Trump Redux: Why the returning president is likely to become one of history’s most consequential figures
Thomas Homer-Dixon
The Globe and Mail
As “reconfigurer-in-chief,” Donald Trump will be a world-historical figure.
Globe and Mail
Can we prevent Trump 2.0 from spiralling into catastrophe?
Megan Shipman and Michael Lawrence
The Globe and Mail
Donald Trump could activate vicious cycles in global systems and propel calamities that long outlive his second term.
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Breaking new ground: Geothermal in 2024
Peter Massie
Cascade Institute analysis
Technology breakthroughs have given geothermal a completely new value proposition.
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Key to Canada’s growth? Recall the role of public money in developing Alberta Oil
Emily Smejkal, Peter Massie, and Thomas Homer-Dixon
The Globe and Mail
The potential for Canada’s AOSTRA model (Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority) to serve as a blueprint to support energy innovation.
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We should listen to a renowned scientist’s warning on climate change
Thomas Homer-Dixon
The Globe and Mail
A vital scientific paper argues that warming is far more “in the pipeline” than conventional models predict, and requires a radical response.
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Canada needs to dig deep to become a world leader in geothermal technology
Rebecca Pearce and Ian Graham
The Globe and Mail
A worldwide race for next-generation geothermal technology has begun, and Canada can still emerge a leader.
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Let’s avoid ‘trigger fixation’
Michael Lawrence and Thomas Homer-Dixon
The Globe and Mail
Leaders should pay far more attention to underlying crisis stresses; they are ultimately far more important than trigger events.
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Hope and Canada’s futures: Resilience in a polycrisis
Thomas Homer-Dixon
The Globe and Mail Future of Canada Lecture Series
A call for a National Dialogue on Canada’s Futures to help Canada face the emerging global polycrisis.
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Canada’s thawing permafrost should be raising alarm bells in the battle against climate change
Thomas Homer-Dixon and Duane Froese
The Globe and Mail
Canada has an opportunity to set up monitoring and remote sensing technologies to measure permafrost thaw.
Modern monetary theory is the new black, but we should brace for seeing red
Michael Lawrence and Thomas Homer-Dixon
The Globe and Mail
Modern monetary theory doesn’t propose that governments can keep spending without consequence. The limit on government spending, though, is not government deficits but rising inflation.
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