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Experts suggest commercial poultry, especially factory-farmed and crowded in barns, is one culprit behind the rapid spread of avian flu. But one response by the Canadian government is to compensate farmers — paying the industry millions for bird slaughters — without requiring improved biosecurity against potential pathogens. Perhaps we should question this approach.
Perhaps some relief for climate anxiety can be found by imagining what the world would look like if we embraced these climate-friendly measures — in 2029.
The link between human rights, human health and an unhealthy planet is clear to us as physicians. The federal government must also make these connections.
Young voters are mad as hell, and they're not going to take it anymore. Those trying to pander to them — or worse, using them as stalking horses for their own priorities — would do well to remember that.
According to researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the climate crisis will cause $38 trillion in annual losses to the global economy by 2049.
Charlotte Taylor tells hopeful stories about the real impacts of climate change. The University of British Columbia student has been selected for a Climate Storytelling Fellowship as part of UBC’s 2024 Communicating Climate Hope conference.