Insights from the Solving-FCB 2025 Meeting, Costa Rica
The Solving-FCB Partnership convened in Costa Rica in February 2025 to discuss and drive global action on food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity conservation.
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Op-Ed: If we have to ditch the carbon tax, subsidies are the way to go
Given the political resistance to carbon taxes in Canada, strategically designed subsidies for low-carbon technologies and behaviors may be a more feasible policy alternative to address climate change.
Basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction – Media Summary
What if if the path to a more prosperous and sustainable future involved providing financial support to everyone?
Student Aleah Wong is Storytellers Challenge finalist
Congratulations to Solving-FCB MSc student Aleah Wong, who has made it to the final round of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2024 Storytellers Challenge. The annual challenge asks postsecondary students across the country to inspire audiences with a compelling research story—in up to 300 words or three minutes—demonstrating how SSHRC-funded research is … Read more
“Who stands to benefit?” To engage in deep-sea mining or not. Not, say international scientists
Deep sea mining will produce far too little benefits for the harm it will cause. That is the result of an analysis by marine scientists and policy experts from around the globe, led by Solving-FCB Co-Director Dr. Rashid Sumaila.
