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Climate Change Readiness in Canadian Real Estate: A Snapshot

By Mark Bessoudo on 15 Sep 2016 • 5 minute read

At the 2015 Paris climate conference (COP 21), the Canadian government worked with international partners to negotiate an effective and ambitious global agreement on climate change to hold the increase in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-indust …

Will the Carbon Bubble Drive Further Growth in the Green Bond Market?

By Christopher Clement on 14 Dec 2015 • 4 minute read

As enthusiasm for the green bond market grows, the number of issuances has continued to grow at a rapid clip and is expected to hit somewhere between $50 and $70 billion in 2015, according to the United Nations. This growth has also seen a rapid expansion in the number …

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IPCC report: Building Sector Emissions Growing; Green Buildings Can Be Solution

By Chris Pyke, PhD on 14 Apr 2014 • 2 minute read

Chris Pyke, vice president of research at the U.S. Green Building Council, is a lead author for Chapter 9: Residential and Commercial Buildings in the third installment of a new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The United Nati …

Chevrolet Campus Clean Energy Campaign – Campus Wide Funding Opportunities

By Sue Hall on 01 Oct 2013 • 19 minute read

Beginning in 2012, Chevrolet provided funding to purchase and retire carbon reductions sourced from clean energy efficiency projects on college and school campuses across the U.S – in collaboration with AASHE, the US Green Building Council (USGBC), and other stakehold …