IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will finalize its Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change (AR5) in September 2014. Compared to previous reports, AR5 will put more emphasis on…
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IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change (AR4) in 2007. AR4 is perhaps the largest and most comprehensive summary of climate change…
Mining: The Challenge for BC Local Governments
…communities, bringing great potential for jobs, development, and growth. On the other hand, mining operations can affect communities in adverse ways, from compromising drinking water and air quality to reducing…
Dynamic Downtowns: Using Heritage to Build Strong, Vibrant Downtowns
…represent examples of how some BC communities are incorporating heritage buildings into their downtown revitalization. The “Tools in the Toolkit” and “Checklist for Communities” sections bring together an approach for…
Cornell Study Asseses Adverse Effects of Poverty-Induced Physiological Stress on Brain Development
Scientific research suggests that socioeconomic status affects cognitive development and performance in children. Poverty causes social and biological stress that may affect the brain, causing low academic performance among children…
“More shortfalls than ever” in the public education system
Why are school districts cutting staff and laying off teachers? A new research report, finds growing evidence that the funding formula does not cover the costs of public education, can…
E-newsletter (June 2025)
Here’s our June Briefing Notes edition, with research and stories about European social housing models, lessons from the B.C. heat dome four years later, controversial bills, decolonizing curricula in Canada,…
How Green School Buildings Help Children Grow
New research is showing that BC’s shift towards green schools may be producing healthier, more productive, and more environmentally aware students. Canadian and American studies have shown that the improved…
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Recent decline in health of the Great Lakes is an outcome of climate change, says Gore
Using well documented research to back up his claim, Al Gore is noting the direct link between the large algae blooms and low water levels of the Great Lakes as…
Prominent climate change denier now admits he was wrong
…the very existence of global warming. Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists, I concluded that global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the…
Climate change deniers fear a green agenda will end capitalism
…on climate change has little to do with scientific research showing that climate change is not happening, or is happening, but not in any significant way, or is happening and…