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Aaron Cosbey talks to The Economist's Intelligence Unit on sustainable certification.
Aaron Cosbey talks to The Economist's Intelligence Unit on sustainable certification.
"The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development makes the timeline clear. We have 15 years to hit the targets and meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is a race toward a sustainable future that has already begun."
"Here's something that Canadian fish scientists haven't read in a while: "Help wanted." The Conservatives cut 310 positions at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. But now the Liberal government has announced it is reinvesting $20 million in the department — and hiring 135 people. "I thought it was great news," Michael Rennie, a former government research scientist, tells As It Happens host Carol Off. "Really, it's a department that suffered horrific cuts since 2012, so the need for reinvestment was there.""
The global sustainable seafood market hit $11.5bn in retail sales last year, a result of commitments by large restaurant chains and retailers such as Walmart, Whole Foods, Ikea and McDonald’s to source certified seafood and address decades of mismanagement, according to a report leased today.
"Last year, 23 metric million tons of seafood certified as sustainable was sold worldwide to the tune of $11.5 billion, accounting for 14 percent of global production, according to a study published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)."
Summers in Winnipeg in 2080 will be as hot and dry as they are today in the Texas Panhandle if worldwide greenhouse-gas emissions continue unabated, according to the first detailed climate-change projections conducted for the Canadian Prairies.
"A new report about the surge of the global sustainable seafood market this month reveals how consumer and corporate decisions could significantly move the needle when it comes to tackling the world’s environmental woes."
"Statistics Canada commuter surveys from 2011 show about 7.6 per cent of Winnipeggers walk or bike to work as their primary mode of transportation—Bike Winnipeg will tell you the number has increased since then."
"Students from eighteen high schools will spend the next couple of weeks collecting various data on the watershed — including phosphate and nitrate levels, turbidity, and species identification — as part of a citizen science project initiated by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Canadian Geographic Education."
"In short, Canada has been sending the right signals, but now is the time to translate those messages into action. Broadly speaking, that requires three things."