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Ep 26: Oct 14

Catherine McKenna on the upcoming COP26 climate talks


The nature of health: integrating health considerations in urban nature-based solutions

The Nature of Health aims to provide a better understanding of the emerging nexus between urban nature, human health, and climate change.


Advancing healthy communities through a green economic recovery

Comparing and identifying how investments in a green economic recovery from COVID-19 help create healthier communities.


Identifying the health co-benefits of low-carbon solutions

Helping policymakers identify and measure the health impacts from reducing fossil fuel combustion through investments in low-carbon solutions. 


Health, nature conservation and climate action

Exploring and identifying the health benefits of investing in nature, the clean economy and low-carbon infrastructure


Nature-Based Solutions and Health

Exploring the health benefits that come from greater investments in urban nature, and how these benefits can be integrated into the strategic planning of Canadian communities.


Policy-driven Innovation in Reverse Supply Chains for Post-consumer Plastic in Packaging and Electronic Waste

Examining the structure and functioning of the reverse supply chain for plastic in Ontario


Elizabeth Glass Geltman

Associate Professor at the City University of New York, School of Public Health


Elizabeth Polk

EEPRN and Greening Growth Partnership Student Researcher, 2021


International Day of the Girl: Creating spaces for intergenerational perspectives in climate decision-making

It is time to bridge the gap between girls’ climate activism and their representation in the decision-making process.


How the COVID-19 pandemic affected mobility in Toronto and Vancouver

This post shares new data on the impact that the pandemic has had on urban mobility in two major Canadian cities and links this with insights on the transportation policies needed to build back better.


Fast Fashion: Why Firms Incinerate Deadstock, and Public Policies

Exploring the environmental impact of the fashion industry


Video | Towards a North American Circular Economy for Electric Vehicle Batteries

This WCEF2021 Side Event explored opportunities and challenges of developing a circular economy for EV batteries in North America.


Towards a North American Circular Economy for Electric Vehicle Batteries

This WCEF2021 Side Event explored opportunities and challenges of developing a circular economy for EV batteries in North America.


Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Aline Coutinho

Meet the people behind the research.


Baby Needs a New Home

Projecting Ontario’s Growing Number of Families and their Housing Needs


National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: The environmental legacy of residential schools

A day to reflect on the need to advance inclusive and reconciliatory environmental policies.


Video | Communicating Circularity: Getting the Message Right

Communicating Circularity will equip the audience with the tools to champion circularity in their communities, workplaces and in society.


Video | Circularity at Home: How You Can be the Game Changer

This session explored what a circular life means, what it looks like in different parts of the world, and how it can increase human wellbeing.


Ep 25: Sep 29

Why the housing crisis is an environmental problem


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