Smart Prosperity: The Podcast

Mar 3: Climate solutions for agriculture & The economics of public transit

March 03, 2021 Smart Prosperity Institute
Smart Prosperity: The Podcast
Mar 3: Climate solutions for agriculture & The economics of public transit
Show Notes

1.     Growing food without growing emissions [min 1:04]
Agriculture accounts for 10% of Canada’s (and the world’s) total climate pollution – thanks to methane emissions from animal manure, Nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizer, and Carbon dioxide emissions from machinery. Can a change in farming practices turn agriculture into a climate solution? 

  • Karen Ross – Director, Farmers for Climate Solutions
  • Brent Preston – Co-owner, The New Farm
     

2.     The economics of public transit [min 13:25]
How does one of the most environmentally-friendly commuting options make ends meet? And what happens after COVID?

  • Marco D’Angelo – President & CEO, Canadian Urban Transit Association

3.     60-Second Report: "Canada in a Changing Climate: Regional Perspectives Report – Prairie Provinces” [min 20:37]

  • David Sauchyn – Director, Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative and Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Regina


4.     “Five Other Things Happening in the Green Economy This Week” [min 22:22]

  •  Mike Moffatt – Senior Director of Policy, Smart Prosperity Institute


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