Q&A: How maritime experts are charting a course to cut emissions by 40% per shipment by 2030
While international shipping accounts for over 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, there’s optimistic news emerging from the experts working to decarbonize this critical sector. According to a new study by IRES’s Imranul Laskar, Dr. Hadi Dowlatabadi and Dr. Amanda Giang, many experts in the shipping sector are confident in the possibility of meeting short-term carbon intensity targets by 2030—thanks to a mix of operational improvements, technological upgrades, and policy changes. However, the same experts caution that meeting the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 is unlikely. Shipping moves over 80% of global trade and its emissions contribute significantly to global […]
Solid Carbon receiving $24 million to advance ocean-based carbon dioxide removal
Dr. Terre Satterfield is co-leading a $24-million initiative over six years through the Government of Canada’s NFRF to advance the Solid Carbon research project—one of the most promising ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) initiatives of the modern era to combat the climate crisis.
$22 million awarded to Indigenous-led and multi-institutional research project for Indigenous and community-based approaches to chemical risk management
IRES has partnered with 20 researchers and collaborators from Canada and Aotearoa (New Zealand) on a large international research initiative that puts Indigenous experts as leaders in designing how chemical risk is evaluated and managed.
The age of extinction – Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels
A UN report by Dr. David Boyd has been featured in the Guardian to explain how companies can sue governments for closing oilfields and mines – and this risk of huge damages is already stopping countries from passing green laws!
Job Posting: Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
The Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences and IRES invite applications for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure track) of Teaching in Environmental Science.
Extreme weather puts pressure on fruit and vegetable costs and supply | CBC
Climate change is causing more heat domes and deep freezes, and as the CBC’s Camille Vernet explains extreme weather affects food prices and supply.
The Growing Movement to Buy Local | CTV News
Canada Food Flows Co-creator, Navin Ramankutty discusses the growing movement to buy local on CTV Morning Live.
UK failing to match EU in fight against ‘forever chemicals’, say scientists
The UK government responds to a letter from 59 experts, including IRES’s Gunilla Öberg, which called for wide-ranging restrictions on “forever chemicals”.
Here’s how a scarcity mindset forms—and how to overcome it
Dr. Jiaying Zhao spoke about scarcity mindset.