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Despite the growing urgency to curtail the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, environmentally harmful subsidies continue to undercut progress toward solving this global dilemma. According to a new

COVID-19 is the latest example of how viruses spill over from wildlife to humans, but there’s a long history of zoonotic viruses impacting human communities. As the human population continues to grow

The Canadian government, along with the Quebec, Alberta and B.C. provincial governments, are investing in renewable natural gas pilot projects as a climate change solution. Renewable natural gas (RNG)

A Swedish initiative has rolled out a novel pilot program in the City of Södertälje to rid the streets of cigarette butts. Corvid Cleaning is training New Caledonian crows to pick up the butts in

Caribou once roamed across half of Canada. Today, this iconic species has disappeared from its southern ranges and is edging closer to the brink of extinction. The protection of caribou goes beyond

Economic indicators, primarily gross domestic product (GDP) and job creation, have long been used to measure human progress. Many critiques exist and are accelerating as wealth disparities keep

Launched only days ago, EarthNet is a new initiative that aims to galvanize climate action using social network technology. According to EarthNet, “we exist to break down institutional silos, improve

One of the main barriers to biodiversity action is the lack of integrated economic and ecological decision-making. According to Cambridge Conservation Initiative, nature rarely has a place at the

We have certainly come through another difficult pandemic year that no one could have imagined. So, let us imagine an opening up of our communities in the coming year as we regain our freedoms. Let us

Now that the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) has drawn to a close, three Royal Roads University scholars, Drs. Leslie King, Robin Cox and Deb Morrison, convene to discuss the details of "the most