Businesess and Employees Supporting the Climate Strikes

Thousands of companies joined millions people in the recent student led climate strikes on September 20 and 27. These strikes are an urgent call for governments to act on climate change. Some companies gave their employees paid time off to participate in the strike while others closed their doors.

Well known corporate brands like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, Burton, and Lush Cosmetics shut down both their manufacturing and their bricks and mortar retail outlets. They also encouraged their employees and customers to attend the strikes.

On September 20th more than 7,000 businesses and websites participated in a digital climate strike including some of the world's largest companies. Tumblr, WordPress, Imgur, Kickstarter, BitTorrent, Tor, BoingBoing, Greenpeace, Change.org, among many others spread the word on social media, donated ad space or put banners supporting the strikes on their sites. Seventh Generation donated its commercial airtime for the week to youth climate strikers.

The employees at tech companies like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Atlassian, Cobot, Ecosia, Twitter and Amazon also participated in the strikes. Amazon employees sent a letter to their boss and the board of directors telling them to adopt a climate plan. Thousands of Google employees signed a pledge calling for their employer to support climate action. They also called out their employer for supporting members of Congress who vote against climate action. Many employees want to see the firms they work for achieve zero emissions by 2030, eliminate contracts for fossil fuel companies and eradicate funding for climate deniers.

On September 20 more almost 4,500 climate strikes were held in 132 countries. There were 800 events in the U.S. including a massive march in New York City ahead of the U.N.'s Climate Action Summit. Canada was at the forefront of climate mobilization on September 27th. In Montreal 500,000 people participated in the strike making it the largest single climate march in history. A total of almost a million Canadians took part in some form of action on this day. 

Canadian businesses like the National Bank encouraged its 2,100 employees to take part in the strikes and companies like Mountain Co-op and Lush Cosmetics closed their doors across the country. Small businesses also participated in the protest. Even companies in some of Canada's smaller cities took part. In Moncton this included Calactus, La Station, Branch Graphic Design, SDV Vintage and Cafe C’est La Vie.

As quoted in Huddle, Marc Theriault, the owner of the vegetarian restaurant Calactus explained:

"Maybe some businesses, their purpose is to impact climate change…but it’s also very possible that businesses realize that climate action on their part means more customer loyalty from their customer base…Frankly, I don’t care where the decision comes from if the effect is the same," he said. "I’d like to encourage people to come to the march. Make the necessary change."

Symbiose, an environmental and social justice organization at the University of Moncton and their president Antoine Zboralski said the involvement of business is important to the cause.

"It’s really crucial because we try to engage everybody in our society to get involved in the climate emergency to get people to think about this really important matter," he said. "If we get the businesses on board, then we can get the city and politicians on board. When you have the businesses, you can say, ‘look, everybody want to change, not only environmentalist’...It’s really a global approach that we need to have collectively. People can do small things alone but it’s really a collective approach that’s required to change the way we do things in the hope that we can limit the effects of climate change," Zboralski said. 

American companies like Patagonia and Ben & Jerry's have assumed a leadership role. They are at the forefront of corporate efforts in support of the climate strikes.

"We recognize that climate change is an existential threat to our planet and all its inhabitants, and therefore we are proud standing with the youth-led movement demanding bold action in response to the climate emergency," a spokesperson for Ben & Jerry's said.

No company has show more sustained leadership than Patagonia. This company has sustainability woven into its DNA.

"For decades, many corporations have single-mindedly pursued profits at the expense of everything else—employees, communities and the air, land and water we all share," Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario wrote in a blog post explaining why the company plans to close for business during the strike. “Now we face a dangerously hot and fast-changing climate that is exacerbating natural disasters, causing food and water shortages, and speeding us toward the biggest economic catastrophe in history. The plain truth is that capitalism needs to evolve if humanity is going to survive."

Badger Balm closed for the day and gave its workers paid time off to demonstrate or volunteer. The company also donated 5 percent of online sales from September 16 to 27 to AmazonWatch.org to aid in preserving the Amazon. SodaStream, the seltzer maker owned by PepsiCo, closed its headquarters and its e-commerce activity on September 20th.

Several hundred other businesses supported the strike by giving workers time off, closing corporate offices or otherwise drawing attention to the strike. Here’s a list from Fast Company of the businesses that participated in the September 20th strike in some way:

3P Partners
450 Architects
A Better World
A-Ray
A.K. A Coach and Company
Aegis Renewable Energy
AGL Media Group
Allbirds
Alston C Lundgren, MD, PC
Alter Eco
American Sustainable Business Council
Amicus Solar Cooperative
Appropriate Technology Group
Arcadia Power
Aspen Leaf Wealth Management
At The Epicenter
Atlassian
Attention To Details
Bandidas Taqueria
Bee’s Wrap
Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc.
Bensonwood
Bikmo
Bird + Stone
BitTorrent
Blackledge Furniture
Blue Earth Planning, Engineering & Design
Blueland
BrandGeek
Brattleboro Savings & Loan
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
Buckminster Fuller Institute
Burton
Carbon Analytics
Center for Partnership Studies
Chelsea Green Publishing
Chroma Technology Corp.
Circularity Edge
City of Las Cruces
CleanChoice Energy
Clean Yield Asset Management
ClearTech
Clif Bar & Company
Climate Changers
Collaborative Solutions
Contentful
Cooperative Economic Alliance of New York City
Cora
Coyuchi
Creator
Credo
CVOEO
Danforth Pewter
David Brothers Landscape Services
Detour
Doberman
Dock to Dish
Dr. Bronner’s
EcoPlum
EDB Organization
Eikosphere
Eileen Fisher
Emerson Gardening Services
Encore Renewable Energy
Environmental & Public Health Consulting
Etsy
Ever Better, PBC
Evolution Marketing
ExactSolar
Fairware
First WORLD
FlixBus
Florida for Good
Folia Water
Good for Business
Good-Loop
Grassroots Solar, Inc
Greenvest
Groennfell Meadery
Ground Floor Partners
Group14 Engineering, PBC
Grove Collaborative
HELM Construction Solutions
HigherRing
Ideaction Corps
Image Relay
Imgur
Indigo Agriculture
Intex Solutions
Intrepid Travel
Jim Schulman Architect
Johnnie Brook Creative
Keap
Kickstarter
Legacy Vacation Resorts
Lemonade
Lush
M&E Engineers
Mamava
Manale Realty
Marin Sunshine Realty
Matouk
Medicine Buddha Coaching
MegaFood
Mercury Press International
Mightybytes
Modern Species
Montgomery & Granai PC
Mountain Sports
Namasté Solar
Nature’s Path Foods
New Chapter
NewGen Surgical
New Jersey Sustainable Business Council
North American Climate, Conservation and Environment
Ohio Sustainable Business Council
One Green Planet LLC
Opening Ceremony
Opinionated
Our Natural Homes
Outdoor Voices
Package Free
Partnership Studies
Patagonia
Paul Millman
Pipe Organs/Golden Ponds Farm
Pingala Cafe
Population Media Center
Pips
Principia
Real Pickles
Responsible Leader Group, LLC
ReVenture
REY architecture + interiors
Salt Palm Development
Schmidt’s
Scream Agency
SerendipiTea
Seventh Generation
Shifting Patterns Consulting
Sir Kensington’s
Small Wonder Communications
Socrates Dog Walking
SodaStream
Solberg Manufacturing, Inc.
Southern Energy Management
Speakable
Specialized
Spector and Associates
Sterling College
Sticky Paws Meadery
Stone’s Throw Strategies
Stonyfield
Stuffst
SunCommon
Sunsprout Farms of Central Ohio LLC
Sustain
Sustainable Heating Outreach & Education, Inc.
Swap Society
Teatulia Organic Teas
Telecom for Charity
The Alchemist
The Culture Company
The Green Engineer, Inc.
TheHumbleBrag
The Jia Group
The John Leary Organization
The North Face
Think Tanky Consulting
Thinx
Third Sun Solar
Tim’s Naturals
Toast Ale
Transformative Wealth Management
Tumblr
Wanderlust
Vegan Flag
Verity Platforms
West Hill Shop
Wieden+Kennedy London
Wiltse Kitchen
Wisconsin Green Growth
WOBProject
WordPress
World Centric
WS Badger Company
Wurst Biergarten

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Event - Conference on Ecology, Ecosystems and Coastal Management

The 4th International Conference on Coastal Ecosystem and Management during October 23-24, 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany. The theme of this year's event is Scientific Insights towards Ecological Restoration. This conference covers the latest information and includes keynote Speakers, presentations, exhibition, lectures, symposia, and workshops that will help take your research to the next level.

At the Ecology and Ecosystem 2019 Conference global academic leaders will share their research including in the fields of microbial ecology, nutrient transformation, energy & environment, climate change, environmental toxicology, and genetics. It will also address the latest advances in computational approaches in the field of soil management and research on ecosystem sustainability as well as many other topics.

The meeting will be relatively small with a maximum of around 200 participants, allowing ample time for discussions, interactions and networking.

Audience

• Academies Researchers
• Industries
• Students
• Ecologists
• Meteorologist
• Marine biologist
• Oceanographer
• Environmental researchers
• Business entrepreneurs
• Training institutes
• Microbiologists
• Chemical/Biological engineers
• Biochemistry researchers
• Environmental engineers
• Waste management associations
• Non – Governmental organizations

Track/Sessions

• Track 1: Sustainability, Ecosystems, and Environment
• Track 2: Ecology and Natural Resource Management
• Track 3: Biodiversity
• Track 4: Climate and Carbon Exchange
• Track 5: Restoration Ecology
• Track 6: Conservation and Management
• Track 7: Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology
• Track 8: Marine Ecosystems and Conservation
• Track 9: Watershed Ecology
• Track 10: Community and Ecosystem Dynamics
• Track 11: Behavioral Ecology
• Track 12: Climate and Global Changes
• Track 13: Ecological Economics
• Track 14: Human Ecology and Environmental Psychology
• Track: 15: Evolutionary Systems Biology
• Track 16: Ecosystem Ecology
• Track 17: Community Ecology and Population Biology
• Track 18: Ecological Design and Ecological Engineering

For more information contact: ecologyecosystems@eventsupporting.org
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Event - Conference on Pollution Control & Sustainable Environment

The 7th International Conference on Pollution Control & Sustainable Environment will take place on March 02-03, 2020 in Rome, Italy. The theme is Accelerating Innovations for Environmental Sustainability. One of the greatest problems that the world is facing today is that of environmental pollution, increasing with every passing year and causing grave and irreparable damage to the earth. Environmental pollution consists of five basic types of pollution, namely, air, water, soil, noise and light. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), released from refrigerators, air-conditioners, deodorants and insect repellents cause severe damage to the Earth’s environment. This gas has slowly damaged the atmosphere and depleted the ozone layer leading to global warming.

In short, environmental pollution, almost exclusively created by human activities, has a negative effect on the ecosystem, destroying crucial layers of it and causing an even more negative effect on the upper layers.

Click here for the brochure.
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Event - Waste Recycling Congress 2019

The 10th World Convention on Recycling and Waste Management will take place October 21-22, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The theme is Reduce and Recycle Waste for Sustainable Waste Management.

This event provides a global platform to share thoughts on recent advances and technological breakthroughs in the recycling and waste management. This Congress includes networking, B2B Meetings and opportunities for collaborations in related fields.

Target audiences include Research Scientists, Recycling Associations, Recycling Industries, Recycling Researchers, Business Entrepreneurs, Environmental Academia’s, Ecologists, Green Energy Training Institutes, Chemical Engineers, Environmental Engineers, Waste Management Associations, Professors, Students, and Researchers.

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Student Strike on September 27th is the Largest Climate Mobilization in History

The climate march on Friday September 27th was an historic event with millions of people participating thousands of marches all around the world. The largest climate march took place in Montreal where 500,000 protestors joined Greta Thunberg to call for climate action. This was the largest single climate march ever. A total of almost a million Canadians took part in some form of action on this day. This is prescient for Canadians who are voting in national elections on October 21. On September 20th 4 million people took part in almost 4,500 climate strikes in 132 countries. There were 800 events in the U.S. including a massive march in New York City ahead of the U.N.'s Climate Action Summit. These climate strikes are of global importance as they are part of a game-changing movement.

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New IPCC Report Reveals Accelerating Ice Melt and Sea Level Rise

Climate impacts are accelerating and this is expediting the timelines for the melting of the cryosphere and sea level rise. This is the conclusion of the most recent report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). As with other IPCC studies, the latest report is a synthesis of the most up to date science.

The report indicates that ocean surface temperatures have been steadily warming since 1970 and in the last quarter century they have been warming twice as fast.  The relatively new phenomenon of ocean heat waves have doubled since the 1980s and they have become more intense. The report states increasing rates of melting ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic are contributing to accelerating sea level rise.

The climate ocean nexus is increasingly clear. Warmer seas support algae blooms, decimate ocean fisheries, contribute to inland wildfires and fuel extreme storms including hurricanes like Dorian. Our oceans are also becoming more acidic due to the absorption of atmospheric CO2 the most common greenhouse gas (GHG). Together the data suggests we are witnessing a marine mass extinction.

The authors restate the fact that global warming is a consequence of GHG emissions largely from the burning of fossil fuels. Many climate impacts are baked into the system, however, the report states that if we act now these impacts could be dramatically reduced. As stated in this and another recent IPCC report this means dramatically slashing our GHG emissions.

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Greta's Scowl Speaks for Millions

This short Guardian video proves the adage that a picture is worth a thousand words. It shows Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg scowling at U.S. President Donald Trump. Her silent scowl quickly went viral as it reflects the sentiments of millions of people around the globe.

Trump has been criticized for systematically dismantling environmental protections and climate action in the U.S. Trump's preoccupation with short term economic growth undermines the health and long term well being of Americans.

The paths of the two leaders collided at the recent Climate Action Summit in New York City, where Greta Thunberg delivered a powerful speech.

Trump ignored the climate component of the summit, he did however make a sarcastic remark about Greta on Twitter, he also used the summit to make a pitch for national sovereignty which is a thinly veiled swipe at UN support for global climate action.

As Greta said in her speech, "People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!"

Greta maybe an icon but she is not beyond reproach, in the same speech she said, "if you really understood the situation and still kept on failing to act, then you would be evil. And that I refuse to believe." Something noble in Greta prevents her from describing leaders like Trump as evil, however, they are harbingers of disaster and as such they are not worthy of her restraint.

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Greta Thunberg Reprimands World Leaders and Draws the Line

On September 23, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg delivered a powerful speech at the Climate Action Summit.  Fighting back tears and struggling to restrain her rage, Greta scolded global leaders telling them that the eyes of future generations are watching.

Here is a full transcript of her speech starting with her response to a question about the message she has for world leaders:

My message is that we'll be watching you.

This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you!

You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!

For more than 30 years, the science has been crystal clear. How dare you continue to look away and come here saying that you're doing enough, when the politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight.

You say you hear us and that you understand the urgency. But no matter how sad and angry I am, I do not want to believe that. Because if you really understood the situation and still kept on failing to act, then you would be evil. And that I refuse to believe.

The popular idea of cutting our emissions in half in 10 years only gives us a 50% chance of staying below 1.5 degrees [Celsius], and the risk of setting off irreversible chain reactions beyond human control.

Fifty percent may be acceptable to you. But those numbers do not include tipping points, most feedback loops, additional warming hidden by toxic air pollution or the aspects of equity and climate justice. They also rely on my generation sucking hundreds of billions of tons of your CO2 out of the air with technologies that barely exist.

So a 50% risk is simply not acceptable to us — we who have to live with the consequences.

To have a 67% chance of staying below a 1.5 degrees global temperature rise – the best odds given by the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] – the world had 420 gigatons of CO2 left to emit back on Jan. 1st, 2018. Today that figure is already down to less than 350 gigatons.

How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just 'business as usual' and some technical solutions? With today's emissions levels, that remaining CO2 budget will be entirely gone within less than 8 1/2 years.

There will not be any solutions or plans presented in line with these figures here today, because these numbers are too uncomfortable. And you are still not mature enough to tell it like it is.

You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say: We will never forgive you.

We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now is where we draw the line. The world is waking up. And change is coming, whether you like it or not.

Thank you.

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Climate Action Summit is our Last Best Hope

A last ditch effort is underway to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. On September 23, the UN convened an urgent meeting to increase climate action. In addition to showcasing new initiatives, this event was also an opportunity to tell the world that we must do more to combat climate change. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action from government, business and civil society.

To have a chance of keeping temperatures from rising beyond safe limits we will have to see 45 percent emissions reductions by 2030 and emissions will have to zero-out by mid-century.

Political leaders and CEOs are among those who were present. However, the person capturing most of the headlines was Greta Thunberg. She was also in attendance at the Climate Strike and the Youth Summit which took place on Saturday, September 21.

“The [Climate Action] Summit will present practical and new measures to, one: speed up the transition from coal to clean energy and to cut the pollution that is harming our health,” Amina J. Mohammed, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said, adding that we not only need to “protect nature but also unlock the potential of nature to deliver on climate solutions” and “create cleaner, greener ways to work and move; speed up transition in key sectors from grey to green economies, safeguard people from the impacts of climate change already being felt right now, and help make sure that we leave no one behind.”

We are making progress in clean energy and many places around the world are greening their economies but we need to move much faster and go much further to keep temperatures from surpassing critical thresholds. There is still time but only if we make a consorted global effort.

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World Conference on Climate Change and Earth Science

The 7th World Conference on Climate Change and Earth Science will take place on October 16-17, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. This conference will include presentations and exhibitions based on the theme: "Global Climate Challenges, Adaptation and Management". 

This prescient conference will bring together specialists, analysts and researchers to explore common concerns and approaches to controlling the crisis.  The event will unite scientists from ecology, environmental toxicology and bioremediation to address the need to reduce power consumption, especially related to the burning of fossil fuels.

Who should attend

· Climatologists
· Meteorologists
· Marine biologists
· Oceanographers
· Environmental researchers
· Business entrepreneurs
· Ecologists
· Training institutes
· Chemical engineers
· Environmental engineers
· Waste management associations

For more information contact climatechange@annualamericacongress.org
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Event - World Congress on Green Chemistry and Recycling

The 6th World Congress on Green Chemistry and Recycling will take place on October 14 and 15, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea. The theme of the Congress is Advancements in Recycling for a Sustainable Future.

This event will include speakers, exhibitions and workshops from leading experts who will share their knowledge and their research in recycling and environmental sciences.

Green chemistry has an important role to play in the design of the products and processes that will minimize or reduce the production of hazardous materials. The main aim of recycling is to conserve energy, slow down global warming, lower waste products in landfills and reduce pollution.

This conference is an ideal platform to explore research and innovation in the fields of green chemistry and recycling. It will also show participants how to take advantage of the current market to maintain and grow their businesses. Attendees will be provided with ample opportunities to network with clients, prospective partners, colleagues, vendors and industry leaders.

Click here for the programme schedule For more information contact: greenchemistry@asiameets.com
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UN Youth Climate Summit

The inaugural Youth Climate Summit, is an action-oriented intergenerational event that will take place on Saturday September 21, 2019 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The event brings together young leaders who are seeking change at a pace and scale needed to meet the challenge of the climate crisis.

This summit will provide a platform for leaders between the ages of 18-29 to share their solutions, it will also give them access to decision makers. Those under 18 are also given the opportunity to attend through a nomination process.

The high level inclusive event will feature a programme that brings together young people concerned about the climate crisis. This includes activists, innovators, entrepreneurs and change makers from all walks of life but it will highlight the participation of leaders from the Global South.

Participants were selected from 7,000 applicants based on their demonstrated commitment to addressing the climate crisis through leadership in advancing solutions and evidence of impact. The UN has awarded 100 fully funded Green Tickets that provided carbon-neutral travel for youth leaders. Those who were not selected to attend are able to participate virtually or host events in their communities.

In June 2019 a youth group met for a pre-Summit preparatory meeting in Abu Dhabi. The group was comprised of 30 young leaders from the Global South and elsewhere. They provided direct input into the Youth Summit agenda and ensured that the Youth Climate Summit is inclusive, representative and impactful.

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Canada Votes: The Climate Platforms of the Four Major Federal Parties

Climate change is an important election issue in the 2019 Canadian federal election. The four major parties are in agreement about the climate crisis, but they have very different ideas about how to address it.  They agree on the scientific consensus that humans are responsible for climate change and they all share the view that we need to reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the four main parties differ on how much GHGs should be cut and how this can best be achieved.

Here is a detailed look at the climate platforms of the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Green Party.

Liberals

The carbon pricing scheme they launched in 2016 is at the heart of the ruling Liberal's GHG reduction plans. They intend to continue to consult with the provinces, territories and other interest groups to fine tune their plan after 2022.

The Liberals are also working on a Clean Fuel Standard which is seeking to reduce the emissions of the Canadian oil and gas industry. They have proposed collaborative investments with the provinces and territories including in public transit and new technology. More ambitious climate policies are expected during the campaign.

After almost four years in power the Liberals are vulnerable to criticism of diluting their green agenda by supporting the fossil fuel industry.

Conservative

Conservative party leader Andrew Scheer's environmental platform is a continuation of the failed climate leadership of the Harper government. Like Harper, Scheer supports fossil fuels and is resistant to any sort of carbon pricing.

If elected Scheer has promised to kill the Liberal's federal carbon tax and the planned Clean Fuel Standards. Scheer's plan consists of selling more natural gas, tax incentives and technology investments to reduce the carbon intensity of the fossil fuel industry.

Scheer is promoting carbon capture which failed under the leadership of his predecessor. The Conservatives are also supporting voluntary building standards and unspecified emissions standards for corporate polluters. Scheer has not revealed any sort of enforcement mechanism but the idea would be to have polluters pay into a technology fund. Energy retrofits in the form of tax incentive for home owners are also part of the party's environmental platform.

NDP

Jagmeet Singh the leader of the NDP has pledged to increase Canada's emission reduction commitments to 38 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. He would retain the Liberal's carbon pricing scheme but make some modifications. This includes eliminating rebates for millionaires and removing exemptions for industries.

Singh has indicated he would allocate $15 billion for their climate plan in their first mandate. The NDP would remove fossil fuels from the electrical grid, transportation and the building sector. They would also provide low interest loans for energy saving retrofits. Finally Singh wants to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies invest $3 billion to help fund Canada's low carbon economy.

Green Party

Elizabeth May is the leader of the Green Party and she is the only leaders of a federal party who has vowed to bring the government's full resources to bear in the fight against climate change. May would like to create a "war cabinet" which would include members from all the federal parties.

May wants to reduce GHG emissions by 60 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. She would also continue with a beefed-up version of the Liberals carbon tax.

The Greens want to end fossil fuel subsidies, and the importation of oil and gas. May would ban fracking and place a moratorium on pipeline expansion. By 2030 the Green plan would aggressively reduce emissions in building and ban fossil fuels as a source of electricity. May would also make significant changes to the transportation sectors including a mandate that all new cars sold in Canada would be electric by 2030 and combustion engine cars would be phased out altogether by 2040.

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Climate Strikes Call for Urgent Action

Global climate strike in March 2019

The climate strikes on September 20th and 27th are a plea for government action. As part of a week of climate action events are taking place around the world coinciding with the United Nations climate summit that is taking place in New York City on September 23rd.

Attendance at the protest in the Big Apple will be buoyed by the fact that NYC public schools have given students the day off if they want to participate in the strike. The students who attend are expected to lead class discussions about the day of action when they return to school.

NYC public school board made its decision after Amnesty International secretary general Kumi Naidoo asked schools around the world to allow students to join the strikes.

These strikes were started by climate activist Greta Thunberg who has sat in front of the Swedish parliament every week demanding her government get serious about climate action. Now climate strikes--also known as Fridays for Climate--have taken place in countries all around the world.

On February 15th of this year thousands of young people came together in London to demand climate action and protest environmental degradation. The student strike on March 15th, was the biggest to date with participation from millions of students in more than 2000 cities around the world.

Amnesty International's U.S. chapter shared a video on social media that featured 15-year-old Kallan Benson from Annapolis, Maryland, who called on leaders to listen to scientists and act on the crisis.

"This September, millions of us will walk out of our workplaces and homes to join young climate strikers on the streets and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels," reads the organizing website. "Our house is on fire—let's act like it. We demand climate justice for everyone."

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Canada Votes: Why the War against Climate Change is the Key Issue in the 2019 Federal Election

There are a host of important issues confronting Canadians in the 2019 federal elections but none have more far reaching consequences than the existential threat posed by climate crisis.

Man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are warming the Earth and breaking heat records.  Scientists warn that unchecked emissions have catastrophic implications for human health and the economy. Climate impacts include food insecurity, flooding, storms, heat waves and wildfires. The UN has warned that climate-fueled disasters are now a weekly phenomenon and this will continue to augur unprecedented biodiversity loss as the climate continues to warm.

According to the most recent science we are running out of time to act. We have less than a decade to reign-in emissions or risk the prospect of triggering tipping points and runaway climate change. Some estimates suggest that we have as little as four years before it is too late.

As a top ten emitter of GHGs and one of the largest per capita emitters in the world Canada has a responsibility to act. However, Canada is currently not doing anywhere near enough to keep temperatures from surpassing the upper threshold limit (1.5 - 2 C) agreed upon in the Paris Climate deal.

According to the IPCC to stay within the prescribed temperature limits Canada must significantly reduce its GHG emissions. As compared to a 2005 baseline Canada must reduce emissions 40 percent by 2030, 80 percent by 2050 and zero out in the second half of the century.

Canada has pledged to reduce its emissions 30 percent by 2030.  Although there are viable pathways to achieve the required emission reductions a recent report reveals that Canada is not on track to achieve its own substandard goal.

Another recent report made it clear that climate change is a Canadian problem.  According to research commissioned by the federal Treasury Board climate change is a serious threat to infrastructure, coastal communities and people of the north. The Council of Canadian Academies conducted the research. Other climate impacts cited by this research are human health, ecosystems (fisheries), agriculture (food), forestry, geopolitical unrest, governance, Indigenous traditions and water. 

Canada is already witnessing its share of climate impacts. In 2019 alone we have seen record breaking heat including high ocean temperatures and unprecedented Arctic warming.  As illustrated by yet another recent report much of the warming is already locked in. Even if we see more serious emissions reductions efforts the Arctic will be mostly free of ice by the summer of 2050.

Former Canadian UN ambassador Stephen Lewis and esteemed environmentalist David Suzuki are encouraging people to get out and vote. They said we need to motivate people to tackle climate change and declare war on greenhouse gas emissions.

"It becomes an issue that is no longer a partisan issue of whether the right or left have the right policy," said Suzuki. "It's now something we have to embrace as a nation. We have to address it as if it's war."

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Event - Global summit on Climate Change

The 6th Global summit on Climate Change will take place on October 21-22, 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The theme for the 2019 edition is Climatology, The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term.

At this summit there will be inspiring speakers and a diverse assortment of scientists and researchers who will present on a wide range of topics. Core subjects include but are not limited to climate, greenhouse gases, oceans and forests.

Speakers

Yongqin David Chen - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
R D Schuiling - Utrecht University, Netherlands
Qian Kang - KU Leuven, Belgium
Nallusamy Sivakumar - Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Naeema Ibrahim - Al Darmaki, UAE University, UAE
Mirella Elkadi - Khalifa, University of Science and Technology, UAE
Michele Vurro - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Markus Brautsch - Technical University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden, Germany

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Event - ANDREC: Columbia's Renewable Energy Congress

ANDREC will take place on October 8-10, 2019 in Bogota Columbia.  This event brings together the renewable market in Colombia, including local and international developers, EPCs, installers and investors.  ANDREC 2019 will host 400 attendees and 100 speakers. It will unite Colombia’s government stakeholders and early stage renewable energy developers, consultants and operators with a host of international players from project development, investment and technology manufacturers. There will be more than 30 hours to help attendees network with over 200 senior decision makers.

As Colombia is accelerating towards 30% renewable energy by 2030, ANDREC is the only clean energy congress and exhibition in Colombia that teams a detailed market-researched agenda with a dedicated networking arena uniting the entire value chain, offering attendees the perfect platform to learn and network with over 200 leading industry experts. An increasing number of Colombian corporates are investing in renewable energy, reducing emissions while saving costs through on-site generation.

In addition to the Policy Summit, Solar Stream, Wind Stream, and Finance Summit, this year you can experience the full clean energy transition in Latin America’s third largest economy. New features include the Circular Economy, Regional Keynote Data and Digitalisation Workshop Storage Summit

Speakers

Ricardo Ramirez, Director General, UPME
Rodolphe Demaine, CEO, GreenYellow
Fabián Hernández, CEO, Telefónica Movistar, Colombia
Emily Puente, Regional Manager for LatAm, First Solar
Alexandra Planas Marti, Especialista Senior de Energía, BID Invest
Mauricio Llanos, Vicepresidente de Asuntos Regulatorios, Celsia Energía
Claudia Alfaro, Directora, Departamento de Geotermia del Servicio Geológico Colombiano
Daniel Arango Uribe, Dirección Energía y Recursos Naturales, Bancolombia
Saira Samur, Vicepresidente de Desarrollo Territorial, FINDETER - Financiera de Desarrollo
Camilo Jaramillo, CEO, Hybrytec
Catalina Rueda, Subdirectora de Energía, Departamento Nacional de Planeación
Juan Benavides, Investigador Asociado, Fedesarrollo

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Event/Workshop - Ocean Energy Europe (OEE2019): Unlocking the Potential of Ocean Energy

The annual Ocean Energy Europe Conference and Exhibition (OEE2019) will take place on September, 30, - October, 1, 2019 in Dublin, Ireland. This event is the meeting point for the whole ocean energy sector. Experts and public and private stakeholders from the ocean energy field, will gather to discuss the latest progress and identify the most relevant opportunities for scaling-up ocean energy technologies deployment with a special emphasis on Small Island Development States.

A workshop which compliments the conference will take place on October 1 - 2, 2019. It is titled "Unlocking the potential of ocean energy," and participants will have the opportunity to attend the sessions and exhibition organized by Ocean Energy Europe.

The workshop will:

• Present the latest progress in the field of ocean energy in terms of policy, technology, funding and business models.
• Explore the gaps where further work in the field of ocean energy is required to shift from a research and development stage to a commercial stage for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, tidal and wave technologies.
• Build capacity in terms of the necessary elements and conditions needed to present a bankable ocean energy project.
• Identify the necessary synergies that needed between stakeholders to foster the development of ocean energy.

In partnership with Ocean Energy Europe, the International Renewable Energy Agency’s event "Unlocking the potential of Ocean Energy around the Globe," will complement and continue the OEE2019 programme. The event will provide a global perspective on the state of the technology in a variety of potential markets and will discuss what enabling frameworks are needed to accelerate the commercial deployment of this renewable technology.

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Climate Excerpts from ABC News' 3rd Democratic Presidential Debate

On September 12, 2019 the leading Democratic presidential candidates came together in Houston for ABC News' third Democratic debate. The ten candidates who participated in the debate are former Vice President Joe Biden, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, California Sen. Kamala Harris, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Entrepreneur Andrew Yang. The moderators were George Stephanopoulos, David Muir, Linsey Davis and Jorge Ramos.

With the exception of Yang all the candidates addressed climate change during the debate. Here are the climate focused excerpts from the third Democratic debate arranged according to the three salient themes:

1. Urgent  of the climate crisis (Urgency)
2. Return to multilateralism to address global warming (Multilateralism)
3. Climate action plans (Action)

Urgency

SANDERS: we will address the catastrophic crisis of climate change and transform our energy system away from fossil fuel.

BIDEN: I refuse to postpone any longer taking on climate change and leading the world in taking on climate change...legislation that saves the planet. I will not wait for 60 votes to make that happen, and you can do it in a variety of ways. You can do that through budget reconciliation law. You have a vice president who will, in fact, tell the Senate what is appropriate and what is not, what is in order and what is not.

BUTTIGIEG: We saw it at the G7. The leaders of some of the greatest powers and economies of the world sitting to talk about one of the greatest challenges in the world, climate change, and there was literally an empty chair where American leadership could have been.

WARREN: We need to work on every front on climate change. It is the threat to every living thing on this planet and we are running out of time. Every time the scientists go back, they say, we have less and less time than we thought we had.

KLOBUCHAR: [Climate change] is the existential crisis of our time. It's -- you know that movie "The Day after Tomorrow"? It's today.

Multilateralism

HARRIS : We also need to partner with China on climate and the crisis that that presents.

BOOKER: From trade to battling China to the global crisis of climate change, the challenges in the Middle East, he [Trump] is pulling us away from our allies, out of the Iran deal, out of the Paris climate accords...We cannot go up against China alone. This is a president that has a better relationship with dictators, like Duterte and Putin, than he does with Merkel and Macron. We are the strongest nation on the planet Earth, and our strength is multiplied and magnified when we stand with our allies in common cause and common purpose. That's how we beat China. That's how we beat climate change on the planet Earth

SANDERS: I think that what we have got to do is bring this world together -- bring it together on climate change, bring it together in fighting against terrorism. And make it clear that we as a planet, as a global community, will work together to help countries around the world rebuild their struggling economies and do everything that we can to rid the world of terrorism.

Action

KLOBUCHAR: We have seen a warming in our world like never before. We're seeing flooding in the Midwest, flooding in Houston, fires in the West. And I think having someone leading the ticket from the Midwest will allow us to talk about this in a different way and get it done. On day one, I will get us back into the international climate change agreement. On day two, I will bring back the clean power rules that President Obama had worked on. On day three, I will bring back the gas mileage standards. You can do all that without Congress, which is good. On day four, five, and six I will, working with Congress and mayors and business people all over the country, introduce sweeping legislation to get at that 2050 goal. And on day seven, you're supposed to rest, but I won't. This is what we need to do if we're going to get at climate change. We have to take this on as a crisis that's happening right now.

WARREN: But that means we've got to use all the tools [to combat climate change]. One of the tools we need to use are our regulatory tools. I have proposed following Governor Inslee, that we, by 2028, cut all carbon emissions from new buildings. By 2030, carbon emissions from cars. And by 2035, all carbon emissions from the manufacture of electricity. That alone, those three, will cut our emissions here in the United States by 70 percent. We can do this. We also need to help around the world to clean, but understand this one more time. Why doesn't it happen? As long as Washington is paying more attention to money than it is to our future, we can't make the changes we need to make. We have to attack the corruption head-on so that we can save our planet.

BOOKER: [D]ealing with environmental justice as a major pillar of any climate policy.

SANDERS: [W]e will address the catastrophic crisis of climate change and transform our energy system away from fossil fuel.

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Coalition of Universities Band Together to Buy Renewable Energy

Twenty-one state and private universities have come together to form a renewable energy purchasing consortium. The coalition is called NYCARES which stands for New York Campuses’ Aggregate Renewable Energy Solutions. Participating schools include 16 campuses in the SUNY system, four private colleges, as well as Cornell University Ithaca campus. The universities are looking to source large-scale solar photovoltaic, wind, hydroelectric, and energy storage projects. The initiative was started in 2018 and will begin soliciting projects no later than 2020. The advantages of the consortium include lower costs, protection against volatile gas prices and research opportunities.

NYCARES’ stated vision is to “create positive change in our regional renewable energy market, advance partnerships between New York State higher education campuses, and help us advance our academic missions by powering our campuses in a manner that is financially viable, environmentally conscious, and socially just.”

Chancellor Kristina Johnson says she wants to see all SUNY campuses reach 100 percent renewable electricity by 2020. The initiative is also consistent with the energy goals of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo.

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Republicans are the Leading Purveyors of the Fossil Fuel Industry's Climate Denial

Republican presidents were once advocates of environmental protection, but in recent years they have devolved into obstructionist purveyors of disinformation. Republicans are mired in the bombast of the old energy economy, their anti-science rhetoric forms the backbone of their climate denial. In stark contrast to the GOP's denial, Democrats welcome science and champion climate action.  In a recent town hall Democratic presidential contenders staked out strong leadership positions on the climate crisis.

Under Donald Trump the Republican party is more recalcitrant than ever. Trump flouts science and he has called the climate crisis a "Chinese hoax". His contempt for facts has had far reaching consequences including compromising the health of Americans. The Trump administration has leveled a barrage of seemingly unrelenting attacks on climate action while systematically dismantling environmental protections.

While some Republicans argue that climate action is too expensive this argument relies on broken logic. In addition to the loss of priceless attributes associated with biodiversity, a side by side comparison reveals the clear benefits of climate action over inaction. Although the Trump administration has conspicuously avoided factoring the costs or reviewing the math, most economists agree that the price of combating climate change is far less the costs of doing nothing. This is particularly true when you factor the economic benefits of climate action.

Trump did not invent opposition to science any more than he invented racism. However, he did embolden racists and fortify climate denial.  Trump may benefit from systemic corruption but he is not the cause. This situation predated him and will likely outlive him.

The GOP has been the leading purveyor of climate denial for years before Trump threw his hat into the ring. The Republican strategy has focused on delaying climate action by casting doubt on the facts. First they disputed the accuracy of the observation that the world is warming, then they switched to questioning the role that humans play in driving this warming. After delaying climate action for decades, their next pivot will argue that it is too late to do anything about it.

While Democrats have adopted science-based climate action plans, the GOP are sticking to their old narrative. In the last presidential elections of 2016 Republican presidential contenders were united in their opposition to climate action. 

Climate action was a no-show during the 2016 Republican presidential debates. This was true from the first to the sixth debates as well as the CNBC Republican debate. In fact the only time climate was mentioned was to express opposition.  In the fourth Republican debate on business the opposition to climate action was a dominant theme.

All those who sought the Republican party nomination for the 2016 presidential election emphatically argued against climate action.  It would appear they learned from the experience of Utah governor Jon Huntsman whose presidential campaign came to an end after he expressed support for science and the veracity of global warming. He was the only Republican presidential candidate in 2012 to do so.

To understand why the GOP is opposed to climate action you need to follow the money trail. This trail reveals that Republicans have been bought by the fossil fuel industry. They oppose climate action because they are beholden. Republicans protect the fossil fuel industry because they want their money and they fear their power. 

It is not only politicians who have been unduly influenced. The oil and gas industry have used their extraordinary economic clout to wield influence by promoting false narratives through a vast array of devious disinformation efforts.

There is an unholy alliance between the fossil fuel industry and the GOP. Climate denial will not be defeated as long as old energy interests are allowed to game the system.

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A Brief History of the Democrat's Climate Awakening

There are clear signs that climate change has emerged as a central issue for Democrats going into the 2020 presidential elections. This is the first election cycle in American history where climate change will be a front and center issue, at least for the Democrats. President Obama deserves credit for leading Democrats in the fight for climate action. While his legacy of climate action is laudable it is being systematically dismantled by the Trump administration. This is in part why the current slate of Democratic candidates are making the climate crisis a central plank of their presidential campaigns. The Dems' focus on climate action has been more than a decade in the making. Here is a brief review of the long and winding road that has led us to the present moment.

In 2008 the DNC adopted a progressive policy platform that included climate action. After a green stimulus package was passed in 2009, Democrats backpedaled. In 2010 there were 44 Democrats who opposed a climate change bill and their avoidance of climate change was clearly evident in the 2010 midterms. It should be noted that their populist platform did not win them votes as Democrats suffered major losses in the 2010 midterms.

This changed in 2012 with the adoption of a progressive party platform and the Climate Change Caucus led by former Democratic Senator for California Barbara Boxer (1993 to 2017). Shortly thereafter the Democrat's adopted an "all of the above" energy strategy that included fossil fuels. The DNC policy platform in 2012 was less environmentally focused then the one they adopted in 2008. They abandoned a few key policy positions including dropping their call for an end to fossil fuels and support for cap-and-trade. Although they continued to support an international deal to curtail GHG pollution, they no longer demanded that the agreement be binding.

While Republicans are maligned for being on the take from the fossil fuel industry, Democrats are not blameless. Nonetheless, Democrats showed renewed interest in global warming in 2014 with Democratic Senators launching a climate action task force.

In 2015 Democrats made a deal with the devil. In exchange for clean air, water, and energy Democrats supported increasing oil exports. In 2016 they added a climate amendment to their party platform. However, this was not reflected in the debates that year as climate change was a either a side issue or altogether absent.

In the 2016 presidential debates climate was largely ignored. At a January 27th Town Hall, with the exception of Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders, Democrats avoided the issue of climate change for the most part and the front-runner Hillary Clinton maintained her silence. This was true of the first, second, third and fourth Democratic debates as well as the CBS Democratic Debate in November.

Although the Democratic candidates each offered some form of climate and environmental position, with the two notable exceptions cited above, the rest (Lincoln Chaffee, Larry Lessig and Jim Webb) were not committed to serious climate action.

Democrats did very well in the 2018 midterms, with women leading the charge and speaking out about climate change.  Many of these candidates expressed their support for a Green New Deal. The blue wave welcomed the return of science to the House of Representatives, a chamber that had become a mouthpiece for fossil fuel powered climate denial. There were also a host of environmental victories in plebiscites across the country.

History will record that in 2019, climate change came of age in American political discourse. This was evident in the first and second Democratic Presidential debates as well as first and second CNN debates.

In 2016 O'Malley was the climate hawk pushing Democrats towards climate action. In 2019 Jay Inslee assumed the mantle of this responsibility. He may have dropped out of the race but as the most progressive voice on climate action he has helped to push the issue into the spotlight. Both Warren and Castro have reached out to Inslee and drawn on his climate platform.

The fact that all the Democratic front runners have released climate proposals in 2019 is indeed groundbreaking. On the evening of September 4th, 2019 the ten leading Democratic candidates also participated in a series of climate town halls. This is a far cry from previous elections and it lends credence to the belief that if elected, Democrats will revive climate action in the U.S.

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Building Sustainability: BCIT Training the Next Generation

The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is training the next generation of ecocity builders. BCIT's wide-ranging sustainability focused education includes green roofs, living walls, smart micro grids, high performance buildings, zero emission transportation, innovative health care and data analytics.

BCIT is a public, post-secondary, polytechnic institution that comprises six schools. BCIT explores the opportunities afforded by an increasingly complex world. The school's small classes, applied academics and hands-on experience shows students how to turn challenges into solutions.

As reviewed in the Journal of Commerce, a BCIT project won the Envision Gold award for sustainable infrastructure. BCIT won the award for designing and constructing Canada's first Smart Power microgrid with BC Hydro. The flexible power options offered by the microgrid is a prime example of the innovative infrastructure upgrades provided by BCIT.

"BCIT sets the gold standard for innovation and sets the bar for other campuses in Canada," said Melanie Mark, BC minister for advanced education, in a press release. "This project is delivering on a commitment to build a more sustainable and resilient campus and showcases our government’s commitment to a CleanBC plan to build a cleaner, brighter future for generations to come."

In a press release, Kathy Kinloch, the president of BCIT said, "This award further recognizes BCIT for its strong commitment and leadership in sustainability." According to Kinloch, BCIT is the first educational institution in Canada to have the sustainability of one of its infrastructure projects validated through a rigorous, third-party process like the Envision framework.

On October 7–11, 2019, BCIT will be co-hosting Ecocity World Summit along with the city of Vancouver and other strategic partners.  The summit will convene a host of local, regional and global experts who are coming together to build the bridge to socially just and ecologically sustainable cities.

The Ecocity World Summit addresses the way humanity builds its homes, cities, towns and villages. The aim is to unite people through a new way of living on the planet that provides the best possible cities while enhancing, not destroying, the biosphere. The Summit will help to build an infrastructure of ideas, strategies, and actions to promote cities that are socially inclusive and ecologically healthy.

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Webinar - Delivering Effective Outcomes (EIA)

Delivering Effective Outcomes from EIA – Mitigation, Net Gain and Adaptive Management training webinar will take place on September 12, 2019 13:00. This is the third in a series of six webinars designed to help EIA practitioners understand and prepare for future challenges.

There is increasing calls for a more outcome-oriented system of environmental assessment. One that delivers net gains as a result of consenting development. This requires that we look beyond the effective and efficient application of due process and place greater emphasis on what is actually achieved. This is a positive change, but the need for a pre-consent impact assessment process will remain to understand the existing baseline, avoid impacts and define gains. As such, EIA must up its game when it comes to mitigation and will need to take on a far more proactive roll in exploring enhancement opportunities. 

In this webinar Josh Fothergill consider a fundamental of good EIA practice – how to deliver effective outcomes that work for the environment, community and developer. Josh will discuss how EIA can embrace net gain ambitions and the challenges, before providing a refresher on good practice around mitigation both in design and within the consenting process.

The webinar will also include an exploration of adaptive management and how the 2017 EIA Regulatory requirements related to monitoring are providing a basis for improving environmental outcomes. The webinar will reflect on how EIA practice could collaboratively act to use the back end of the process to enhance the scope of future assessments helping drive more proportionate practice and, potentially, freeing up funds to deliver further environmental enhancements.

Josh has expertise and experience across impact assessment, capacity building, sustainable resource management and integrating sustainability in business, spending much of the last decade as Policy Lead at IEMA - the professional body for cross-cutting environmental and sustainability management.

Josh is particularly adept at solving complex problems and providing respected Professionally, Josh is Coordinator of Scotland's annual EIA Community Conference, on Transform Magazine's editorial board and a Steering Group member for both IEMA's Impact Assessment Network and its Global Environmental & Social Assessment Group. He is a former Chair of the IAIA's Ireland & UK Branch and has helped organize multiple IAIA symposia.

Price and discounts

This webinar is free for Development + Infrastructure Service subscribers and Market Intelligence Service subscribers are entitled to receive 15% off.

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