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Urgent action on carbon measurement needed, according to academic group

Envirotec Magazine

The authors say the result is a lack of understanding, obscuring the true impact of infrastructure projects on carbon emissions. The coalition believes a common industry-wide approach is essential to the availability, quality and transparency of data, underpinning initiatives to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050.

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Fired up: Meet 30 youth leaders sparking change

Corporate Knights

The 28-year-old climate-action instructor and sustainable-operations manager was hoping for a blissful escape before the new academic year. It has to build housing for millions of new residents while simultaneously hitting net-zero targets. Instead, I found myself in the thick of climate change’s brutal reality,” she says.

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