I'm neither surprised that the government of Alberta is all in on hyperscale AI data centres to enrich a small group of investors or that their concerns about protecting 'pristine viewscapes' that derailed the renewables industry conveniently does not apply to these projects.

Officially finished the first draft of my major paper. 27,248 words is definitely more than either I or my supervising professor expected, but I had a lot to say about provincial interference with municipal climate action.

Crossing my fingers this funding happens 🤞

Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · 2mo ago

Loved this article by Jon about how necessary it is to personalize climate in our communication. "The most effective climate message is not “the planet is dying.” It is “I am thinking about the future my kids are going to inherit, and I want it to be different than what I am seeing.”"

Jon Corsiglia (he/him/el) | Eco-Economy Insider@ecoeconomyinsider.com · 2mo ago

ecoeconomyinsider.wo... 2/2

Related to my previous post on "energy choice". If you're beholden to a supplier, are you really free?

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Smart cities provide choices. Dumb cities create dependency. #UrbanTruth #CarDependency

When I started my research on municipal climate action barriers in Canada, I really didn't think I needed to worry about Vancouver. Do I really need to add a section about municipalities shooting themselves in the foot instead of just talking about provincial preemption? www.biv.com/news/economy...

Vancouver mayor moves to roll back major climate bylaws, sparking clash with province

Ken Sim’s motion to roll back gas heating bans sparks a provincial clash and claims from city staff that the housing cost savings are unrealistic

biv.com

Canada just released its new Nature Strategy. I will be watching the development of this work with some remaining questions, but I also am also really glad to see some of the areas of focus in this strategy. www.canada.ca/en/services/...

My February mood every year revolves solely around "is it March yet so I start my tomato seedlings?". I've been hoarding empty yogurt containers all year for this moment. I am barely contained. Every day feels like groundhog day.

One week into this program, and I'm grateful I've taken this time to dive back into school and focused learning. I've already been exposed to some incredible readings that have changed my understanding of Canada, like this blog post from OKT Law. www.oktlaw.com/tsilhqotin-d...

Currently reading @iamdavidmiller.bsky.social "Solved" to kick off research for my LLM. I'm struck by the challenge (& opportunity) of aligning municipal authorities in a particular jurisdiction with the social values of the population they serve.

Nature and atmospheric carbon are both parts of the same global carbon cycle Therefore any 'climate solution' that destroys nature is not, in fact, a climate solution

Also, we can do lots of JAM: Joint Adaptation and Mitigation. Stuff that reduces both emissions and vulnerability to climate impacts. - Air-sealing buildings (and adding intentional filtration/ventilation) reduces heat/cooling demand, hence emissions, as well as health impacts from wildfire smoke.

Meade Krosby@meadekrosby.bsky.social · last yr.

"We can only adapt now, it's too late to decarbonize" feels like one of those anti-science spaces where the far left meets the far right. As an adaptation specialist: yes, we need to adapt and adaptation saves lives, but it has LIMITS and we'll meet them quickly if we don't stop using fossil fuels.

There's something to be said for engaging a climate lens in broader decision making. We're working on rolling this out across the Corp right now, but it's easier when our people already start with a baseline knowledge and care for climate in their work building solutions to everyday problems.

Kate Marvel@drkatemarvel.bsky.social · last yr.

*controversy alert* if you want to move the needle on the transition I wouldn't go into physical climate science, we need folks with good quant skills in energy finance, grid stuff, transportation, etc. Like, pick one of the sectors that emits GHGs and use your physics background to help it stop

I love seeing adaptation and resilience action like this in other municipalities! The more local action we see, the better we will all be prepared. More than half of the world's population already lives in urban centres, and we also serve as emergency response hubs for rural climate disasters.

David McGlinchey@davemcg.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re proud to have worked in Chelsea, MA, to develop a granular climate risk assessment for local officials. This is a resilient community that is leading on adaptation strategies

Every country is warming. Every country is experiencing more extreme weather events because of climate change, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels. www.ShowYourStripes.info Time to #ShowYourStripes and start climate conversations to prompt actions to reduce emissions, personally & collectively.

Being in some of these conversations it often feels like trying to convince people who are playing the biggest game of chicken that we shouldn't be playing chicken at all. That the game of chicken itself is a problem.

Linda 💙🌏🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦@thebeachwbry.bsky.social · last yr.

To Alaskans:

Cities are where it's at for seeing real #ClimateAction happen. It's why we do what we do. With a municipal election coming in the fall we checked in with @realityclimatique.bsky.social to see which cities are scoring BIG on the #NationalClimateLeague! www.podcastics.com/episode/3620... #yyc #yyccc

National Climate League: Canada’s Cities Go Head-to-Head

National City Rankings Meet Local Action in Calgary’s Election Year

podcastics.com

Although municipalities have critical place in climate mitigation action, many (including the one I work in) are left without the legal tools to do anything other than reduce their own emissions, provide financial incentives for community emission reduction, and affect land use through zoning 1/4

An exceptional poem of provocation by Ashanti Kunene - grateful to poets who paint the truth so vividly with their words. "you are experiencing the karma of riches built on suffering... what ghosts live in the wealth you hold?" youtu.be/IQ6KCLfQ6Os?...

Name me. A poetic provocation by Ashanti Kunene for the Systemic Investing Summit 2025

YouTube video by TransCap Initiative

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Also, spare me the views on how net zero is impossible from the same people who insisted Brexit would be easy.

My biggest concerns with the Canadian Bill C-59 Competition Act amendments is the combination of 1) the lack of clarity when it comes to "business activity" and whether that applies to municipalities, and 2) the new ability for any person to pursue civil relief for greenwashing claims. 1/4

Just finished reading this exceptional book by @caroloff.bsky.social Highly recommend, especially for Canadians. It felt like an anchoring point for me, especially where things have felt very adrift lately. Borrowed from the library so I'll be buying my own copy

🧵 1/13 After decades of living and working in conflict zones, I need to share something crucial about what happens when governance systems collapse. This isn't abstract - it's a reality I've lived firsthand. Today is what they mean by to "hasten the collapse" (accelerationism 101).

Inspiring essay from @ehatmat.bsky.social. "The more that people can involve themselves in caring for the things that matter to them, the more they will also be able to see themselves as caretakers—and the better off those things, from the natural world to the written word, will be."

Erich Hatala Matthes@ehatmat.bsky.social · 2y ago

Once upon a time, I worked in a museum gift shop. I wrote about an important lesson I learned there for Zócalo Public Square. #philsky #museums #conservation www.zocalopublicsquare.org/right-now-th... Hope @wellesleycollege.bsky.social folks will enjoy. It's very Non Ministrari sed Ministrare.

Love to see articles discussing these kinds of policy solutions "implementing nature-based solutions in urban areas to reconnect people with nature... measuring and reporting on the stocks and flows of natural assets to manage and enhance ecosystem services... and supporting indigenous food systems"

Nicolas Mainville@carbonick.bsky.social · 2y ago

" #Biodiversity loss and #climate change are interdependent and produce compounding impacts that threaten human health and human wellbeing. We must stop reinvention and move to implementing solutions to well-known problems" 🌐🧪🌎

Same energy bsky.app/profile/bent...

Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE****@bigclimate.bsky.social · 2y ago

To know that odds are against anything important being learned from the #LAFires you need only look to Alberta & its politicians mouthing the same cooing noises about our own beloved & burnt town of Jasper in 2024 then ramming through an open pit coal mine in 2025. You laugh or you cry. /3 #abpoli

"Current #climate policies risk catastrophic societal and economic impacts" The Institute & Faculty of Actuaries and climate scientists from @exeter.ac.uk published a vital new report today. Here's a thread with some key takeaways 🧵

Looks like we won't be able to keep kicking the "perpetual economic growth" can down the road, since the road is ending whether we like it or not.

Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries

Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis

theguardian.com

This has been top of my mind over the past year, and I continue to struggle with the implications of this risk in my work. Also, highly recommend reading the "Climate Scorpion" paper cited in the first paragraph if you have any interest in the discussion around insurance and risk management.

Laurie Laybourn@laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Financial institutions should engage with derailment risk as an important category of strategic risk in a climate-changing world." Some thoughts for the UK Institute & Faculty of Actuaries drawing from our @climate-risk.bsky.social work on derailment risk blog.actuaries.org.uk/could-the-co...

Thinking a lot about this as I make my way through George Lakoff's book "Don't Think of an Elephant!". Your usual communication strategies cannot work where peoples brains stop them from even hearing or understanding the facts.

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 2y ago

Truth matters. But when debunking climate misinformation, we have to understand that science denial is just an excuse for solution aversion. If we don’t want to fix it, any excuse will do: it’s not real! not us! not serious! That’s why talking solutions is so important. #AMS25