Enviornment, Civil Society and Social change

Question 1

Main environmental challenges of 1980s till today

Answer 1

• reliance on fossil fuels
• climate change
• deforestation
• micro-plastics

solutions:
- carbon taxing
- electric vehicles

Question 2

name an organization that helps with environmental change

Answer 2

Native Canada

Question 3

demographic changes in society

Answer 3

the dependency ratio of ppl 65+ to ppl 15-64 is to increase by 20% in the next two decades

Question 4

challenges women face in society

Answer 4

• 1.2 mill women in canada are poor
• 184 women killed by violence in 2022
• 10x more women than men have fallen out the labour force since 2020

Question 5

positive consequence on society

Answer 5

• 150 billion possible incremental GDP growth if canada accelerated progress on gender equality