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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.
Post-COVID Economic Recovery: A Climate Opportunity?
By: Alexie Roy-Lafontaine As a society, we are at the crossroads between a human and a sanitary crisis and an economic and social crisis. The current historical confinement period and self-assessment leads to certain reflections in regard to our lifestyles, our...
A Four Twenty Seven conference: « Climate Change and Wildfires: Projecting Future Wildfire Potential ».
The following is a summary of the conference presented by the organization Four Twenty Seven entitled "Climate Change and Wildfires: Projecting Future Wildfire Potential." Briefly, the mission of Four Twenty Seven is to quantify and analyze the risk of catastrophic...
Corporate Social Responsibility: Good Practices Generates Good Profits
By: Alexie Roy-Lafontaine The primary mission of businesses is to meet the needs, anticipated or real, of different types of customers. In doing so, these commercial companies operate under a “business plan” that provides profits for entrepreneurs or those who are...
Energy Transition: From Fossil Fuels to Renewables
More than 95% of the electricity consumed and produced in Quebec comes from hydropower, a carbon-neutral energy [2]. However, the industrial and transport sectors are mainly fueled by fossil fuels. Indeed, the transport sector alone consumes 82% of petroleum products...
Closing the loop, once and for all
Cyclic processes such as water and nutrients abound in natural ecosystems. When species die, they decompose and integrate the soil with a range of nutrients necessary for the survival of others. The residual matter of one species is the food of the other: no waste is...
Earth also has its limits
By: Alexie Roy-Lafontaine The growth of the world’s population inevitably leads to an increase in the demand for natural resources (water, energy, minerals, wood) and living spaces. These demands put pressure on ecosystems and will increase in the coming years [1]....
Residual materials management: reduce, reuse, recycle and dispose as little as possible
Residual materials management is gradually evolving, recognizing that landfill of these materials is harmful to the environment and public health. Innovations in terms of equipment and treatment methods, as well as the involvement of citizens and industries in...
Sustainable mobility: What it is and how to get there
By: Alexie Roy-Lafontaine If I ride my bicycle to work, I practice sustainable mobility, right? Yes and no! The answer is not that simple. In fact, the concept of sustainable mobility links a multitude of players from different sectors. Citizens certainly have their...
The health impacts of air quality
By: Cassandre Clermont Good air quality is important for health, as is healthy eating and physical activity. The air we breathe allows our body to function; therefore it is essential that it is made up of healthy gases in enough quantity. On Earth, more frequent smog...