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Funding the Future
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²McKinsey & Company. (2021, April 21). McKinsey’s Private Markets Annual Review. McKinsey & Company. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/private-equity-and-principal-investors/our-insights/mckinseys-private-markets-annual-review
³Shah, K., & Esipovich, T. (2020, April 27). Secondary Private Equity Funds. iCapital Network. https://www.icapitalnetwork.com/insights/private-equity/secondary-private-equity-funds/
4PitchBook. (2020, October 5). 2020 Sustainable Investment Survey. PitchBook News & Analysis. https://files.pitchbook.com/website/files/pdf/PitchBook_2020_Sustainable_Investment_Survey.pdf
5BlackRock. (2020). BlackRock Client Letter: Sustainability. BlackRock. https://www.blackrock.com/ca/investors/en/blackrock-client-letter
6Davis, C. (2020, September 8). Private Equity: What It Is and How to Start Investing. Nerdwallet. https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/private-equity-investments
7Corporate Financial Institute. (n.d.). Institutional Investor – Overview, Types, Investing Risks. Corporate Financial Institute. https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/trading-investing/institutional-investor/
8Mathis, T. (2021, April 15). What is a Retail Investor? The Pros and Cons of Being a Retail Investor. Anderson Advisors. https://andersonadvisors.com/retail-investor/
9Vaidya, D. (n.d.). Limited Partners (LP) vs General Partners (GP) in Private equity. Wall Street Mojo https://www.wallstreetmojo.com/limited-partners-lp-vs-general-partners-gp/
10Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. (2021, March 24). Year End – 2020 – Canadian VC & PE Market Overview. Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. https://www.cvca.ca/research-insight/market-reports/year-end-2020-canadian-vc-pe-market-overview/
11Global Impact Investing Network. (n.d.). What You Need to Know about Impact Investing. Global Impact Investing Network. https://thegiin.org/impact-investing/need-to-know/
12Pucker, K., & Kotsantonis, S. (2020, June 29). Private Equity Makes ESG Promises. But Their Impact Is Often Superficial. Institutional Investor. https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1m8spzx5bp6g7/Private-Equity-Makes-ESG-Promises-But-Their-Impact-Is-Often-Superficial
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14European Commission. (2021, April 23). Sustainability-related disclosure in the financial services sector. European Commission. https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/banking-and-finance/sustainable-finance/sustainability-related-disclosure-financial-services-sector_en
15Ellen MacArthur Foundation. (n.d.). What is a Circular Economy? Ellen MacArthur Foundation. https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept
The Road to Fossil Fuel Divestment
¹Taylor, M., & Murray, J. (2020, February 10). ‘Overwhelming and terrifying’: the rise of climate anxiety. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/10/overwhelming-and-terrifying-impact-of-climate-crisis-on-mental-health
²Sachs, J. (2021, July 8). Opinion: Climate change is about greed. It’s time for big oil to pay us back. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/08/opinions/biden-climate-corporate-greed-infrastructure-sachs/index.html
³Desjardins, J., (2019). Visualizing 200 Years of U.S. Stock Market Sectors. Visual Capitalist. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/200-years-u-s-stock-market-sectors/
4Heede, R., & Oreskes, N. (2016). Potential emissions of CO2 and methane from proved reserves of fossil fuels: An alternative analysis. Global Environmental Change, 36, 12–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.10.005
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7Griswold, E. (2012, September 21). How ‘Silent Spring’ Ignited the Environmental Movement. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/magazine/how-silent-spring-ignited-the-environmental-movement.html
8Meinshausen, M., Meinshausen, N., Hare, W., Raper, S. C. B., Frieler, K., Knutti, R., Frame, D. J., & Allen, M. R. (2009). Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 °C. Nature, 458(7242), 1158–1162. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08017
9McKibben, B. (2012). Global warming’s terrifying new math. Rolling Stone, 19(7). https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-188550/
10Leaton, J. (2015). The $2 trillion stranded assets danger zone: How fossil fuel firms risk destroying investor returns. Carbon Tracker Initiative. https://carbontracker.org/reports/stranded-assets-danger-zone/
11gofossilfree.org. (2021). Fossil Free: Divestment – Commitments. Go Fossil Free. https://gofossilfree.org/divestment/commitments/
12IEEFA. (2021). Finance is leaving oil and gas – Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis. Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. https://ieefa.org/finance-exiting-oil-and-gas/
13Melville, G. (2021, February 5). Companies that have set net zero targets. Carbon Intelligence. https://carbon.ci/insights/companies-with-net-zero-targets/
14Berman, T. (2021, July 8). Justin Trudeau’s love of fossil fuel will only make Canada’s extreme weather worse. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/08/trudeau-love-fossil-fuel-makes-canada-extreme-weather-worse
15Carrington, D. (2021a, March 24). Big banks’ trillion-dollar finance for fossil fuels ‘shocking’, says report. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/24/big-banks-trillion-dollar-finance-for-fossil-fuels-shocking-says-report
16Carter, A. V., & Dordi, T. (2021, April 16). Correcting Canada’s “one eye shut” climate policy. Cascade Institute. https://cascadeinstitute.org/technical-paper/correcting-canadas-one-eye-shut-climate-policy/
17Environmental Defence. (2021). Paying Polluters: Federal Financial Support For Oil and Gas in 2020. Environmental Defence. https://environmentaldefence.ca/report/federal_fossil_fuel_subsidies_2020/
18Gamage, M. (2021, May 13). Canadian Banks Have an Outsized Impact on Global Fossil Fuel Financing. The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/05/13/Canadian-Banks-Outsized-Impact-Global-Fossil-Fuel-Financing/
19Chasen, E., & Wainer, D. (2019, September 23). Greta Thunberg Speech to World Leaders at UN: ‘How Dare You!’ – Bloomberg. Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-23/teen-activist-greta-thunberg-to-world-leaders-how-dare-you
20Laville, S., & Watts, J. (2019, September 21). Across the globe, millions join biggest climate protest ever. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/21/across-the-globe-millions-join-biggest-climate-protest-ever
21Climate Reality. (2020, January 7). How Feedback Loops Are Making the Climate Crisis Worse. Climate Reality. https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/how-feedback-loops-are-making-climate-crisis-worse
22Carrington, D. (2021b, July 14). Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/14/amazon-rainforest-now-emitting-more-co2-than-it-absorbs
23Fountain, H., & Schwartz, J. (2021, July 16). What We Know About the Climate Connection to the European Floods. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/climate/europe-floods-climate-change.html
24Thompson, O., & Rempel, L. (2021, July 5). Tragedy in fire-ravaged Lytton, B.C., could be catalyst for global action on climate change, expert says. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-july-5-2021-1.6090185/tragedy-in-fire-ravaged-lytton-b-c-could-be-catalyst-for-global-action-on-climate-change-expert-says-1.6090341
25Capstick, S., & Steinberger, J. K. (2020, August 12). ‘Delay is the new denial’: How to spot and respond to climate deniers. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/climate-crisis-delay-denial-how-to-respond-a9657116.html
26Donnellan, A., & Hose, N. (2021, March 25). Like many Australians, Joe couldn’t afford to take out flood insurance. Now he’s paying the price. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-25/dream-home-ruined-by-floods-no-insurance-high-premiums/100029530
27Figueres, C., & Rivett-Carnac, T. (2020, April 22). How the World Will Look if We Don’t Address Climate Change. Time. https://time.com/5824295/climate-change-future-possibilities/
28Bond, K., Vaughan, E., & Benham, H. (2020, June 4). Decline and Fall: The Size & Vulnerability of the Fossil Fuel System. Carbon Tracker Initiative. https://carbontracker.org/reports/decline-and-fall/
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30Austin, E. (2021, April 8). RBC won’t fund a livable future. My generation will pay the price. Canada’s National Observer. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/04/08/opinion/rbc-livable-future-fossil-fuel-divestment
31Rainforest Action Network. (2021). Banking on Climate Chaos. In Rainforest Action Network. https://www.ran.org/bankingonclimatechaos2021/
32Tsoi, C. (2021, July 16). Canadians will turn their back on RBC if it keeps funding climate chaos. Canada’s National Observer. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/07/16/opinion/canadians-turn-their-back-rbc-funding-climate-chaos
33Janzwood, S. (2021). Pension funds and the post-pandemic economy: A shift to bold climate leadership. In Cascade Institute. https://cascadeinstitute.org/isc-brief/pension-funds-and-the-post-pandemic-economy/
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37Carrington, D. (2018, July 12). Ireland becomes world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/12/ireland-becomes-worlds-first-country-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels
38Kerber, R., & Singh, K. (2021, January 25). NYC pension funds vote to divest $4 billion from fossil fuels. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-new-york-fossil-fuels-pensions-idUSKBN29U23Q
39Tuttle, R. (2021, June 17). Maine Becomes First State to Order Public Fossil-Fuel Divestment. Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-17/maine-becomes-first-state-to-order-public-fossil-fuel-divestment
40Carter, A. V., McKenzie, J., & Salam, J. (2019). Amplifying ‘keep it in the ground’ first-movers: Toward a comparative framework. Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08941920.2020.1772924
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42France-Presse, A. (2021, March 27). Joe Biden invites 40 world leaders to virtual summit on climate crisis. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/26/joe-biden-climate-change-virtual-summit
43Vetter, D. (2021, May 26). ‘Monumental Victory’: Shell Oil Ordered To Limit Emissions In Historic Climate Court Case. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2021/05/26/shell-oil-verdict-could-trigger-a-wave-of-climate-litigation-against-big-polluters/
44Nicolas, E. S. (2021, April 20). Call for “tobacco-style” health warnings on fossil-fuel ads. EUobserver. https://euobserver.com/climate/151596
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47Pearce, F. (2019, May 29). Geoengineer the Planet? More Scientists Now Say It Must Be an Option. Yale E360. https://e360.yale.edu/features/geoengineer-the-planet-more-scientists-now-say-it-must-be-an-option
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50Alberro, H. (2019, September 17). Humanity and nature are not separate – we must see them as one to fix the climate crisis. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/humanity-and-nature-are-not-separate-we-must-see-them-as-one-to-fix-the-climate-crisis-122110
Rebels with a Cause
1Kolbert, E. (2014). The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. Picador.
2Extinction Rebellion. (2021). What is XR? Extinction Rebellion. https://rebellion.global/about-us/
3The Canadian Press. (2021, June 8). 13 more arrests at old-growth logging protest on Vancouver Island. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-island-old-growth-logging-protests-arrests-june-8-1.6057601
The Soul of Nature and Me
1Trigwell, Jasmine & Francis, Andrew & Bagot, Kathleen. (2014). Nature Connectedness and Eudaimonic Well-Being: Spirituality as a Potential Mediator. Ecopsychology. 6. 241. 10.1089/eco.2014.0025.
2Rust, N. (2017, February 07). Earth – Religion can make us more environmentally friendly – or not. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170206-religion-can-make-us-more-environmentally-friendly-or-not
³Dodge, J. (2005). Living by life: Some bioregional theory and practice. Debating the earth: The environmental politics reader. 2nd ed., ed John S. Dryzek and David Schlosberg, 355-63.
Climate Change History Museum
1Figueres, C., & Rivett-Carnac, T. (2021). In The future we choose: the stubborn optimist’s guide to the climate crisis (pp. 63–83). essay, Vintage Books.
3 https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/health/climate-change-health-emergency-study/index.html
4Hawken, Paul. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. , 2017. Print.
After Alexandria
1 https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-i/
² https://www.alternativesjournal.ca/sustainable-life/breakfast-in-2040/
BREAKING NEWS: 2071 IS HERE!
1Information fictionally adapted from: Chianese, R., & Pierantoni, R. (2021). Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production Alters Sperm Quality. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 10(1), 92. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10010092
2Monsanto Company. (2021, July 29). How Does Roundup Work? – Weed & Grass Killer Products. https://www.roundup.com/en-us/library/learning-basics/how-do-roundup-weed-grass-killer-products-work
³Caballero, M., Amiri, S., Denney, J., Monsivais, P., Hystad, P., & Amram, O. (2018). Estimated Residential Exposure to Agricultural Chemicals and Premature Mortality by Parkinson’s Disease in Washington State. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(12), 2885. doi:10.3390/ijerph15122885
4Anonymous. (2021, July 29). Flood Map Simulator. http://flood.firetree.net/?ll=25.3727,86.5912&zoom=7.249999999999998&m=40
5Vethaak, A. D., & Legler, J. (2021). Microplastics and human health. Science (New York, N.Y.), 371(6530), 672–674. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe5041
A Eulogy for Nature
Cunsolo, A., & Landman, K. (Eds.). (2017a). Mourning Nature: Hope at the Heart of Ecological Loss and Grief (p. xxi). McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Cunsolo, A., & Landman, K. (Eds.). (2017a). Mourning Nature: Hope at the Heart of Ecological Loss and Grief (p. xiii). McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Cunsolo, A., & Landman, K. (Eds.). (2017a). Mourning Nature: Hope at the Heart of Ecological Loss and Grief (p. xvi). McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Reviews
Facing Giants
1Tucker, Z., & Persico, Z. (2019). Greta and the Giants. The Quarto Group.
Children’s Essential Guide to Forests
1French, J., & Mostov, A. (2020). Let’s Save Our Planet: Forests: Discover the Facts. Be Inspired. Make A Difference. The Quarto Group.
Climate Change 101
https://www.quarto.com/books/9780711256309/the-story-of-climate-change
Small Steps to Greater Understanding
Litton, J. & Morgan, P. (2020) The environment: explore, create and investigate! The Quarto Group.
A Prediction of Future Events
https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/28630857
