Environmental Defence

Join Edmonton residents, researchers, policymakers, and organizers for a morning of insights from Environmental Defence and special guests, on Alberta’s renewable energy opportunities, the economic risks of relying on polluting industries, and how Alberta can lead a clean energy transition while building a strong economy.

Recent, and ongoing, federal rollbacks to climate action, environmental protection and the transition to clean transportation mean we are aligning with the administration in the US, not with the E.U.’s stricter social and environmental impact evaluation rules and sustainability reporting. Will the EU want to align with the dirtier, backward looking approach PM Carney is implementing? https://lnkd.in/gWzMsB_Q

Accuracy and credibility are key for the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. Nearly 200 experts and organizations shared their analysis about what should be included in the sustainable finance label. Over the past few weeks we've been chatting with the experts to hear their perspectives. And today on Taxonomy Perspective's we sat down with Rosa van den Beemt from Eclipx Family Office.

Today’s update from Business Future Pathways shows that they’ve listened to the input of experts and taken a step in the right direction, by not including a fossil fuel ‘abatement’ category in Canada’s sustainable finance taxonomy. Public consultation made the case clear. Two-thirds of respondents opposed it, and experts and financial institutions warned it would undermine credibility, entrench carbon lock-in, and delay the energy transition. With the federal government planning to build future green and transition bonds on this foundation, capital should flow to the most efficient paths to decarbonization, not to a sector that is misaligned with the Paris Agreement. To be credible and usable, Canada's taxonomy must be fossil-fuel-free. Read our full response here: https://lnkd.in/gKgvC6pk

Canada is in the midst of developing a Sustainable Finance Taxonomy and recently a public consultation period wrapped up. Accuracy and credibility are key for the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. Nearly 200 experts and organizations shared their analysis about what should be included in the sustainable finance label. We've chatted with the experts to hear their perspectives. Watch and learn what they have to say. On this episode of Taxonomy Perspective's we sat down with Lauren Muusse from the World Benchmarking Alliance.

Canada is in the midst of developing a Sustainable Finance Taxonomy and recently a public consultation period wrapped up. Accuracy and credibility are key for the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. Nearly 200 experts and organizations shared their analysis about what should be included in the sustainable finance label. We've chatted with the experts to hear their perspectives. Watch and learn what they have to say. On this episode of Taxonomy Perspective's we sat down with Kyra Bell-Pasht from Carbon Tracker