Moving on from Provincial Politics: A Climate for Hope
To bring closure to my 7 1/2 years as an MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head and 5 years as leader of the BC Green Party I felt it was important to add this video to my archived MLA website. Moving forward, I...
View ArticleSustainable Aviation Fuel — Opportunities for Innovation in Aviation Sector
As the summer holiday season comes to an end, and after hearing no end of COVID-related horror stories (delays, cancelled flights, staff shortages, passport issues) from friends and family who decided...
View ArticleAdvancing lasting policy through good governance
It's election season here in the CRD and true to form, political rhetoric is escalating. In the City of Victoria, for example, there is an ongoing divisive debate over the so-called Missing Middle...
View ArticleThoughtful voices: Sacha Christensen, Mark Leiren-Young & Rishi Sharma
In 2012, as I started my journey to become the BC Green MLA for Oak Bay Gordon Head, I was only too aware of how difficult it would be to win against the incumbent, BC Liberal Ida Chong. I was running...
View ArticlePrivilege, agency, and the climate scientist’s role in the global warming debate
The climate science community holds agency and a position of privilege in the global warming debate. Rather than denying this agency and privilege I am hopeful that as a community we will collectively...
View ArticleAdvancing nature based climate solutions: a cautionary tale
In recent years, governments and industry have become more and more interested in supporting so-called nature based climate solutions. So what are such solutions? The Nature Conservancy provides a...
View ArticleTemperature records shattered across the world as tourists flock to...
I was asked by The Conversation to reflect upon the most recent record setting heat waves. This is the piece that appeared today. The post Temperature records shattered across the world as tourists...
View ArticleThe ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: What the alarmist headlines got...
Those following the latest developments in climate science would have been stunned by the jaw-dropping headlines last week proclaiming the Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025. The claim is...
View ArticleYellowknife and Kelowna wildfires burn in what is already Canada’s worst...
The devastating wildfire that destroyed the historic Maui town of Lahaina in Hawaii was still making headlines when the Northwest Territories issued an evacuation order for Yellowknife and British...
View ArticleThe climate impact of plastic pollution is negligible – the production of new...
My colleagues Karin Kvale, GNS Science, New Zealand, Natalia Gurgacz and I published a piece in The Conversation last week. It is reproduced below as Facebook appears to be blocking the reposting of...
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