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The Tide is High: Canada’s $3.5 billion Blue Carbon opportunity
Canada has the world’s longest coastline. At 243,000 km, it can circle the world nine times.
High Rise, Low Carbon: Canada’s $40 billion Net Zero building challenge
Buildings have long been at the heart of Canada’s emissions problem. Heated by gas furnaces, powered by coal-fired electricity
Championing climate-smart agriculture: Building a road map for low emissions agriculture
Canada’s agrifood sector contributes over 136 MT to the country’s annual emissions tally. By 2050, these emissions are expected to rise above 196…
Canada’s Steep Climb To Meet 2030 Emissions Targets
Scaling down Canada’s emissions rapidly to 440 Mt by 2030 will require cuts equal to around four times the drop seen during the pandemic.
Farmers Wanted: The labour renewal Canada needs to build the Next Green Revolution
Canada’s agricultural skills crisis is already one of the world’s worst.
Fertile ground: How soil carbon can be a cash crop for the climate age
Canadian farmers manage one of the world’s largest inventories of agricultural land. Canada’s vast area of cultivated agricultural land is the…
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