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Climate Solutions Reporting

The Climate Solutions Reporting Project is a powerful educational force designed to reshape how we understand our response to the climate crisis. This public education initiative doesn't just report on climate change — it teaches through story, illuminating the extraordinary human ingenuity rising to meet our greatest challenge.   Read more about the project here.  

612 Articles

Beavers are the unsung heroes of wildfire prevention

In a study from earlier this year, researchers found that areas around beaver habitat were significantly less impacted by wildfires. Now, the same pattern has been found in Canada.
By
  • Cloe Logan
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 31st 2024

From smog to solutions: A journey of climate activism

Lily YangLiu started to worry about climate change while growing up in Beijing, China, breathing in smog everyday. The air pollution was so severe, she developed terrible asthma.
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  • Julia Stratton
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 27th 2024

From sloppy joes to tofu: the campus food revolution

Long gone are the days of sloppy joes and pepperoni pizzas being the only offerings at post-secondary cafeterias. Now, Canadian colleges and universities are setting and surpassing sustainability targets for plant-based food offerings.
By
  • Cloe Logan
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 24th 2024

Canada's high-speed rail plans reveal transportation conundrum

Taking a train from Montreal to Ottawa recently, McGill professor John Gradek kept an eye on the speedometer. He noted it reached a top speed of about 160 kilometres per hour. That may be fast for a car, but it’s slow by train standards; high speed trains in Europe and Asia reach speeds of up to 460 kilometres per hour.
By
  • Julia Stratton
  • Analysis
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 23rd 2024

A new EV battery could last more than 8 times longer, travel farther

Researchers from Dalhousie University spent six years charging and discharging an emerging lithium-ion battery material to see how many charging cycles it could take: a typical battery lasts 2,400 cycles, while the new battery lasted more than 20,000 cycles.
By
  • Cloe Logan
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 19th 2024

New protected area in BC gives wildlife safe passage between mountains

Geddes Creek is adjacent to Kootenay National Park and just east of the Columbia mountains and Purcell Wilderness Conservancy. This piece of land is an important piece of the Radium wildlife corridor.
By
  • Julia Stratton
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 16th 2024

Must love heights and live wires: How Canada is building a workforce for the energy transition

In a net-zero by 2050 Canada, 700,000 more energy jobs will exist than today, according to a 2023 report by Clean Energy Canada. In the wind sector alone, the Global Wind Energy Council estimates that over half a million new wind technicians will be required worldwide by 2026.
Powering Up
By
  • Cloe Logan
  • News
  • Business
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 12th 2024

University of Toronto ranked world’s most sustainable university

The University of Toronto is ranked the world’s most sustainable university for the second consecutive year, in large part because of its work to decarbonize its campuses.
By
  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 11th 2024

New research maps methane emissions from Canadian dairy farms

Researchers from Dalhousie University used satellite data to analyze methane emissions from over 575 dairy farms and 384 dairy processors. The data comes as the industry is staring down at its target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050, but struggles to take stock of where its emissions are coming from.
By
  • Cloe Logan
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 9th 2024

Integrating the benefits of nature into cities

Patricia Dijak is spending her retirement persuading local governments to design climate-adapted cities.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Patricia Lane
By
  • Patricia Lane
  • Patricia Dijak
  • Opinion
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 9th 2024

Ontario teens invent robot to help protect coastlines

When Stefan Teodorescu’s aunt returned from a trip to the Pacific islands, one memory stuck with her: she described for Teodorescu the labour-intensive process of volunteers manually planting mangrove seeds to combat coastal erosion. The repetitive nature of the task, combined with the role mangroves play in climate adaptation, inspired Teodorescu to find a way to automate the process.
By
  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 3rd 2024

Churchill at a Crossroads: A traditional way of life clashes with 'last chance tourism'

The encounter between Mamgark and the tourists is where the real and practical world of the North confronts an idealized and romanticized Arctic. It’s an imaginary Arctic, part of an image sold for southerners’ consumption. That tension is underlined by an increasingly common phrase: “last chance tourism." This phrase refers to the threats posed by the rapid ebbs and flows of the Anthropocene. As for Churchill, the term could mean a tourist’s last opportunity to see the Arctic as it is now, before its iconic wildlife is gone, a relic of a colder era.
By
  • Matteo Cimellaro
  • Analysis
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
  • Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa
December 2nd 2024

Communicating to encourage positive change

Charlotte Gilmour is increasing demand for action on climate change. As managing director of Environmental Impact for Yulu Impact Communications, this Vancouverite supports not-for-profits, governments and companies taking leadership to increase pressure on decision-makers to protect what we love.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Patricia Lane
By
  • Patricia Lane
  • Charlotte Gilmour
  • Opinion
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 2nd 2024

One small solar panel started big East Coast dreams for energy self-sufficiency

Drew Bernard, the ambitious young energy leader from Lennox Island First Nation, graduated from community college with a mission to make his nation energy self sufficient. Now, the community of about 400 people is working toward large-scale renewable projects, a revamped greenhouse and a major retrofit campaign on every house.
By
  • Matteo Cimellaro
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
  • Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa
November 27th 2024

How Toronto could become a solar electricity powerhouse

More than half of Toronto’s electricity needs could be met with solar power generated from rooftops and parking lots, according to a new report by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance. The report by the clean energy advocacy group estimates the city could produce up to 12 terawatt-hours (TWh) of clean energy annually if its solar capacity is fully realized.
Powering Up
By
  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz
  • News
  • Energy
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
November 26th 2024

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