{"id":28472,"date":"2026-06-18T15:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/how-the-war-is-reigniting-energy-transition\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:03:52","slug":"saving-whales-bees-and-salamanders-while-building-canada","status":"publish","type":"rbc_tl","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/climate-action-institute\/climate-crunch\/saving-whales-bees-and-salamanders-while-building-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Crunch: Saving whales, bees and salamanders while building Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2794 The beautiful game\u2019s rising carbon footprint<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2794 How to acknowledge, encourage and scale conservation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2794 \u2022 Notes from the U.S.-Canada Summit: Canada must play its critical minerals, and nuclear cards strategically<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<h2 id=\"h-signals\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-climate-action-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9f2569e22987ed0f3870078ed56f3dd3\">Signals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-rbc-list is-style-black-disc\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Canadian Deep Geothermal Coalition will develop the country\u2019s first national geothermal energy roadmap.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/natural-resources-canada\/news\/2026\/06\/canada-invests-in-its-first-national-geothermal-energy-roadmap.html\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-6f293f8a\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Ottawa\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Ottawa<\/a> tasked the group\u2014 comprising industry and Indigenous leaders, researchers, policymakers\u2014to tap a nascent clean industry that has caught the eye of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalenergymonitor.org\/projects\/global-geothermal-power-tracker#download\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-29eb9554\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"50 jurisdictions\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">50 jurisdictions<\/a> globally.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quebec rolled back its target of 100% zero-emissions sales by 2035. <\/strong>It\u2019s now 80%, a \u201cbalanced approach,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/quebec-evs-target-2035-9.7231355\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-dc3e5f01\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"government\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">government<\/a> said, that accounts for supply chain challenges facing the global auto industry. In March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ont-electric-vehicles-9.7133397\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-bec9ac5e\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Ontario\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Ontario<\/a> Premier Doug Ford urged Quebec and British Columbia to drop their EV sales targets to boost the country\u2019s competitiveness.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It will be a sizzling summer of soccer.<\/strong> As 48 teams clash in the FIFA World Cup, they are also facing another formidable opponent: unusually hot weather, and El Nino, a natural warming cycle, that will \u201cpour fuel on the fire of a warming world,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wmo.int\/news\/media-centre\/wmo-prepare-el-nino\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-3df60520\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"UN Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">UN Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/a>. The event, hosted by Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, also has a heavy carbon footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"846\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/Climate-Crunch-6.18-FIFA-Chart.png?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"FIFA World Cups: Heated games, heavy carbon footprint\" class=\"wp-image-28475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/Climate-Crunch-6.18-FIFA-Chart.png 4000w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/Climate-Crunch-6.18-FIFA-Chart.png?resize=300,248 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/Climate-Crunch-6.18-FIFA-Chart.png?resize=768,635 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/Climate-Crunch-6.18-FIFA-Chart.png?resize=1024,846 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/Climate-Crunch-6.18-FIFA-Chart.png?resize=1536,1270 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/Climate-Crunch-6.18-FIFA-Chart.png?resize=2048,1693 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<h2 id=\"h-hidden-in-plain-sight-recognizing-conservation-on-working-lands\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-climate-action-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b338297a3f254c4323a14b2fdeb0a1c6\">Hidden in Plain Sight: Recognizing conservation on working lands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In a special op-ed, Catherine Grenier, President &amp; CEO, Nature Conservancy of Canada, writes about assigning value to nature<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From agriculture and forestry to municipalities and mining, many sectors are&nbsp;actively managing their lands in ways that deliver real, measurable conservation outcomes.&nbsp;But&nbsp;these&nbsp;outcomes&nbsp;are&nbsp;not&nbsp;properly acknowledged or reflected&nbsp;on balance sheets. These outcomes do&nbsp;not&nbsp;formally&nbsp;advance conservation targets or inform conservation decision-making, and are not included in the frameworks that assign value to nature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is time to acknowledge these sectors more intentionally as contributors to the conservation community and conversation. Together, we can identify and advance practical approaches to using our lands that continue to support biodiversity outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-oecms-acknowledge-encourage-scale\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">OECMs: Acknowledge, encourage, scale<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first step in deepening this collaboration is formally acknowledging the work that is already being done. One approach is through Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECM) recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OECMs\u202fare sites,\u202fother than Protected Areas,\u202fthat\u202fachieve\u202feffective,\u202flong-term conservation\u2013even though they are\u202fmanaged primarily for other reasons.\u202fThey offer a way to value and sustain strong land management practices, which allows biodiversity to persist over the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consider, for example, the choices cities make to protect drinking water through land-use restrictions and watershed management. Or how landowners and corporations exempt portions of forestland from active logging and industrial extractive use. Ranchers support conservation-compatible activities like grazing native grasslands. Green infrastructure sustains wildlife connectivity by limiting the land fragmentation caused by human development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OECM&nbsp;recognition is one way to make&nbsp;these long-term commitments&nbsp;visible and credible, offering something&nbsp;real to show in markets that are increasingly asking about environmental contributions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-oecms-in-action\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">OECMs in action<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, formally recognized 4,800 hectares of city-owned land as having special conservation status. The land includes mature, intact forests, lake shorelines, and rich wetlands that are used to enhance and safeguard the city\u2019s drinking water supply, with its benefits extending beyond the health and well-being of its citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jdirving.com\/en\/newsroom\/NCC-salutes-innovative-leadership-for-nature\/\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-66667019\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"J.D. Irving, Limited\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">J.D. Irving, Limited<\/a>, became the first forestry company in Canada to have some of its land recognized as an OECM: nearly 10,000 hectares of Acadian forest and coastline. This land supports public commitments and recreational use, while also conserving some of the province\u2019s most unique and species-rich areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-the-path-forward\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The path forward<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OECMs are not new, but the federal government\u2019s recently released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/services\/environment\/nature\/nature-strategy.html\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-745bfc81\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Strategy\u00a0to Protect Nature\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Strategy&nbsp;to Protect Nature<\/a> has reinvigorated a policy environment that can accelerate their use. Collectively, we have an opportunity to define the path forward, embrace innovation, collaborate on new ways to engineer solutions for, and with, partners whose efforts are not currently being accounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For conservation leaders, this means exploring ideas like: How and where are industry-led management decisions leading to durable conservation outcomes? How can these management practices be strengthened and supported for the long term? And where is there opportunity to develop tools that can respond to both industry and biodiversity needs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OECM recognition has gained momentum on working ranches, within sustainably managed forests, in municipalities, and within research and recreation landscapes. The opportunity ahead lies in working alongside industry to dig deeper, get creative, and determine where else they might apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This approach also opens the door to greater recognition, more meaningful support, and stronger community engagement. It makes clear that when considered together, nature and economics can work harmoniously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<h2 id=\"h-conversations\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-climate-action-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a88b7af117af96f56e66f06349a7f92d\">Conversations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-rbc-list is-style-black-disc\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the new world order, Canada will need to play its many cards more assertively: low-carbon natural gas, critical minerals, food and fertilizer, nuclear fuel, and a stable rule-of-law environment that capital increasingly prizes, notes <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/the-growth-project\/diversifying-not-decoupling-the-new-us-canada-nexus\/\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-2c485822\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"John Stackhouse\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">John Stackhouse<\/a><\/strong>, Senior Vice-President, Office of the CEO, RBC, in his analysis of the recently-concluded U.S.-Canada Summit hosted by RBC and the Eurasia Group.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/buildingsalliance\/\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-74bdf408\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Climate Smart Buildings Alliance\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Climate Smart Buildings Alliance<\/a><\/strong> 2026 Leadership Summit industry leaders explored ways building and construction sectors can drive Canada&#8217;s economic growth while meeting our climate commitments. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephanie-shewchuk-b6a48825\/\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-d2f6af04\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Stephanie Shewchuk\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Stephanie Shewchuk<\/a><\/strong> from RBC Thought Leadership engaged with the ideas and innovators driving this conversation forward. Read some of the highlights from the event <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/this-week-industry-leaders-gathered-at-the-ugcPost-7473096782353297409-hvip\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAFCUqEBQxJ-H43ZIPWeZBOMzKVgmc2PzbI\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-f21b0bfc\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"here\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/london-climate-action-week\/\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-41ca1bc5\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"London Climate Action Week\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">London Climate Action Week<\/a><\/strong> next week, more than 75,000 attendees will discuss the state of energy transition, supply chains, energy security, sustainable cities, and carbon removal, among others. Are you attending? Send us your thoughts. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23lcaw2026&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-eb017161\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"#LCAW2026\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">#LCAW2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rise of batteries shoots down the argument that &#8220;the wind doesn&#8217;t always blow, and the sun doesn&#8217;t always shine,\u201d notes <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/alisonreeve_when-hamish-mckenzie-first-showed-me-this-share-7467835946852401152-5Rz8\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAFCUqEBQxJ-H43ZIPWeZBOMzKVgmc2PzbI\" data-dig-id=\"LP-28472-65d8080c\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Alison Reeves\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Alison Reeves<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/alisonreeve_when-hamish-mckenzie-first-showed-me-this-share-7467835946852401152-5Rz8\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAFCUqEBQxJ-H43ZIPWeZBOMzKVgmc2PzbI\"><strong>,<\/strong><\/a> program director at Grattan Institute. \u201cWho cares any more if we can store electricity at scale?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-cool-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9ba6dbca wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mar-t-hlf mob-mar-t-hlf mar-l-hlf mob-mar-l-hlf is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mar-b-qtr mob-mar-b-qtr wp-block-paragraph\">Curated by&nbsp;<strong>Yadullah Hussain<\/strong>, Managing Editor, RBC Climate Action Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-qtr mob-mar-b-qtr wp-block-paragraph\">Climate Crunch would not be possible without\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/john-stackhouse-a113419\/\">John Stackhouse<\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jordan-brennan-phd\/\" data-dig-id=\"LP-12393-da02184f\" data-dig-label=\"Jordan Brennan\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Jordan Brennan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/johnintini\/\" data-dig-id=\"LP-12393-71e29829\" data-dig-label=\"John Intini\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" class=\"rbc-link-format\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">John Intini<\/span><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/panahov\/\">Farhad Panahov<\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lisa-ashton-a78b6656\/\">Lisa Ashton<\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shazmerwat\/\">Shaz Merwat<\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vivan-sorab-4a503623\/\">Vivan Sorab<\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/capricebiasoni\/\">Caprice Biasoni<\/a><em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lavanyakaleeswaran\/\" data-dig-id=\"LP-12393-7c5f6363\" data-dig-label=\"Lavanya Kaleeswaran\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Lavanya Kaleeswaran<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joelleschonberg\/\" data-dig-id=\"LP-12393-7558b41a\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Joelle Schonberg\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Joelle Schonberg<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-qtr mob-mar-b-qtr wp-block-paragraph\">Have a comment, commendation, or umm, criticism? 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