Sanjay Khanna

Is your pension invested in animal cruelty?

Few financial institutions are banking on animal welfare, but investors are pushing for change Socially responsible investing is undoubtedly a rising trend. Globally, there is now more than $30 trillion invested in ways that take companies’…

CK TV: Watch our roundtable on Building Back Better by Greening Industry

Discussion hosted by Diana Fox Carney, economist and public policy expert. Panelists • Chris Bataille, Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Jo-Anne St. Godard, Executive Director, Recycling Council of Ontario • Denis Leclerc, CEO,…

Pandemic Portfolio: Two stocks to watch as COVID-19 drags on

Welcome to Pandemic Portfolio, a biweekly series from Corporate Knights and the Toronto Star that looks at companies relatively well positioned to weather the economic storm triggered by COVID-19. The Bank of Canada struck an optimistic note in its…

CK TV: Watch our roundtable on Building Back Better with a Green Mobility Wave

Welcome from Hon. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage Discussion Hosted by Diana Fox Carney, Economist and Public Policy Expert Panelists • Daniel Breton, President and CEO, Electric Mobility • Jerry Dias, National President, Unifor •…

Promotion de la santé et prévention des maladies chroniques au Canada, volume 39, no 4, avril 2019

Numéro spécial : Changement climatique et santé Rédactrices invitées : Ashlee Cunsolo et Sherilee L. Harper Table des matières Éditorial – Changements climatiques et santé : un grand défi et une grande chance pour la santé publique au Canada Ashlee…

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada Research, Policy and Practice

Indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE, DOAJ, SciSearch® and Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition To promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation and action in public health. — Public Health Agency of…

Promotion de la santé et prévention des maladies chroniques au Canada Recherche, politiques et pratiques

Indexée dans Index Medicus/MEDLINE, DOAJ, SciSearch® et Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition Dans ce numéro 131 Éditorial Changements climatiques et santé : un grand défi et une grande chance pour la santé publique au Canada 134 Aperçu Les effets…

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Vol 39, No 4, April 2019

Volume 39 · Number 4 · April 2019 Special Issue: Climate Change and Health Guest Editors: Ashlee Cunsolo and Sherilee L. Harper Table of Contents Editorial – Climate change and health: a grand challenge and grand opportunity for public health in…

Synthèse des données probantes – Évaluation de la communication des risques en présence de changements climatiques et de phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes : examen de la portée

https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.39.4.06f Cet article a fait l’objet d’une évaluation par les pairs. Correspondance : Elaina MacIntyre, Santé publique Ontario, 480, avenue University, bureau 300, Toronto (Ontario) M5G 1V2; tél. : 647 260-7506; courriel…

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada Research, Policy and Practice 142 Vol 39, No 4, April 2019

Author references: 1. Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Correspondence: Elaina MacIntyre, Public Health Ontario, 480 University Avenue, Suite 300, Toronto, ON M5G 1V2; Tel.:…

155Vol 39, n° 4, avril 2019 Promotion de la santé et prévention des maladies chroniques au Canada

Recherche, politiques et pratiques Rattachement des auteurs : 1. Santé publique Ontario, Toronto (Ontario), Canada 2. Université de Toronto, Toronto (Ontario), Canada Correspondance : Elaina MacIntyre, Santé publique Ontario, 480, avenue University,…

Listen

This article is part of a larger feature called “The Future of Crisis” in The Crisis Issue. Asimple question: What if nations and societies around the world face heightened risk today because people find it increasingly challenging to listen…

Game changer

Circa 2012: Hurricane Sandy causes an estimated $100 billion in damages in the U.S. Northeast. The International Energy Agency reports that four to six degrees Celsius warming is anticipated by the century’s end. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels…

Workplace environment

Unfortunate fallout from the global economic crisis – notably double-digit unemployment – is driving citizens of the most-affected countries to a mental breaking point. The global climate-change juggernaut is wreaking havoc, too, and not just with…

Adapting to the new normal

James Hansen is director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and one of the world’s most respected climate scientists. Earlier this year he spoke at the prestigious TED conference in Long Beach, Calif., and stated what may seem a…

What to make of second leaked U.N. doc and its sanctioned 3C rise in global temp?

Earlier this week, yet another “leaked” U.N. document caused a fuss in Copenhagen. Leaked document #2, first reported on by the Guardian, showed that the commitments on the table for a post-Kyoto treaty would still allow for a potentially disastrous…

What should we watch for during the climate summit’s final days? [UPDATED]

We’re at the halfway point in the U.N. Copenhagen climate summit. Week one brought us the troublesome leaked climate treaty draft; the surprise proposal (from the tiny island nation of Tuvalu) to lower the acceptable rise in global temperature from 2…

What does it mean that Obama is going to Copenhagen at the end of the climate talks? [UPDATED]

We asked our expert panel about the significance of President Obama changing the timing of his visit to the Copenhagen climate talks, from Dec. 9, the middle of the first week, to Dec. 18, the big finale at the end of the second week. Is this a big…

Optimistic or pessimistic about the Copenhagen climate talks?

The COP15 climate conference starts next week in Copenhagen, and our panel of experts is optimistic … ish. We asked them, “What’s the mood as Copenhagen approaches?” Many say they draw inspiration from the fast-growing, increasingly diverse,…