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‘A failure of humanity’: World’s poorest countries contend with climate disasters caused by the richest nations

In other parts of the world, the kind of nightmare scenarios the West is anticipating have already arrived.

By Jessica McDiarmid | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 22nd 2022

Time to take climate change and decarbonizing our energy system seriously

As a society, we need to acknowledge the tradeoffs of all these options for achieving net-zero and discuss what impacts we will accept.

Opinion

By Taco Niet | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 22nd 2022

Monacobreen Glacier, Svalbard, Arctic. Photo by Gary Bembridge / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Global heating in the Arctic ‘off the scale’

New data has revealed extraordinary rates of global heating in the Arctic, up to seven times faster than the global average.

Race to a Safer World

By Damian Carrington | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 21st 2022

Garrett LeBlanc, compost courier with Compost Winnipeg, prepares to dump the load of compost at Prairie Green Landfill, where it gets composted, in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)

From rotting ‘trash’ to rich treasure

Compost Winnipeg fills a gap in city services.

By Winnipeg Free Press | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 21st 2022

Canada needs a net-zero workforce to reach a net-zero future

Without a clear pathway, it is difficult to ensure skilled workers are ready to build the net-zero projects set to drive clean growth in the coming years.

Opinion

By Pedro Barata, Wendy Cukier & John McNally | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 21st 2022

York Region votes to expand development into Greenbelt, farmland

York Region council has voted to expand its urban boundaries by nearly 8,000 acres despite opposition from environmental groups and municipalities that fear the move will lead to further urban sprawl.

By Jessica McDiarmid | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 20th 2022

Children carry bags on their head as they walk the flooded fields near Malualkon in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan, on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant, File)

Rich nations balk at climate aid to poor countries at UN talks

Rich countries including the European Union and the United States have pushed back against efforts to put financial help for poor nations suffering the devastating effects of global warming firmly on the agenda for this year’s U.N. climate summit.

By Frank Jordans | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 17th 2022

Enbridge continues to threaten a fifth of the world’s fresh water thanks to lobbyists

It’s clear that decisions about Enbridge's Line 5 are not made in a vacuum. They have been heavily influenced by external lobbying efforts.

Opinion

By Conor Curtis, Kathleen Brosemer & Tessine Murji | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 17th 2022

Marianne Maddeford, a volunteer garden manager, helps maintain the Children's Garden at Robert F. Legget Park in Ottawa, Ont. Photo by: Isaac Phan Nay/National Observer]

Lessons from Canadian cities that cherish and protect greenspace

Despite the best efforts of park volunteers like Cynthia Dwyer, Canadian cities are losing greenspace, a Statistics Canada report shows.

By Isaac Phan Nay | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 17th 2022

birds eye view of beautiful network of rivers

Canada can hit its conservation goals with a huge assist from Indigenous initiatives

Canada can hit its conservation targets if the provinces and territories work with Indigenous partners to formally protect ongoing conservation initiatives like the Seal River Watershed in northern Manitoba — one of the world's largest remaining ecologically intact watersheds.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Climate Solutions Reporting, Ottawa Insider | June 17th 2022

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