Canada’s National Observer takes you inside the deals that will decide the future of our planet — and what role Canada plays in them. Follow our on-the-ground reporting.
Ending the “radio silence” on wireless radiation should be a late-breaking research topic for Canadian leadership as the country hosts the COP15 biodiversity conference, writes Meg Sears.
Weeks before the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP15 in Montreal, the host nation sent a letter to the European Commission asking for a reconsideration of “burdensome traceability requirements” within a proposed EU scheme that aims to eradicate unsustainably sourced wood products from the world’s biggest market.
As the United Nations biodiversity conference draws near, dozens of scientists from 13 countries are calling for protection of the world’s waterlogged, carbon-rich peatlands, a quarter of which exist within Canada’s borders and are threatened by development.
It was important for countries at COP27 to name the so-called elephant in the room — oil and gas — the main cause of climate change, write Keith Brooks and Dave Gray-Donald.
If "confidentiality" stays in the final version of Article 6, regulators will have a severely limited scope when investigating a country's created carbon credits. The move could leave a backdoor for double-counting and fake emission cuts.
As many as 250 businesses are backing a resolution urging B.C.’s new Premier David Eby to stave off the extinction and climate crisis by backing the federal government’s 30x30 promise — to protect 30 per cent of the country’s land and waters by 2030.
The clock is ticking to land an agreement for COP27, and Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada will support a proposal to launch a loss and damage fund –– with a few conditions.