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Climate risk, infrastructure, and finance. Ex-political staffer; 90s pop culture aficionado. Senior Advisor at Mantle314. Formerly Vancouver, now Toronto
Nov 12, 2020 15 tweets 5 min read
Most Cdn business media coverage around Biden has focused on Keystone. But that misses major shifts taking place in US/globally on climate risk disclosure, which will have far bigger impacts on Cdn economy/regulatory regime than the fate of a single project (thread) Canada has been slow walking the last few years when it comes to requirements on climate risk/corporate disclosure. Organizations continue to underestimate how quickly the landscape can shift. Consider what’s happened since Monday, following election being called for Biden.
Oct 23, 2019 10 tweets 3 min read
The pace + scale of transition related to #climatechange that is taking place globally is massive. To get a sense of how quickly things are changing, during the 41 day Canadian election campaign, here’s what happened around the world (thread) #cdnpoli
 California governor directs $700B state pension funds to align with state’s climate goals and measure/manage climate risk governorswindenergycoalition.org/governor-direc…
Jul 13, 2019 18 tweets 9 min read
Guess who is 10! Happy birthday, Burrard bridge bike lane: today marks 10 years since the Burrard Bridge bike lane opened. Let's take a casual bike ride back through time and look at the calm, nuanced media commentary that greeted the plucky bike lane in 2009 #vanpoli Quick refresher: 6 car lanes on the Burrard bridge went down to five, to enable separated bike lanes to keep people from falling into traffic. Months of media hysteria that it would be a complete disaster. it would fail within days! #vanpoli