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Welcome to the Will Solutions blog, where we explore carbon market trends, emissions reduction strategies and regulatory developments. Whether you’re a company, organization or change agent, our analysis will help you better understand and act for a low-carbon future.
The Environmental and Social Challenges of Remote Work
The Covid-19 pandemic has been an opportunity for companies to rethink their working models. Telework, in particular, was praised for its alleged benefits for employees and the environment. It is widely accepted that remote work helps reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Planting Trees: Are We Going the Wrong Way?
The largest tree on the planet is found in California. General Sherman is a 2, 500 years old redwood that sequestered more than 1439 tons of atmospheric carbon during its terrestrial life[1]. Few trees can compete with it while the impact of human activities on the...
Carbon Neutrality, Net Zero, Agenda 2050: Yes, but…
When the challenges of the climate crisis are addressed, the net-zero emissions target is instantly raised. This goal has been the backbone of the international community’s climate action plans since the ratification of the Paris Agreement in 2015[1]. In itself, this...
Circular Economy: An Essential Model for Achieving the Goals of the Paris Agreement
In the face of global warming, organizations like Solar Impulse are proposing solutions to bring about real change. In particular, this foundation offered online training on the circular economy, in which WILL Solutions participated. This choice of topic is entirely...
What is COVID-19 telling us about the impact of climate change?
The global pandemic that has been affecting all economies and societies for the past year has shown that a virus with an estimated case fatality rate of 0.5 to 1% [1] has led to extraordinary public health challenges around the world. These new challenges have hit...
The Global Movement Behind Accelerating Post-Covid Climate Action
Climate change is an issue that is currently being addressed in almost every country, city, and region of the world. The IPCC concluded in its 2018 report that the world would have a better chance of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5°C if zero greenhouse...
Report on The State of Energy in Quebec 2021 by HEC Montréal: an alarming observation
Since 2015, the HEC Montréal Chair in Energy Sector Management, headed by Pierre-Olivier Pineau, has been publishing every year a detailed report on energy in Quebec according to its main components: the level of consumption, the nature of energy sources, the...
The waltzing value of carbon credit prices and greenwashing
Throughout the year 2020 we have seen a growing interest in corporate and public sector carbon neutrality, recently referred to as "net zero carbon"[1] by corporations such as BP, Total, Shell, Apple, Microsoft or by the Canadian government[2] and many others. In...
Audit in COVID time
In the process of realizing a carbon footprint of a building or the qualification, quantification and verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction projects inherent to Will's methodology, field audits are the necessary step of "on-site evidence gathering", as per...