Mitigation: Fuel Switching
Fuel switching is a climate change mitigation strategy that involves changing the fuels used for energy generation from high GHG-emitting fuels (e.g., fossil fuels) to lower emitting fuels (e.g., renewables,…
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Mitigation: Energy Efficiency and Conservation
The combustion of fossil fuels (e.g., oil and natural gas) for energy generation is the most significant driver of human-caused GHG emissions. Reducing the amount of fossil fuel-derived energy that…
Impacts: Financial and Regulatory
Top takeaways: As the Earth’s climate changes, the increasing occurrence and severity of extreme weather events and abnormal climatic conditions puts stress on local and global economies resulting in disruptions…
Impacts: Supply Chain
Top takeaways: Climate change-related events such as extreme weather, droughts, forest fires, and floods are disrupting local and global supply chains on an increasingly frequent basis. This impacts the movement…
Impacts: Agriculture and Food Security
Top takeaways: Global studies across the world show a clear impact on food security as rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns change where crops can be grown[1]. In many lower-latitude…
Impacts: Building and Infrastructure
Top takeaways: What are the financial costs of flooding? Flooding is already the most frequent and costly natural disaster in Canada. November 2021’s floods in B.C. caused an estimated $675…
Impacts: Human Health
Top takeaways: What does extreme heat do to people? This is of particular concern for industries with high outdoor heat exposure risks, such as agriculture and construction. Such impacts may…
Primer: ESG Reporting Structures
Top takeaways: With growing interest from investors, customers, and other stakeholders in understanding corporate sustainability strategies and impacts, interest in ESG reporting is also growing. ESG reporting is the voluntary…
Primer: An Overview of Global Climate Change
Top takeaways: The Global Surface Temperature is Rising The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC has…
Primer: Growing Season and Agriculture
Top takeaways: Changes in temperature and precipitation patterns will have significant implications for regional agricultural operations that may present a mix of positive and negative impacts depending on location and…
Primer: Changes in Temperature in the Toronto Region over the 21st Century
Top takeaways: This Primer uses the moderate (RCP4.5) and high (RCP8.5) emissions scenarios as a basis for discussion. Average annual temperatures are expected to continue increasing across the Toronto region…
Primer: How Do Scientists Project Climate Futures?
Top takeaways: Understanding climate change impacts at the local level requires analyzing data at the right spatial resolution. Typically, climate models consider global climate dynamics and make projections on relatively…