindgren of CELA on Common Law Tools for Protecting the Environment. This webinar will take place online on Tuesday July 30, 2019 at 1:00pm EDT. For those who cannot make it a recording of the webinar will be made available to all those...

July 27, 2019 Add Comment Edit

When the coldest place on Earth is regularly breaking heat records it may be time to concede that the end may indeed be nigh. The world is heating up but nowhere is this warming trend more pronounced than in the Arctic. The Arctic is getting hotter three times as fast as the rest of the world. This...

Alaska is Warming Faster than the Rest of the U.S.

July 26, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Record breaking heat is plaguing Alaska. According to NOAA the winter of 2019 in Alaska was the third-warmest on record. This spring there were unseasonably warm temperatures in the frontier state. March temperatures averaged 11° Celsius (C) above normal. On March 30, the Alaskan Arctic recorded temperatures...

July 25, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Heatwaves are increasingly common and increasingly intense and long lasting in the U.S. June was hot in the U.S. and so was July. The month of July started with a heatwave that enveloped almost half the country and just past the middle of the same month another heatwave saw even hotter temperatures....

Where Does Boris Johnson Stand on Climate Change?

July 24, 2019 Add Comment Edit

New UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been compared to Donald Trump because of his climate denial, racism and penchant for lying. The two men also share similar stances on immigration and a common disdain for journalists. Johnson is a conservative who is best known for his populist antics. His support...

How Global Warming has Increased Precipitation in the U.S.

July 23, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The period from January to May of this year was the wettest 12 months period on record in the United States. This is part of a wider trend which has seen substantial increases in rainfall in the eastern part of the country. Climate Central reports that rainfall in the Eastern US is now between 29 and...

The Deadly Collusion of Heat and Poverty

July 22, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The combination of heat and poverty threatens the lives of millions of people in countries like India, China, Nepal, Zimbabwe. If we do not substantially reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, it will get much worse for everyone but a warmer planet will be particularly brutal for the world's...

Event - Ivey Sustainability Research Conference 2019

July 21, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The Centre for Building Sustainable Value Ivey Sustainability Research Conference 2019 will take place on December 5th 1:00 PM - December 6th 5:00 PM at the Ivey Business School, London, Ontario. The purpose of the Ivey Sustainability Conference is to create an inclusive community of scholars who are...

Asia is Heating Up and the South May Soon be Uninhabitable

July 20, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Asia is one of the world's hottest continents and it is also the most populated continent in the world with 60 percent of the total population of the Earth. Like many other places around the world many of the 50 countries in Asia are suffering from heatwaves in 2019. In the period between April and...

July 19, 2019 Add Comment Edit

One of India's longest and most intense heatwaves has killed at least one hundred people and on July 17th at least 100 more died due to monsoon flooding and mudslides. The pre-monsoon heatwave lasted for more than a month and it was compounded by severe drought that has caused major water shortages....

July 18, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The climate crisis is here and its hot. If you think things are bad today they will get a lot worse if we continue with business as usual. Heatwaves are being amplified by a rise in global temperatures. They are already becoming more frequent and severe and they will only get worse if we fail to act....

July 17, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The recent heatwave in Europe included the hottest day ever in France. The new hottest single day temperature in France is now 45.9C (114.6F). Germany, Poland and Czech Republic also set records at the end of June. Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Italy also experienced heat waves. Europe's intense...

Record Breaking Heat in the Great White North

July 16, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Image credit: The Weather ChannelWe have seen heat records broken across Canada in the first half of 2019. Extreme heat has been present from the west coast to the east coast and the far north. The start of spring 2019 smashed 79 Canadian heat records including an all time record for Yoho Lake in the...

July 15, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Our oceans provide two-thirds of the planet's atmospheric oxygen, absorb more than 90 percent of the Earth's excess heat energy and more than a quarter of the globe's anthropogenic carbon emissions. Warmer and more acidic oceans are decimating marine ecosystems, killing coral, kelp, shellfish starfish...

Event - Clean Cities Renewable Energy Procurement

July 14, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Clean Cities Renewable Energy Procurement will take place on July 24-25, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. This event answers the question, what does it take for cities to buy their own renewable energy? It will showcase the stories of pioneering cities who are developing and executing a successful game plan...

Faith Leaders Called to Confront Climate Denial by Telling the Truth

July 13, 2019 Add Comment Edit

On June 9th, the World Council of Churches issued a Pentecost message that reads as follows: "To prophesy is to tell the truth". Religious leaders have declared a climate emergencies and others are engaged in acts meant to raise awareness. Barbara Glasson, President of the Methodist Conference, walked...

More Hot Data Contributes to Existential Concerns

July 12, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The heat records being set around the globe foreshadow a world where new record setting high temperatures are commonplace. According to the EU‘s satellite agency, last month was the hottest June ever recorded. Europe has been suffering through excruciating heat waves and countries including France...

Companies in the UN Global Compact Outperform their Peers in Sustainability Assessments

July 11, 2019 Add Comment Edit

A report released earlier this year found that companies committed to the UN Global Compact perform better across their supply chains than those who have not made such a commitment. Sustainability performance assessment themes included environment, labor and human rights, business ethics and sustainable...