The planet is facing interconnected threats from climate change, nature loss and plastic pollution. Officials say that three upcoming environmental conferences could be key to develop strategies to address them.

A new groundbreaking scientific study identifying "dark oxygen" production on the seafloor, has thrown the deep sea mining industry into chaos as countries negotiate its future.

Two years behind schedule, the world's richest nations have finally met a long-standing commitment to provide their developing countries with US$100 billion worth of financing to respond to the climate emergency. But with needs now reaching trillions of dollars, they will need to scale their investments even further.

Though the Canadian government has begun working domestically to address plastic pollution, we need it to lead by example.

The inconvenient truth remains: plastic production is not only ongoing but expanding, fuelled by government subsidies.

Representatives from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation say they are bearing the brunt of environmental racism in Chemical Valley, and are in Ottawa to push world governments to give Indigenous nations a seat at the table as negotiations for a global plastics treaty unfold.

Micro and nanoplastics are implicated in health deficits and disorders, including heart attacks and Parkinson’s disease.

Representatives from around the world are in Ottawa to negotiate a legally binding treaty to eliminate plastic pollution by 2040. But after a previous meeting went off the rails, pressure is now on delegates to make up for lost time in what promises to be one of the most important environmental weeks of the year.

There is no dispute the overheating climate is already causing loss and damage in the Arctic, but because Inuit in Canada technically live in a rich, developed country, they are ineligible to tap the funds to compensate them. But now, the Inuit Circumpolar Council is calling for change.

To Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, huge swaths of forest burning up, with massive plumes of acrid smoke carrying carbon skyward and settling in over her province's cities, have nothing to do with climate change.

At COP28, the fossil fuel industry promoted carbon capture and storage as a way to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In reality, the technology is growing at a snail’s pace compared to wind and solar energy.

Finding middle ground between the oil and gas sector and climate activists may be the right chess move in politics, but the wrong moral move that gambles with our children’s future.

A fossil fuel phaseout would add momentum to the influx of green jobs and investment already underway in Canada.

There’s one important aspect of climate solutions discussed at COP28 that deserves more attention — the environmental impact of digitization.

COP28 has finally delivered a breakthrough commitment for a new Loss and Damage Fund to support the countries most impacted by climate change. But billions are needed if the fund is to serve its purpose and make a real difference.