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Articles by Laura Tozer
The fight against the climate crisis must not increase inequalities Original
As the impact of climate change on communities increases, researchers are concerned about growing inequalities. The most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stresses the importance of one aspect that is too often neglected by local action on climate change: considering the question of inequalities.
Il faut éviter que la lutte contre la crise climatique ne creuse davantage les inégalités
Alors que les impacts des changements climatiques dans les communautés s’accentuent, des chercheurs s’inquiètent de l’accroissement des inégalités. Le plus récent rapport du Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) insiste en effet sur l’importance d’un aspect trop souvent négligé par l’action climatique locale, soit celle de prendre en compte les inégalités.
Moving Canadian municipalities to the forefront of decarbonization
More than 600 Canadian municipalities have declared and more than 200 have set greenhouse gas emission targets. Internationally, the climate budget adopted by Oslo, Norway in 2017 is one example of a cutting-edge decarbonization policy initiated by a local government. This instrument, now implemented in many other Norwegian cities, links carbon accounting to the annual financial budget processes.
Laura Tozer
Laura Tozer Laura Tozer is an assistant professor of environmental studies in the department of physical and environmental sciences at the University of Toronto. She researches climate change and urban sustainability policy.
Taxpayers should not foot the bill for carbon capture
As long as Canada continues to underwrite the oil and gas industry, it cannot make meaningful progress on the economic transformation needed to address climate change. This week, Liberal ministers Jonathan Wilkinson and Steven Guilbeault doubled down on their proposed investment tax credit in carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), yet another example of how Canada is failing to act at the scale and on the timeline of the climate emergency in front of us.
Canada needs to embrace its fossil-free energy future
March 17, 2021 Sometimes a short-term “low” carbon solution becomes a long-term barrier to “zero” carbon. Let's keep our eye on the prize Laura Tozer is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Toronto.
Accountability and data-driven urban climate governance
Abstract The use of increasingly large and diverse datasets to guide urban climate action has implications for how, and by whom, local governments are held accountable. This Review focuses on emerging dynamics of accountability in data-driven urban climate change governance. Current understandings of the implications for accountability are examined based on three common rationales for prioritizing data-driven decision-making: standardization, transparency and capacity building.
Times Square | Proactive Public Space | Sustainable Cities Collective
Mayor Bill de Blasio caused quite a stir around New York City yesterday as he floated the idea of tearing up the pedestrian plaza in Times Square. This statement was the culmination of several days of debate centered around predatory panhandling and the square’s growing number of “street performers.” Most recently, the debate has focused on a group of topless women, covered in body paint, called desnudas.
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