climate action

In director Adam McKay's “Don't Look Up," a 2021 satire about two scientists who try in vain to warn the world about a planet-destroying comet, the scientists' desperate plea for action ultimately doesn't work.

A likely jetlagged Justin Trudeau is shifting gears from mourning a monarch to making the world safer for democracy — and it's only Tuesday.

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on Ottawa to reject any proposals to build export facilities for liquefied natural gas on Canada's East Coast, saying such projects will produce "climate-wrecking emissions."

Countries on Africa’s west coast are increasingly turning to climate funding initiatives to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities, aid biodiversity and take climate action.

António Guterres says growing north and south divide is ‘morally unacceptable’ and dangerous.

Now that MPs and senators have returned home for the summer, it’s a good time to assess the progress made on environmental issues during the first half of 2022.

British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he'll resign as leader in the fall after the New Democrats hold a leadership convention because a second bout with cancer has left him with little energy for a job that's been the thrill of his life.

European Union countries reached a deal following hard−fought talks that dragged into early on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, to back stricter climate rules that would eliminate carbon emissions from new cars by 2035.

Leaders of Commonwealth nations are expected to call for increased climate action at a meeting in Rwanda this week, ahead of the United Nations climate change summit in the seaside resort of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt later this year.

American youth climate activist Sophia Kianni tells a Toronto audience about the climate strike movement’s strategic shift to policy as her Climate Cardinals translation service proves the need for environmental and climate literacy in the Global South.

International student and climate activist Zain Haq surrendered to CBSA on Tuesday and will remain in detention until at least Thursday when a hearing is scheduled.

Rich countries including the European Union and the United States have pushed back against efforts to put financial help for poor nations suffering the devastating effects of global warming firmly on the agenda for this year’s U.N. climate summit.

U.N. Secretary−General António Guterres warned on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, of a “dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it.

She helped found Pour nos enfants / For Our Kids Montréal, and now a core group of 30 moms and two dads remind decision-makers that a future for families is worth saving. 

Jane McDonald, executive vice-president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said the province needs to electrify its transportation grid and its buildings, increase its manpower on mining more energy-efficient materials, and develop low carbon fuels.