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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.
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...
An Overview of Mechanisms to Support Nature-Based Solutions in Canada
The status of support mechanisms for nature-based solutions in Canada was the subject of a virtual conference held on October 15, 2020. The conference, called Scaling Canada's Nature-Based Solutions: Who, How and What's Next, was co-hosted by Globe Series and...
The Legault Government’s Green Plan: A Different and Pragmatic Approach to Climate Action
As François Legault said at the outset, "the core of our project is the electrification of our economy". We are therefore not in the traditional dynamic of a Sustainable Development Plan or Green Plan but, in front of a "Green Economy Plan” as it is written and...
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]....