The village of Old Crow, 120 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, was quiet for the first time in decades, as the nation brought its solar energy micro-grid online, said Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm at an official COP26 side event Thursday.

Canada has committed to spending over $1 billion to help developing countries protect their coastlines, forests, and other natural ecosystems in an effort to combat climate change. 

Banks should leave natural gas behind and move on to the lucrative renewable future, writes Rob Henderson

In Canada, one of the most striking aspects of climate justice is the disparity between Indigenous peoples and settler society, writes David Tindall.

Thousands of people joined the youth-led climate strike movement in a march through Glasgow on Friday, denouncing the false solutions offered by world leaders in the nearby COP26 venue.

With previous climate conferences coming under fire for serving unsustainable meals, the organizers of this year's United Nations meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, have highlighted efforts to serve climate-friendly meals. But critics say those measures — and the food itself — aren't enough to emphasize the urgent role food plays in saving the planet. 

Canada may be able to climb down from its perch of being the worst among the G20 for international support for fossil fuels after signing on to a key energy financing plan at COP26.

A global coalition of private companies called Green Hydrogen Catapult is on a mission to scale up green hydrogen production and lower production costs so it is competitive with fossil fuels.

There is a strong alignment between clean energy project development and the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), said Eryn Stewart, the managing director of the non-profit Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE). 

Thursday was a big day for Canada at COP26 — the country pledged to end foreign fossil fuel finance by 2022 and Quebec signed on to the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance — but observers are disappointed the country isn’t moving faster to ditch the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel: coal. 

Quebec Premier François Legault announced Thursday at COP26 that the province is joining an international alliance to phase out oil and gas production independent of Canada.

When it comes to ending climate change, international climate negotiations have typically focused on ending the world's reliance on fossil fuels. Food — responsible for about a third of the world's emissions and vulnerable to a chaotic climate —has largely flown under the radar. 

Student Energy’s Global Youth Energy Outlook got more than 40,000 young people from 129 countries to share their views on the transition to clean energy. The vast majority want it to happen much faster than their governments and industry are currently moving.

Inuit young people have a tough path to traverse as they seek an active and meaningful role in the building of climate resilience in the far north of the planet, where actions taken elsewhere are having a profound impact on both geography and cultural life.

Over 100 cities, towns, and other regional governments worldwide informally launched a pledge Wednesday to put food at the heart of their climate plans — even as their national counterparts have failed to do the same.