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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.

On Wednesday, Greenpeace Canada inflated a giant owl on the Rideau Hall grounds near Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s residence to demand movement on a promised nature protection law.

The federal government’s pledge to protect a third of Canada’s land and water by 2030 will be put into legislation next year, says federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault.

The stage has been set for a conservation boom in the Northwest Territories with a signed framework agreement between the territorial and Indigenous governments and private philanthropies.

For World Ocean Day, it's important to celebrate and showcase world-leading conservation projects, like those happening in Canada.

Mining projects and protected land can co-exist, two provincial environment ministers said at a press conference on Friday.

New legislation to protect Canada's biodiversity can ensure greater accountability for achieving federal commitments through transparent and independent annual reporting, writes Shane Moffatt of Greenpeace Canada.

Yet another global conference in Montreal risks being derailed by Canada's delays in processing visas as well as rejections that critics argue punish those from poorer countries.

Federal politicians are expected to make a significant announcement on ocean protection during an international conference in Vancouver on how to take action on promises to protect the marine world made at recent global environment meetings.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault is using the skills he honed in the trenches as an environmental activist to push climate policy. But will it be enough for the crisis at hand?

Today, progress is being made, with over a dozen climate crisis courses now offered at major universities in Ontario. But none of those are mandatory courses for all undergraduate students, regardless of their discipline. 

Indigenous rights and environmental advocates are targeting the company's shareholders to stop it, saying Toronto-headquartered Belo Sun has made “misleading” claims to investors about its Volta Grande project. 

The movement to protect nature, transition away from fossil fuels and create an equitable society won’t achieve critical mass without supporters, adopters, innovators and foot soldiers.

Each summer, citizen scientists in the U.K. record the number of insect splats on their licence plates on an app after a drive.

For a long time, Indigenous Peoples remained isolated and disempowered in the “straitjacket” of nation states, but because of global Indigenous organizing, there's been change.