It’s not hard to see why lithium commands such attention. The World Bank estimates that, by 2050, demand for the metal could increase by up to 500% over 2018 production levels in order to meet future needs.
With the support of the Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is considering how to develop a suite of tools to encourage additional responsible investment in agriculture and food systems in a manner consistent with the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI).
Here in Canada, our government has failed to reach every climate target it has set thus far and continues to invest heavily in the fossil fuel industry in spite of wide spread calls from economists and environmentalists alike to stop.
Considered one of Canada’s great ecological scientists and advocates, David Schindler studied some of the most serious environmental blights of his time, including acid rain and dead lakes.
Recent catastrophic events across the Prairies have given scientists reasons to believe more frequent, extreme events like floods, forest fires, and storms are the most immediate climate risk threatening these areas.
In the race against climate change, increasing ambition over time is key. But revised commitments from parties to the Paris Agreement lack two critical components of ambitious climate action.