Author Archives: Aleksandar Janicijevic

Managing environmental impacts (CDP)

CDP is a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. Over the past 20 years we have created a system that has resulted in unparalleled engagement on environmental issues worldwide. Find out more about how we work. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on November 29, 2022

Save Old Growth

A Mississauga-based company is using drone technology to plant trees in forests devastated by wildfires. Erica Natividad with how it works and their partnership with the federal government. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on November 16, 2022

Climate Voice

A network of labour, environmental, climate and social justice groups that seeks to mobilize broadly to fight for climate justice: any solutions to the climate crisis must also address the inequalities of the system for Indigenous peoples, racialized and marginalized communities and workers. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on November 10, 2022

Climate Trace

Most human economic activities release greenhouse gases into the earth’s atmosphere. We use satellites and other remote sensing technologies to spot these emissions activities, not just the big, obvious things, but also the tricky ones that move and the less obvious ones. We combine many sources of information because the more we know about each emissions source, the […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on November 9, 2022

2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference

Since the Earth Summit in 1992, when nine stakeholder groups—including local authorities—were designated as essential partners in implementing the global sustainability agenda, the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency has represented networks of local and regional governments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). We have served as the voice of […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on November 4, 2022

LIFE ON EARTH IS UNDER THREAT

The Living Planet Report 2022 is a comprehensive study of trends in global biodiversity and the health of the planet. This flagship WWF publication reveals an average decline of 69% in species populations since 1970. While conservation efforts are helping, urgent action is required if we are to reverse nature loss. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 30, 2022

A Resilience Workshop

Only the most recent in an increasing string of highly destructive events, Hurricane Ian brought now familiar scenes of upended buildings and electrical outages that are now familiar, but also an aerial perspective of pollution turning Florida waterways and the Gulf of Mexico a shade of “root beer.” This mix of sewage, fertilizer, fuel runoff, […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 23, 2022

Climate Crisis? What Climate Crisis?

In all the talk about the Paris Agreement, reached at the twenty-ﬁrst Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in 2015, it is sometimes forgotten that the world’s political leaders have held negotiations about climate change at the highest possible level for at least three decades. Many […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 16, 2022