Feb 17: 60 ways to hit “net zero” & Negative emissions technologies

Smart Prosperity: The Podcast

1. There must be 60 ways to hit “net zero” [min 1:13]
Last November, Canada joined more than 100 countries in pledging to achieve net-zero emissions by the year 2050. Is it even possible? A much-anticipated report now tells us how Canada could get there.

• Jason Dion – Mitigation Research Director, Canadian Institute for Climate Choices

2. The technology that changes everything [min 11:42]
Up until now, the world’s #1 solution for fighting climate change has been to cut down the amount of pollution we’re dumping into the atmosphere. A new and emerging suite of technologies will now let us suck existing pollution out of the atmosphere. What does it look like and how big a role can it play?

• Devin Todd – Researcher in Residence for Negative Emissions Technologies, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

3. 60-Second Report: "Employment Transitions and the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels” [min 20:26]

• Dale Marshall – National Program Manager, Environmental Defence
  

4. “Five Other Things Happening in the Green Economy This Week” [min 22:15]

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

For more info and links, go to podcast.smartprosperity.ca