Blog – How to build a Green and Circular Economy while Protecting the Environment and Growing the Economy in Sustainable Way I have written many presentations and blogs on the circular and green economies. My biggest frustration is that policy focus has been to narrow in areas of carbon tax and more regulations. The main drivers of environment are land, water, forest management, air quality, and waste management. Technology can play a role with protecting the environment without taxing and overregulating the economy to death. We need to protect the environment while growing an inclusive economy. I believe more focus should be on the tax act, R&D, strategic partnerships, standardization of ESG reporting, risk, and crisis management, reforming the WTO, and better urban and rural planning. Countries that are highest polluters should be forced to change their ways! 1. Green inflation - https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/canadas-shift-net-zero-emissions-likely-drive-higher-inflation-2022-01-13/ 2. Recycling - https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/eastman-invest-1-billion-accelerate-070000687.html 3. Recycling - https://www.springwise.com/innovation/sustainability/next-generation-plastic-recycling?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chemical-recycling-process-creates-local-income-streams-from-waste 4. Water treatment - https://tracxn.com/d/trending-themes/Startups-in-Water-Treatment-Technologies 5. Garbage - https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/how-robots-and-bubbles-could-soon-help-clean-underwater-litter 6. Net zero steel - https://kleanindustries.com/resources/environmental-industry-market-analysis-research/net-zero-steel-could-cost-industry-278-billion/ 7. Mining - https://www.miningreview.com/battery-metals/how-the-metals-and-mining-sector-will-be-at-the-core-of-energy-transition/ 8. ESG - https://www.worth.com/future-esg-investing-could-truly-deepen-impact/ 9. Sustainable housing - https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/building-better-sustainability-is-built-into-every-house-863615257.html 10. Emerging Markets - https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/01/clean-electrification-decarbonization-ukraine-emerging-economies/ 11. Sustainable farming - https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2022011500342/ 12. Sustainable - https://www.greenbiz.com/article/new-forest-certification-standards-offer-nature-based-solutions-climate-crisis 13. Electricity - https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2022/01/10/2022-energy-predictions-coal-decline-accelerates-federal-funds-spur-clean-energy-millions-of-new-electric-vehicles-and-chargers/?sh=56ac3c8352b2