Climate

Buildings have long been at the heart of Canada’s emissions problem. Heated by gas furnaces, powered by coal-fired electricity

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 MT—representing 19% of the national total

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.

Natural gas currently presents one of Canada’s biggest climate choices.

Budget 2023’s new green measures are mostly about bolstering the upstream supply chain

Soil. We have a lot of it here in Canada, with the 12th largest agricultural land holding in the world. Our vast land presents a large opportunity to help combat climate change with sequestering carbon, as well as helping farmers’ bottom lines. Traditionally, agriculture has been all about yield: the more bushels, the better. But […]

Canada’s agricultural skills crisis is already one of the world’s worst.

The federal government faces a difficult task in its March 28 budget

Canadian farmers manage one of the world’s largest inventories of agricultural land. Canada’s vast area of cultivated agricultural land is the 12th largest globally.

Canada’s transition strategy needs to go past electric vehicles and critical minerals to incentivize critical investment in heat pumps and other clean tech.

Potato farmers, urban planners and mountain bikers are the new vanguard of biodiversity.

Innovation will be key to the low carbon, sustainable food systems of the future. This is Canada’s moment to unlock it.